A seasoned ultrarunner from Michigan died after she collapsed during an arduous 102-mile footrace through a series of steep mountain passes in Colorado Friday.
Elaine Stypula, 60, fell just three hours into the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run in Silverton, according to a press release from the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities and Silverton Medical Rescue found Stypula on the “steep, rugged, remote” Little Giant Trail near Gold Lake, which is part of the grueling course, Silverton Medical Rescue said.
The Farmington Hills, Mich., resident was so far off the beaten path that authorities could only drive within a quarter mile of her location before trekking the rest on foot, they added.
Elaine Stypula, 60, died during the Hardrock Endurance Race in Colorado on Friday. Instagram/@aesizzleultra
Emergency personnel tried to resuscitate Stypula, but she was pronounced dead at 10:27 a.m., Silverton Medical Rescue said.