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PU B LI S H E R ’ S LET TE R

Beginning Runners

A few tips to get you going!

It’s the perfect time of year to embark on a beginning running program. The days are long, the weather is warm, and you may suddenly have the urge to get up off the couch and start a running program for the first time.

It doesn’t have to be difficult. No matter what your age or fitness level, here’s a few tips to have you running like a pro in no time. I’ve tried to answer common questions that newbies often ask.

How long and how often should I run?

That depends on what kind of shape you’re in. If you’re truly a beginner, start with a 15-30 minute walk/run, alternating one minute of walking with one minute of running. Don’t worry about your pace in the beginning, just aim for a nice and easy jog. Try to do this three or four times a week, with rest days in between.

Alternating run days with rest days will give your body a chance to recover and help prevent injuries. On week two, alternate running for two minutes with walking for one, up to 30 minutes. On week three, alternate running for three minutes and walking for one, up to 30 minutes. Gradually wean yourself off the walking breaks as the weeks continue until you’re running for an entire 30 minutes.

What gear do I need?

One of the greatest benefits to running versus other sports is that it doesn’t take much to get started. You don’t need expensive equipment or a gym membership. You can just walk right out your front door and get going. If you decide to stick with it, you may end up investing in all types of performance shirts, moisture-wicking shorts, compression socks, GPS or heart-rate watches, hats, and more. The first and most important purchase should be a good pair of shoes. Your local running store can help you find the right pair by assessing your stride. A running store is also a good place for advice on any other running-related questions you may have.

I’m worried that I won’t stick with it. How do I stay motivated?

Sign up for a race! It will hold you accountable. Start with a 5K, which is 3.1 miles.

If you have a friend who wants to get in shape too, meet up to run/walk together. It’s so much harder to skip your run when you know a friend is waiting on you. Try to not get discouraged if it’s hard in the beginning. Sometimes it’s going to hurt. And remember, not every workout is going to be a good one. No one said it was easy, but over time, you’ll grow to love the increased energy you have from exercising, not to mention the weight loss benefits.

Do I need to change my nutrition?

If you have a poor diet, it’s always a good idea to eat healthier foods, whether you’re an athlete or not. Remember, every pound you lose will help you run faster. But don’t think that starting an exercise plan is an excuse to eat more often or eat junk foods. You may be surprised that you have an increased appetite once you are committed to a running program. Hydration is key. Drink plenty of water throughout the day, especially immediately after your run. Once you start completing longer workouts, typically over an hour, you’ll want to learn more about energy gels and drinks.

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C O NTE NTS

FEATURES 12 // NUTRITION ADVANTAGE Should runners avoid junk food?

14 // AVOIDING INJURY Is acupuncture right for you?

16 // 2015 GUIDE TO CLUBS Guide to clubs, coaches and camps in Colorado.

20 // THE FAST LANE Get to know Joe Gray

22 // A BOLDER BOULDER STORY It happens every year before the Bolder Boulder.

26 // AN EMBARRASSING WAY TO DIE One runner’s experience with burro racing.

28 // YOUTH RUNNING Fabulous phenoms already making their mark.

46 // LIGHTER SIDE The rhythm of the run.

DEPARTMENTS

10 // RUNNING SHORTS 32 // RACE RESULTS 38 // EVENT GUIDE

COVER A woman runs along a dirt trail near Harriman Reservoir in Littleton.

Photo by DAVE PARSONS THIS PAGE // Runners in the shadow of Pikes Peak at the 5K on St. Patrick’s Day. Photo by DEE BUDDEN

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Contributing Photographers // Tim Bergsten, James Bettis, Dee Budden, Delly Carr, David Manthey, MarathonFoto,

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Coloradans Compete at World Cross Country Champs

DEBRA PATSKOWSKI OF HIGHLANDS RANCH WINS THE ANTARCTICA MARATHON.

Patskowski Wins Antarctica Marathon

having some of the roughest sea weather in the world. The entire expedition spans 14 days.

The Antarctica Marathon lived up to its reputation as one of the most extreme athletic competitions on Earth during its 16th running on March 9 and 10 on King George Island, located near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

The sold-out field of 188 participants hailing from 20 countries prevailed over the hilly 26.2- and 13.1-mile courses that transverse the rudimentary gravel roads and connect the research bases of Uruguay, Chile, China and Russia. The races are held over two consecutive days to abide by an Antarctic environmental restriction of allowing a maximum 100 visitors on shore in any single landing area. Results from both days are combined to determine the winners and overall place.

Debra Patskowski of Highlands Ranch was victorious in the women’s division with a time of 3:57:20, good enough for seventh place overall. “I didn’t know what to expect coming down here, I don’t think anybody does,” said Patskowski, who was startled by a fur seal during her run. “The marathon was definitely one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had.”

A record 29 runners wrapped up their goal of running a marathon or half-marathon on all of Earth’s seven continents.

