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Video: Fall Series No. 2 race start
Video: Peter Maksimow rocks the rope climb

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Logan Wealing and Danielle Kehoe had to use their legs and their arms to win the Fall Series No. 2 race Sunday at Bear Creek Park.
With only a few strides remaining on the 4-mile course, race organizers had installed a rope climb that scaled a 30-foot embankment. The old hands of the Fall Series were accustomed to the added attraction, a little something race director Larry Miller cooked up years ago. But it was Kehoe’s first experience with the ropes. She approved.
“I loved it,” she said. “It was the highlight of the whole course.” Kehoe, who spent her morning hustling through a 2-hour orienteering exercise, then hit hilly Fall Series course and won in 34 minutes, 30 seconds.
Wealing battled Manitou Springs’ Peter Maksimow for nearly the entire distance before pulling away to win in 28:41. Maksimow hit the finishline 24 seconds later.
“I’m pretty pleased because Peter was on my heels the whole way, he’s a very tough competitor,” Wealing said.
Both Wealing and Kehoe used the race to train for other races. Kehoe will compete in the 100-mile Adventure Race National Championships Oct. 28 in Moab. Wealing plans to compete in snowshoeing races this winter. He leads the Fall Series men’s overall standings with two races to go.
“If you’re a trail runner, this is a good transition right into snowshoeing,” he said.
Gerald Romero of Colorado Springs made a big move on the rope climb to finish third in 29:38. Doug Ryden, winner of last week’s Xterra half marathon (by four seconds over Romero), was fourth, followed by Brandon Rakita.
Colorado Springs’ Rochelle Persson placed second in the women’s race and is the current Fall Series leader. Persson clocked 35:37. Nicole Rosa (39:04) was fourth, followed by Molly McDaniel and Regina Hammond Gardner.