April 7, 2001 Littleton, Colorado:

1993 World Champion Marathoner, Mark Plaatjes of the Boulder Running Company set a new 50K course record at the Mile High Metric Trail  Challenge at Chatfield State Park in Littleton, Colorado.  The Mile High Metric Trail Challenge is an annual event put on by Coach Scott Weber and is run on a 12.5K dirt trail loop at an elevation of  'one mile high'.   The course features 3 short up-hills per 12.5K loop.  Approximately 8.5K of each 12.5K loop are on a wide dirt path; the remaining 4K is on a twisty forest trail along the Platte River .  This 4K section requires agile footwork and presence of mind to stay upright and keep the pace fast.

Plaatjes' time of 3 hours 20 minutes 22 seconds broke Charl Mattheus' 50K course record of 3 hours 23 minutes and 02 seconds which was set in 1998.  Charl Mattheus is the 1997 Comrades Marathon Champion. Both Plaatjes and Mattheus are expected to square off at this year's Comrades Marathon on June 16th and contend for the championship together with the world's best ultramarathoners.

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