Local runners push themselves, each other to run farther

MEEKER | Distance running is considered an individual sport by most but when the distance is 100 miles and takes more than 24 hours to complete, a runner might need some help, which is what local runners Lisa Belmonte, John and Christopher Strate, Carly Thompson and Kris Casey did for Marty Casey last week in the Grand Mesa Ultras.
“It was amazing,” Marty Casey said, after taking more than one day (29 hours and seven…