Traveling to a marathon on what is referred to as the “Last Continent” is a marathon in itself. Athletes travel an average of 7,000 miles each to Buenos Aires, Argentina before departing to Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world. There they board either the Akademik Loffe or Akademik Vavilov, Russian ice-classed ships, for a two-day crossing of the Drake Passage, a body of water that connects the southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean with the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean and has earned a place in history as

Colorado Running Hall of Fame Inducts New Class

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The Colorado Running Hall of Fame Selection Committee announced the 2015 inductees into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame: Uta Pipping, Nadia Prasad, Brian Metzler, Matt Carpenter, John Gregorio and Damon Martin. The 9th annual induction ceremony and reception was held on April 15th at the Denver Athletic Club. The Colorado Running Hall of Fame recognizes Coloradans for their remarkable achievement and influence on the sport of distance running.

“Amazing in the ninth year of the CRHOF inductions, the talent pool has not diminished. With such a rich and deep list of talented and worthy candidates it remains a tough task choosing a select few for induction. The selection committee is delighted to recognize a widely diverse group for induction in 2015 that covers all facets of our sport of running,” commented John Tope, Chair of the Selection Committee for the Colorado Running Hall of Fame.

A two time Olympian and former world record holder, Uta Pippig has also won three Boston Marathons, the New York City Marathon, and three Berlin Marathons. Nadia Prasad has won numerous international races, both on the track and on the roads. John Gregorio was a three-time all American and the first University of Colorado athlete to achieve the honor in one school year. Matt Carpenter is the record holder of the fastest times for a flat marathon held at altitude and set the still standing course records for the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon. Head Coach Damon Martin has built the Adams State University cross country and track programs to the abso-

The world’s top talent toed the line of the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships with some of the U.S.’s best junior and senior runners among them.

Ethiopia dominated the event (5 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals, including 2 individual and 3 team titles) with Kenya close behind (3 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze medals including both senior individual titles), but the U.S. put up a great fight, with a plethora of Coloradans posting impressive times.

Four Colorado runners took part in the junior women’s 6K. CU freshman Kaitlyn Benner, who won the national championship in Boulder in February, was the top American at 21:45 and 27th overall. Trailing her, high schoolers Lauren Gregory (Fort Collins) and Katie Rainsberger (Colorado Springs) were 33th and 55th in 22:01 and 22:49, respectively.

CU freshman Val Constien was 62nd in 22:58.

Collectively, the American junior women’s team finished eighth.

As with the junior women, four Colorado runners also took part in the junior men’s 8K. John Dressel, a Utah high schooler who will attend CU next year, was 27th overall in 25:28.

Denver East alum Cerake Geberkidane ran 25:46 for 34th. Lyons high schooler and CU freshman Paul Roberts and Paul Miller were 59th and 74th in 26:31 and 26:57, respectively.

The U.S. junior men’s team was sixth.

Laura Thweatt finished the senior women’s 8K in 28:49, 29th overall and as the second American. The senior women’s team was fifth.

Triathlon Headlines The 2015 ITU World Cup season got

BOULDERS’S JESSICA BRODERICK PARTICIPATES IN AN ITU TRIATHLON. Photography By DELLY CARR/ITU AND MARATHON TOURS

underway in March with Jessica Broderick, Renée Tomlin and Alan Webb earning top-10 finishes in the sprint-distance Mooloolaba ITU World Cup. Broderick of Boulder, was the top finishing American in fourth place, clocking in at 1 hour, 2 minutes, 3 seconds on the 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run course. She had the third-fastest run split and missed the podium by a two second margin.

On the men’s side, Webb posted a career-best finish for an ITU World Cup with seventh place. His time of 55:39 was within 17 seconds of race winner David Hauss of France.

Greg Billington of Colorado Springs finished in 11th.

At IRONMAN 70.3 Puerto Rico, Dede Griesbauer of Boulder was second in 4:28:50.

On the men’s side, Chris Leiferman of Boulder finished second overall with a time of 4:00:24.

U.S. elite triathletes Summer Cook and Eric Lagerstrom ran to their first career ITU wins at the Sarasota CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup in Nathan Benderson Park. Cook of Thornton held her position in the lead from start to finish, posting a time of 1 hour, 2 minutes, 5 seconds on the 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run course. In the men’s race, Eli Hemming of Kiowa finished second place in 54:42. Hunter Kemper of Colorado Springs placed sixth.

Triple Crown Adds New Race One of the top mountain runs in the west, the Barr Trail Mountain Race (BTMR), will merge with the Triple Crown of Running in 2015. The agreement will provide long term financial stability and proven race operations support for the BTMR, which is set to run for the 14th time on July 19.

“This is an obvious and natural fit between our two organizations, as both have provided many years of challenging and iconic mountain races,” said Ron Ilgen, president of Pikes Peak Marathon, Inc., which oversees the Triple Crown. “The synergies gained from a race organization perspective are many, but even more so for Pikes Peak runners.”

Team Colorado, a nonprofit organization of elite trail runners, inherited the management of the Barr Trail Mountain Race in 2014.

Under the new agreement, Team Colorado will continue to produce the event, with team president Peter Maksimow serving as race director.

