TRAIL UPDATE - FOOT ATHLETES - WOMEN

Our female foot athletes deserve a huge accolade for taking such a tough Trail this year.

Our five competing female foot racers are all still on the Trail despite battling harsh conditions and difficult terrain all week so far.

Faye Norby leads the women athletes on foot and is currently heading to Rohn with a considerable advance.

Following her are Amber Bethe, from Anchorage, and ITI1000 Bike Record Breaker Jill Homer, from Boulder, Colorado, who are both enjoying a well-earned rest in Puntilla.

Kari Gibbons, another Twin Cities athlete who has competed in the Arrowhead ultra with ITI leading female cyclist Kate Coward, is progressing well towards Puntilla.

She's followed by ITI Legend Loreen Hewitt, from Greensburg, Pennsylvania. We like to call Loreen an ITI Legend and not just ITI Veteran as she broke - and still holds - the 1,000 mile foot race record for women back in 2014.

We know what you are going to say. Where are the action pictures?

Well, these ladies are so fast, we couldn't quite catch up with their stride it seems.

But rest assured that we will up our pace.

From left to right, Faye Norby, Amber Bethe, Jill Homer, Kari Gibbons and Loreen Hewitt.