SAN JUAN COUNTY, CO – A Michigan runner collapsed and died while competing in an endurance race in the southwest Colorado ...

One friend of Elaine Stypula -- the runner who died during the Hardrock 100 race in Silverton -- said she was "very generous" ...

A 60-year-old Michigan woman died Friday morning during a 100-mile ultramarathon through rugged Colorado mountain terrain, San Juan County officials said.

A 60-year-old woman participating in the Hardrock 100 endurance run died Friday east of Silverton, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday.

Elaine Stypula, 60, from Michigan died during the Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run in Colorado, San Juan County Office of Emergency Management confirmed.

Elaine Stypula, 60, fell just three hours into the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run in Silverton, officials said.

Officials do not know why a 60-year-old woman died roughly six miles into the storied ultramarathon in southern Colorado ...

Elaine Stypula, 60, was a veteran of multiple ultramarathons around the world, races longer than a 26.2-mile marathon, often ...

Tragedy struck the Hardrock 100 Ultramarathon this morning when an elite runner died just approximately six miles from the race’s starting line. Elaine Stypula ...

Elaine Stypula, a 60-year-old runner from Michigan, passed away just seven miles into the brutal 102.5-mile Hardrock 100 race ...

Elaine Stypula, 60, collapsed and died while competing in the Hardrock 100 race in Colorado on Friday, July 11, the Silverton ...