“Team Colorado is giddy with excitement with the merger of the Barr Trail Mountain Race and the Pikes Peak Marathon and the Triple Crown family of races,” Maksimow said. “The fit is perfect as these races share the same ideals, love of the sport, community and worldly following.”

The Barr Trail Mountain Race was started in 2000 by Matt Carpenter, the 12-time winner of the Pikes Peak Marathon, and Nancy Hobbs, a longtime race promoter who currently serves as the executive director of the American Trail Running Association. The event gained popularity as a training race for the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon, and as a fundraiser for area nonprofits, an objective that remains with the merger.

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N UTR ITI O N ADVANTAG E

SHOULD RUNNERS AVOID JUNK FOOD? Nancy Clark, MS, RD, CSSD

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any runners go to great extremes to eat healthfully. Needless to say, the definition of “eating healthfully” varies from runner to runner—and can often take on a religious zeal. “Healthy eating” tends to include these parameters: • No refined sugar, gummy candy, soda pop, sweets • No potato chips, corn chips, Cheetos, salty snacks • No doughnuts, pastries, croissants, pancakes, PopTarts • No McDonald’s, Burger King, pizza, hot dogs • No cookies, desserts, birthday cake, holiday treats.

• No foods in wrappers—particularly among athletes who are “eating clean.” (Question: Are wrapped foods actually dirty? Or is trendy terminology breeding craziness?)

While eliminating “bad” and “dirty” foods is a noble attempt to put premium nutrition into your body’s engine, the questions arise:

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1. Do you really need to eat a “perfect diet” to have an “excellent diet?” No 2. Does enjoying a hot dog or a candy bar once in a blue moon negate all of the “good stuff” you generally eat? No 3. Do you have to “cheat” on your birthday so you can partake in cake with your family and friends? Heavens no!

In my opinion, there is no such thing as a “bad food.” There is a bad diet, yes, as judged by looking at the whole day’s intake. That is, 50 calories from refined sugar in 8-ounces of sports drink will not ruin your health. But consuming 400 calories from a half-gallon of sports drink displaces a significant number of nutrient-dense foods—as well as can ruin your teeth. (Sipping all day on sugary, acidic fluids damages tooth enamel.)

While foods with little nutritional value fail to invest in a runner’s well-being and ability to withstand the demands of rigorous training, occasional “junk food” does not ruin health when eaten in moderation. You can indeed have an

excellent diet without having a perfect diet.

How much “junk food” is OK to eat?

A healthful sports diet can target 85 to 90-percent of calories from quality foods and 10 to 15-percent from “whatever.” Some days “whatever” might be blueberries and other days it might be (guilt-free) blueberry pie with ice cream. Given that you can ingest the recommended intake of all the vitamins, minerals, and protein you need within 1,500 calories from a variety of wholesome foods, a hungry runner who consumes 2,000 to 4,000 calories a day has the opportunity to consume LOTS of nutrients. For example, 8 ounces of orange juice offers 100% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for Vitamin C. A thirsty runner who chugs the whole quart can consume 4 times the RDA in that one snack.

OJ is better than an all-natural vitamin pill!

But isn’t fruit juice filled with sugar?

Yes, all the calories in juice come from natural

“I’m training really hard, doing double workouts, and eating only healthy foods.

I feel full all the time—but I am losing too much weight. I don’t think I could comfortably eat any more…”

“I generally eat clean—but some days I cheat and have ice cream.”

“Fruit juice is bad; it has way too much sugar! I’ve stopped drinking it.”

sugar. This sugar fuels muscles. Vitamin C, potassium, folate, and a multitude of healthprotective, anti-inflammatory bio-active compounds also come in the juice. For runners who want to eat “healthy” but have trouble getting in enough calories to maintain weight, I often recommend grape, pomegranate, tart cherry, orange, and blueberry juices. (In contrast, overfat people who reduce their juice intake can easily delete some calories. For them, eating the whole fruit would be more satiating.)

Should runners avoid refined sugar?

Refined white sugar is a nutritional zero, void of any vitamins, minerals or protein. Yet, the calories in sugar come from carbohydrates.

Muscles welcome these carbs to fuel depleted glycogen stores. Muscles don’t know the difference between carbs from juice, candy, and sports drinks vs. apple, sweet potato, and banana. The difference shows up in health, immune response, and ability to f ight off colds and f lu.

A rule of thumb is to limit refined sugar to 10% of total calories. For most active women, that equates to 200 to 250+ calories from sugar a day. And for active men, 250 to 300+ calories. That means, an athlete could enjoy either 16-ounces of a sports drink and a gel or a few cookies—and stay within the recommended sugar-budget for the day.

Note: The sugar is evil message is targeted to the 66% of Americans who are overfat and underfit, not to runners. The muscles of runners easily take up sugar from the bloodstream with far less insulin than needed by unf it people. Hence, unfit people who sip on Big Slurpees all day easily consume excessive, health-erosive sugar-calories. They need to seriously think about their future and if they want to be vibrant and healthy enough to enjoy fun times.

Can you eat too healthfully?

