Bear wanders across the race Colorado marathon

Let’s take a quick paws! Colorado trail marathon runners are given a little more motivation after a BEAR wanders across the race

  • A black bear interrupted the Leadville Trail Marathon in Colorado on Saturday
  • Photographs from the event shows the bear crossing paths with participants 
  • Quentin Genke caught pictures of the bear and shared them on Facebook, telling social media that the bear popped out at around the 12.5-mile mark

Colorado marathon runners had an extra incentive to chase their personal bests this weekend after a black bear wandered onto the off-road trail, interrupting the race. 

Photographs from the event shows the bear crossing paths with participants in the Leadville Trail Marathon on Saturday, but thankfully appeared uninterested in the runners.   

Quentin Genke caught pictures of the bear and shared them on Facebook, telling social media that the bear popped out at around the 12.5-mile mark. 

Nope! Photographs from the event shows the bear crossing paths with participants in the Leadville Trail Marathon on Saturday, but thankfully appeared uninterested in the runners

Genke wrote: ‘So blessed to be living in Colorado. Where else can you run a trail marathon in June with blue skies, green evergreens and white snow capped mountains? 

‘The Leadville Marathon did not disappoint nor did running it with a great friend and his daughter. First time I ever had a black bear come out of the woods and run between runners.’

Said friend, Stephen Peterson, added: ‘When you run Leadville, you just might run into a bear!’ 

‘My good friend Quentin Genke and I were a couple of hours into our race when this huge black bear made his appearance right in front of us,’ Peterson wrote. ‘Imagine our shock!’

Peterson said Genke snapped the photo just before the bear disappeared into the woods. 

‘It was an amazing experience to witness!’ Peterson told CBS4.

Quentin Genke caught pictures of the bear and shared them on Facebook, telling social media that the bear popped out at around the 12.5-mile mark

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