The Ft. Collins Lambkins toured the course the day before the race, including trying their skill navigating the strawbale setup.
It won't be long now: the team convenes for a meeting after checking out the course.
Spending some bucks: Nike provided the participants a convenient merchandise tent for purchasing additional goods that caught their eye.
This could be you, in 6 years: That evening top Nike athletes conducted a seminar for the auditorium full of promising young athletes. Here, Dathan Ritzenhein, Alan Webb, Shalane Flanagan and Abdi Abdirahman fielded questions from the audience.