Yes. Eating too many healthy foods can actually be bad for you. For example, fruits and

veggies are healthy foods, but eating only fruits and veggies creates a bad diet. Eliminating all unhealthy foods is also needless.

Enjoying birthday cake can be good for the soul!

Rather than categorize a food as being “bad,” please look at your whole diet to see if it is balanced. I differentiate between a diet filled with PopTarts for breakfast, Fluffernutters for lunch, candy bars for snacks, and sweet & sour chicken for dinner vs. the occasional PopTart tossed into a gym bag for a pre-exercise energy booster when traveling to an event. While not trendy, choosing a balanced sports diet based on moderate portions offers a sustainable, effective path that can help you eat well, run well, and feel great.

Nancy Clark, MS, RD is the author of the Sports Nutrition Guidebook and Food Guide for Marathoners. The books are available at www. nancyclarkrd.com. For online education, visit www.NutritionSportsExerciseCEUs.com. coloradorunnermag.com 13

AVO I D I N G I NJ U RY

RELIEVE, REPAIR, AND

RUN!

Acupuncture is gaining popularity as a strong contender in the public eye for healing injuries and for good reason. Not only is it effective, but results may often be noticed after one treatment. For those who are suffering from ailments like plantar fasciitis or Achilles tendonitis, you too are in luck because acupuncture can help these stubborn conditions that are often unresolved with other treatment methods.

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y first exposure to Chinese medicine occurred when I was about 10 years old on a horse farm in Florida. Clueless as to what exactly was going on, I recall walking into the barn and noticing a practitioner placing a needle into the back of a horse by its hindquarters. To me this needle was large, but also “horse” size, therefore size proportionate. My eyes grew big at the sight and in awe of how easily and seemingly painlessly this happened. After they removed the needle the horse gleefully galloped off into the pasture and a small group of people then leaned on the fence to discuss how effective acupuncture was for his arthritic back. They were wowed by his sudden burst of limberness (I too was struck by how the horse seemed to be so giddy and pain free).

Several years later, I found myself needing the needles. I suffered an IT band injury after a marathon that sidelined me from running.

Feeling like no amount of stretching or massage was really working and the pain reducing me to barely being able to hike, let alone run, I recalled the effective results of acupuncture I witnessed for the horse that was in pain.

Remarkably, after five treatments it’s been 14 years since that injury has even remotely plagued me. I have been able to run and hike to my content with absolutely no pain, with no side effects from the treatments.

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By Sheila Liewald, L. Ac. with acupuncture. Anyone from elite runners to amateur runners are reaping the vast benefits from the treatments, as they respond very well to acupuncture and its companion therapies, making it a top treatment pick for those of you looking to maintain your healthy lifestyle.

Encouraging the Body to Heal By Sticking It To You Muscles and tendons are fibrous, much like a piece of fabric. These can “bunch up” creating what we commonly call a knot, or a trigger point.

Therapies like sports tissue massage aim to break that up and acupuncture works in a similar manner; but because it employs such a small thin needle (except for a horse of course), it can be a very focal and direct method to get into the injured and cranky tissue. Here, acupuncture is in the scene of the crime, readily able to prompt the healing process directly on the injured tissue. Stimulating the area with acupuncture will promote “qi” and blood to the area with fresh cells to reduce pain and inflammation, and also loosen any tight muscles. Tight muscles are often the underlying cause of micro tears of tendons and the muscles themselves. While I cannot stress how effective this is for injuries of the IT bands, the Achilles, quads and hamstring muscles, MCL and LCL, this is also a sound option for quickening the rehabilitation of broken bones and severe, strains which is explained

further below.

Expect to need about 1-5 treatments with your acupuncturist to begin seeing results. There may also be some soreness after the treatments. It is fruitful to know that the older an injury is, the more “set” it is and the longer it may take to work its way out. Anything beyond 2-3 months can be considered an injury that’s settling in, but by no means untreatable (I had my troubles for almost a year before I gave acupuncture a try). A good acupuncturist will explain what’s going on and what you can expect and you may be able to continue running as if that pain never existed.

Acupunctures Companion Therapies When you see an acupuncturist, depending on the nature of your injury you may get remedies that have complimented acupuncture and are often paired with it for pain and injuries. These include moxa, gua sha or electrical stimulation (also referred as e-stim).

Moxa: Runners increasing mileage may experience fatigued muscles resulting in injury.

Moxa involves the herb Artemisia Vulgaris and burning it either on the acupuncture needle, or around the site of the injury and pain. It’s been used along side of acupuncture for centuries. It’s very warming and comforting, but also strong and nourishing for a fatigued or weak muscle.

Some runners seek this as a preventive measure pre-event or during a training regime. Not only

does it help with a runner’s muscles, but it also boosts the immune system and that means preventing colds and flus while running in the cold, or assisting in getting over that cold of flu faster.

Moxa can help boost energy levels and lift the mood if you’re feeling the slump. I’ve used this on several competitors from runners, climbers, and cyclists to help keep them on track. It’s often used in cancer therapy because moxa is that strong in immune and mood boosting measures.

