Among the Pikes Peak Region's endurance athletes, there are few like Todd Murray.

If all goes as planned, this August he'll become one of three cyclists to ride in all 20 of the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Races.

Two years ago he set the overall record in the daunting Leadman Series, completing the Leadville Trail Marathon, the 50-mile Silver Rush mountain bike race, a 10K run, plus Leadville's premier events, the 100-mile mountain bike race and the Leadville Trail 100, in 43 hours and change.

That's about 282 miles of racing, all at 10,000 feet elevation or higher. And the entire series happens inside of 50 days.

Only the toughest survive. But Murray - a Colorado Springs patrol officer - took it to the extreme.

He did it all on a broken toe.

"A month before the marathon, I'm on my motorcycle (riding trails) and hit a giant rock and broke bones in my foot," Murray said. "It hurt really bad."

He removed his boot and made a grisly discovery ... a bone protruding from one of his toes.

"The first thing I'm thinking is, 'I have that marathon in a month,'" he said. "We go to the emergency room and the first thing I ask is, 'how soon before I can run on this?'"

His doctor told him he'd have to rest it for two weeks. After that, pain - and his ability to tolerate it - would determine whether he could attack the Leadman Series.

"I got through the marathon, but boy did it hurt," Murray said. "It was an inconvenience."

For that tenacity and much more, Murray is the Colorado Running Company's "In the Pack" community heroes for the month of April. He earns gift certificates from the Colorado Running Company and Roman Villa.

You have to enjoy running to twice finish the Leadville 100, and beat the magic 25-hour mark both times. Everyone in the Murray family, Todd's wife Lisa, and daughters Lauren and Lindsey, like to run. Todd is looking forward to training with his family this summer.

When it comes to running routes, Todd will head for the Santa Fe Trail, but his favorite run is the Ute Indian Trail to Longs Ranch to Bob's Road and then down Barr Trail, a standard with the area's mountain runners and "a great Leadville training run," he said.

But forced to choose, he'll take his mountain bike over his trail shoes. This year's Leadville 100 will be a very big deal in the Murray household.

"That's my big personal race for the year," he said. "I'm really looking forward to this summer."

Ultra-distance events require the right mix of ego and humility. Murray, 49, lives gratefully. He knows he's fortunate, and he acts that way. He loves his job, answering a variety of calls, from domestic disturbances to traffic accidents. He currently works from 2 p.m. to midnight, leaving mornings for workouts. And he has taken time to give a little back, volunteering to organize the mountain bike race for the 2012 Colorado Police and Fire Games, a competition for police officers and firefighters.

His next challenge will be a little different. Murray will have surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip after the Leadville 100.

"The doctor says the key to being able to do the things I love is that i'll have to recover (from the surgery), that means inactivity," Murray said. "The doctor told me, 'I know you guys like to push the envelope.' But I'm going to do this."