SAN JUAN COUNTY, CO – A Michigan runner collapsed and died while competing in an endurance race in the southwest Colorado mountains. The deceased runner was identified as 60-year-old Elaine Stypula, according to the San Juan County Colorado Coroner’s Office.

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

A seasoned ultrarunner from Michigan died after she collapsed during an arduous 102-mile footrace through a series of steep mountain passes in Colorado Friday. Elaine Stypula, 60, fell just three hours into the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run in Silverton,