Gua Sha: Gua sha is plantar fasciitis’ best friend. This noninvasive therapy involves using a ceramic spoon or jade stone edge along the tissue and scraping. I combine this with incredibly powerful blood moving herbs on top of the tissue and scrape that into the foot. (This only gets tricky on the ticklish!) Together, the herbs and gua sha break up the tightness and any knots or adhesions in the foot. This can also be effective on the IT band and other injuries in the shoulders, neck, or back. This will often get used either before or after the acupuncture needles. I’ve got a patient who, from a car accident, was halted in being able to work out. Damage to her hip made running and weight-lifting so painful she no longer could do it but just the simple nature of gua sha has helped her return to normal. She can now lift, hike and run like she used to pain free.

E-stim: This is often made familiar to others from a chiropractic visit or perhaps in a physical therapy appointment. They will often use this in a pad format on top of the skin to deliver tiny pulses to the muscles.

Acupuncturists have “alligator clips” and attach these to the needle tops. This is very effective for muscles large or small, deep or superficial.

Back pains often benefit from this as it’s gentle and very safe for spasmodic back muscles. I’ve employed this on severe ankle sprains, or even broken bones. Once the person is out of the cast, e-stim with acupuncture is a fantastic combo to break up the frozen tissues that have been made paralyzed in the cast for several weeks. Patients can feel the effects after each and every treatment and can get back to their routine much faster.

Toss in a little strengthening properties of the moxa on the atrophied tissue too and viola! It’s a strong recipe for a quick and healthy recovery!

It’s been said that those with injuries who employ acupuncture can often cut their recovery time in half. While treatments with steroids or OTC anti-inflammatories can have long term or serious side effects, acupuncture has none.

From strains, tweaks, breaks and energy slumps, acupuncture is on your side to heighten your best performances and sustain longer miles.

Sheila Liewald, L.Ac., has been a runner for over 25 years and maintains a private practice in Boulder where she is a licensed acupuncturist and board certified Chinese herbalist. She also works for Good Samaritan Hospital in Lafayette as their staff acupuncturist. See www.redaspenwellness.com for more information.

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THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RUNNERS ON A SUNRISE RUN OUTSIDE BOULDER.

2015 Guide to Clubs, Coaches and Camps

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unning is a difficult sport. It requires time and energy to achieve a certain level of fitness. Sometimes you can get caught on a plateau or fall behind in your training due to injury, lack of motivation or both. And sometimes, life can just get in the way. If you currently find yourself lacking direction in your running, maybe it is time for you to join a group, find a coach, or attend a camp.

Clubs Clubs are usually non-profit organizations that produce events and meet for group workouts. Members receive discounted entry into club events as well as discounts at specialty stores.

Some clubs produce a newsletter that is included in the yearly dues.

Coaches Coaches can offer a wide range of services from group training to individualized workouts. Some offer complete individual schedules and online coaching. Some coaches offer their services through a training group while others simply offer advice over the phone or email.

Training Groups Training groups are similar to clubs, but without the event production. Most training groups also provide coaching for specific event distances. Some training groups meet a couple of times per week for group workouts. A few training groups even have large contingents that travel together to different events.

Camps Camps can be a great way to jump start your training. There are camps for all different age groups, from teens to adults. These camps usually last anywhere from three days to a week and are held on location in various parts of the state.

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Here is a list of Colorado-based training groups, coaches and clubs for runners and triathletes, followed by a list of Colorado’s summer running camps.

Clubs/Training Groups/Coaches Boulder Bobby McGee Endurance Sports Boulder Express Boulder Performance Network Boulder Road Runners Boulder Striders Boulder Track Club Boulder Trail Runners D3 Multisport Dave Scott Triathlon Training Fast Forward Sports Fleet Feet Sports No Boundaries Gemini Multisport Kids That TRI Longmont Running Club

Boulder Boulder Boulder Boulder Boulder Boulder Boulder Boulder Boulder Boulder Boulder Boulder Boulder Longmont

Mark Allen Triathlon Training Revolution Running Ric Rojas Running Roost Running Club Wes Hobson Performance Zone ATP

Boulder Boulder Boulder Louisville Boulder Boulder

bobbymcgee.com bxboulderexpress.com boulderperformance.net boulderroadrunners.org boulderstriders.com bouldertrackclub.com BoulderTrailRunners.org d3multisport.com davescottinc.com fastforwardsports.net fleetfeetboulder.com geminimultisport.com kidsthattri.org meetup.com/LongmontRunning/ markallenonline.com revolution-running.com ricrojasrunning.com runnersroost.com weshobsonperformance.com findyourzone.tv

Denver Metro Active Mamas

Littleton

Altitude Multisport Club Colorado Columbines Colorado Masters Running Association CP Fitness CWW Triathlon Denver Fit Denver Track Club Denver Trail Runners Edgewater Run Club

Parker Denver Denver

Endurance Performance Evergreen Runners Circle Fast Forward Sports Fuel4mance Fusion Running Highlands Ranch Run Club Irish Snug Running Club Jeff Galloway Training Program Karma Multisport Kids That TRI Mercuria Running Mile High Multisport Optimize Endurance Sports Phidippides Track Club Practical Coaching Revolution Running Rock Tri Club Rocky Mountain Road Runners Rocky Mountain Runners Rocky Mountain Tri Club Roost Running Club RunUphill Racing Runners Edge of the Rockies Team Challenge Team in Training

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TH E FAST L AN E

Meet Joe Gray

By Amanda Jamrogiewicz

WHEN IT comes to running, Joe Gray is a Jack of all Trades.

Whether it be a challenging mountain race, competitive cross country meet, or long distance road race, Gray, 31, is dominant and successful across each discipline. A Washington transplant now living in Colorado Springs, Gray has a lot to learn about Colorado. Gray may not have much history in Colorado, but he certainly has experience in the sport.

In just seven years, Gray has racked up wins and top finishes at a handful of prestigious events, such as the Pikes Peak Ascent, Mount Washington Road Race, and various USATF titles.

What are some of the biggest highlights in your racing career?

Winning my ninth USA National Title was a priceless moment. Another would be representing Team USA for the 17th time in my career. I’m a patriotic person so for me, representing my country is held on high regards and gives me a feeling of pride. Making National teams allows me to provide a service to my country. It also provides a period of reflection. Whenever I’ve made a National team I reflect back on the courageous soldiers who have fought for our country and make sure to not forget the lives lost in the wars to protect our freedoms.

What are your long-term goals?

Long term, I’d like to make 20 plus national teams and win at least 11 U.S. national titles. As an athlete these achievements are very important as being competitive is what most of us fell in love with in the beginning of our professional journeys. In addition to athletic feats with my feet, I’d also like to get more involved in developing races that offer elites and recreational athletes something unique and exciting. I’m also interested in expanding my coaching and maybe getting back into youth coaching to develop our up and coming generation!

Why Colorado?

Colorado was just a great experience for me since the first time I visited some years back. My coach is here, lots of support in the local community, the beautiful front range and of course great weather to grow hot peppers!

Take us through a “day in the life.” What type of training regimen do you follow?

Typically I train at least once a day. I don’t have a regimen. I run either before breakfast or after depending on how hungry I am when I wake up. If my body is too beat up from training the previous days then I will either run once or not at all. I try to make sure that I get in 1-2 workouts per week during my racing season and during the build up phase I try to get my mileage above 90 miles per week. I don’t cross train because I find it to be stressful and boring. If I’m injured I just relax and let the body heal rather than go crazy cross training.

What are one or two things you currently do in your training that are keys to your success?

Rest and make sure to realize running is simple. I don’t make it more complex than it needs to be.

Do you follow any specific nutrition plans?

Nutritionally I have always just made sure I get a variety of foods. Now a days, mostly healthy foods but also I keep “bad” food and sweets in my diet because honestly, you only live once and I want to enjoy the food I eat. Sometimes good food that is unhealthy can bring joy to you, so why abandon that? For recovery, I like to have Garden of Life 20 coloradorunnermag.com

Raw Protein with eggnog or milk. My favorite recovery meal would have to be my recipe for a three cheese gnocchi!

Do you have any recommended resources to share?

I’d recommend anybody interested in taking part in a great running seminar to check out the Estes Park Trail Running Conference!

What was the best advice you were ever given?

Don’t brag about your training because it doesn’t matter what you do in training if you can’t perform when its time to work.

Do you have a saying or motto that you live your life by?

I try to live my life knowing that every day is precious and that every day you wake up, its a blessing because you were not promised that day. So, I try to make the most of it and live life in the brightest of hues.

What keeps you motivated?

To be honest negativity has always motivated me since I began sports. I’ve gone up against a lot of opposition in my life in various ways.

These things truly fuel my fire when it comes time to toe the line.

Favorite running shoe: SCOTT Sports (Specifically the T2 Kinabalu and the Race Rocker) Favorite post-run beverage: I love eggnog! Great all around beverage in my opinion Favorite post-run meal: Gnocchi or Pizza.

Role models: Jesse Owens, Thomas Gray (Father), Jackie Robinson Favorite Restaurant: BJ’s Favorite Coffee Shop: My wife’s coffee!

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A BOLDER BOULDER STORY

By Bruce Kirschner It happens every Spring.

For most of the year I’m out alone pounding the trails in my little suburban hometown which lies just outside Boulder. Other runners are an infrequent sight. But then something strange happens sometime around midApril every year since I’ve lived here...joggers start coming out of the woodwork.

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know pretty much all the regular local runners by sight. These never-been-seen-before-joggers are obviously new to the sport too, something that is plain to the naked eye. I can tell a new runner by the way they carry themselves in motion. They are certainly far from smooth and can’t exactly be described as gliding along. Their arms are flailing every which way and their rubbery legs are completely devoid of efficiency as they lurch in a forward direction. They do not seem to be enjoying themselves at all. Instead they appear to be in anguished pain. It’s right about then I’m wondering why I neglected to renew my CPR certification.

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to be extra careful. Like a pilgrimage of lemmings marching to the sea these people are running across the roads everywhere. Here they are in all manner of shapes and sizes directly in my vehicle’s path. I have to tightly maneuver my steering wheel and make my car bob and weave to avoid them. But as quickly as these new runners all appeared in late spring they have all vanished by late May. For the next 11 months or so I am running out there pretty much all by myself again.

It took me a while to figure it all out in the early years. What seemed to be some inexplicable Rocky Mountain seasonal ritual at first became to be understood as simply once a year runners training for Colorado’s biggest running event, the Bolder Boulder 10 kilometer road race and walking event on Memorial Day. Why would anyone in their right mind emerge from a winter hibernation of no outdoor physical activity to then only torture themselves with the start of training for a six mile running event before summer even begins? Why would they go through all that physical pain to then abruptly stop running again at the end of May? But who am I to judge? Maybe it’s a good thing that folks want to participate in a massive running event where they can get out and exercise with many thousands of other people on a usually bright Monday morning in Boulder. I clearly remember my own first Bolder Boulder…

It was 1982 and I had moved to Colorado with my wife less than a year before. I drove our little VW Rabbit hatchback alone to the start. I really liked that car but had trouble locking down the rear hatch…the key just didn’t seem to work anymore, as if it was somehow too bent.

This was long before there were so many participants (11,177 in 1982 and over 52,000 in 2014) and the phased race start of single and double lettered waves, so I was able to position myself in front not too far from the starting line. This was also my first race using a neat little nylon “shoe pocket” that would store my car key and coin change and tie into the lacing on my running shoe. This was certainly a very practical and cool idea.

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The entire race event started at the same time with the shot of a pistol. I took only my first few steps before I heard the faint jingle of coins on the pavement and then the unmistakable clink of a key hitting the ground. I looked down to see the top enclosure of my brand new shoe pocket flapping up and down. I instinctively slowed down to a crawl with the hope of retrieving what I must have lost.

But it was too late, the runners behind me had surged forward and pushed me with them. They were yelling right at me, “Don’t stop! Keep moving!” There was no turning back.

For the rest of the race all I could think about was my lost items and how I was going to drive back home without the car key. But I figured, “There was only about 75 cents in the pocket and that key didn’t even work very well.” But now I didn’t have any change to call my wife to pick me up (that’s right, these were pre-cellphone days). I raced my way to the Folsom Field finish line, spent a little time in the grandstands with some friends, and then left to walk back the few miles to the starting line to see if I could find my missing items.

What had been the starting line was now a street of littered mess, but I returned to the same spot where I thought I had started the race. Jumpin’ jiminy…lo and behold there on the gray pavement beneath my feet was 5 quarters…even more change than I lost. Might this be someone else’s lost change too? Maybe they were wearing a shoe pocket too?

With just a bit more searching in the immediate vicinity I found my VW Rabbit car key in the nearest gutter.

Now, here’s the strange thing…when I got back to my car the trampled key easily worked in the rear hatch lock…and it never gave me trouble again!

Bruce Kirschner has been a runner for over 40 years.

He has been an active race director and volunteer in the Colorado running community for nearly 35 years.

Bruce was the winner of the men’s 60-64 age group in the 2014 Colorado Runner Racing Series.

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AN EMBARRASSING WAY TO DIE A TRUE RUNNING STORY FROM 1966

BY ROSCO BETUNADA

Picture yourself being dragged down a gravel road by a galloping jack-ass. Dragged by a rope wrapped around your ankle — the other end of which is attached to the halter on the donkey.

Most people would feel pain, bouncing like a rag doll, and any attempt to exert control over this situation is futile. Yes, normal people would definitely feel pain in such a circumstance. Not I. Whatever pain was being inflicted was masked by a more powerful force... Embarrassment.

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t was the summer before my senior year of high school. How I got talked into entering the “World Championship Pack Burro Race” didn’t involve any arm-twisting. I was up for anything involving running, adventure, and food. (This was a couple years before beer came to exert a magnetic influence comparable to, if not exceeding, the afore-mentioned three forces.)

There were four of us from the Denver Track Club (which later became the Rocky Mountain Road Runners) entered as a team. I had just finished a race in Denver and was talking to Bobby Campbell, a really serious, fast high-school runner. A guy we knew, Steve Matthews, approached us.

“How would you two like to run a 23-mile trail race up in the mountains being pulled by a donkey later this summer?”

Steve was really interested in getting Bobby on board, but apparently they, whoever “they” were, had an extra burro. If either Bobby or I had (a) sense, (b) a job, (c) a girlfriend, (d) a life, then perhaps this wouldn’t have sounded so intriguing. We met the other team members, including the ‘pack-burros,’ at a stable in rural Jefferson County a couple days later (the loca-

THE TRADITION LIVES ON WITH MODERN DAY BURRO RACING.

tion of this ‘stable’ is probably either downtown Highlands Ranch or Littleton today).

My first workout under Steve’s supervision was just to meet our counterparts, walk a bit leading our animals on the halter, then try a short run. Each succeeding day we were supposed to run farther, until the 23-mile

high-altitude 4WD trail would not seem so daunting.

The basics were simple, but getting to the point of working as a team would take patience, repetition, and many miles. Each ‘team’ of runner and animal had to negotiate the entire course together. Each donkey had to have a pack displaying such mining/historical artifacts as a pick, shovel, and pan. Human contestants used to wear cowboy boots and hats.

Now, runners were starting to take over. There was (allegedly) serious money being wagered on this race. Perhaps that’s why I felt I was being kept in the dark about everything except the actual race itself. And the preparation …

A good human/animal team worked as a unit. You could (so I was told) get your burro to pull you up the hills, while not running away from you or galloping berserkedly out of control. After the first couple of workouts, most of my training runs were alone with “Charles de Gaulle.” There’d be days where we would cruise a dozen or more miles without incident. And, always, after the work-out, I’d brush him, give him oats and other donkey treats, securing him in his pen.

If you aren’t familiar with the “World Championship Pack Burro Race” then you’re in the majority, even here in Colorado. But to enthusiasts of arcane mountain-town miscellany, this event rates right up there. It was the central part of a late summer weekend festival in Fairplay and Leadville. The race would start in one town and finish in the other. The following year, the start and finish would be switched. This year the route was from Fairplay over Mosquito Pass to Leadville. A few years later the two towns had a falling out and each staged its own separate race.

“Charles de Gaulle” and I were out on a run and he was ornerier than usual that day. We’d be running along and he’d bolt. Trying to out-run him or pull on the rope was of no use. Just like water-skiing, I’d hunker down in a squat position, grabbing the end of the rope with both hands, weight back on both heels, and be dragged along.

Eventually he’d slow, we’d walk, then begin running again.

The cycle of nervous cooperation, the illusion of man mastering the beast was tenuous, and the next all-out gallop with me being pulled along would be repeated a few minutes later. This was beyond ridiculous. I should get ahead of him, wrap up the rope to make a short leash, and walk back to the barn.

I was going to try one more time, and if he bolted, it was to be a walk back to the stable. Bam! He took off and as my body jolted in response to the snap of the rope, my plastic-

framed glasses slipped off. I turned my head to ‘fix’ the location where the specs were, intending to walk back and pick them up when things calmed down. There was perhaps eight or so feet of loose rope, the end of which became entangled around my ankle just as I turned my head.

The rope wrapped around my leg once more, and I was yanked off my feet, then becoming pulled, the donkey galloping faster and faster. Gravel and bumps in the road were immediately felt, but within milliseconds I pictured the story in tomorrow’s paper: BOY DRAGGED TO DEATH BY GALLOPING DONKEY. Talk about a headline. Everybody would read that! And so, all or most pain was blotted out of my mind by the more-powerful wave of embarrassment.

Think about it. You’re at the high school reunion, and between the attempt to get everyone to sing the school fight song and the M.C.’s presentation of awards for “looks the youngest, traveled here the farthest, the most kids,” everybody would inevitably reminisce over ol’ what’s-his-name who died in such a tragic, yet comical, fashion. I was blushing all over with waves of embarrassment. I don’t think I had given much thought as to how I’d be remembered, my legacy, as it were, but THIS was definitely not part of the plan.

I was a ghost hovering over the participants at my 30th high school reunion when the rope un-entangled itself and I slid a few inches to a stop. Adrenaline was on par with the embarrassment, and not even stopping to gauge any wounds or rash, I was able to run Chuckie G down. I turned him around, staying in front (this inhibited the tendency of his to run) and walked back to pick up my glasses.

And, much to my surprise, I did not look for a board or stick to beat him half-to-death with.

Instead, we walked to the stable. Again, I did not look for a club or other blunt instrument but quickly brushed him, put out a small bucket of grain, and quickly drove to my Grandmother’s place (she lived much closer than my house), filled the tub half full of soapy water and picked gravel out of the gouges in my hips and legs.

I called our team captain to declare my resignation later that night. “Don’t decide right away,” he counseled. “Take a couple days off and think about it.”

Silly me. I returned to train for the race a few days later.

Rosco Betunada lives (and runs when he can) in unincorporated Mesa County. He started running in 1964 and a year later was a Colorado State High School Cross Country champion. Since then, his running career has been a never-ending downward spiral. The past few years his goal for every race is to NOT set a new PW. He rarely achieves that goal anymore. coloradorunnermag.com 27

YO UTH R U N N I N G

Fabulous Phenoms Already Making Their Marks

by Bill Stahl

ANNA SHULTS CROSSES THE FINISH LINE AT THE USA XC CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Crossing the finish line first in the

high school girls’ division at the USA National Cross Country Championships in Boulder in February was 13-year old Anna Shults of Lafayette. Second-place went to 11-year old Alayna Szuch of Evergreen. Yes, go back and read that again. The first two places in the high school races at nationals went to a 13-year old and an 11-year old, not even in high school yet.

Colorado is about to see an explosion of extraordinary young talent hit the high school ranks. Aside from Shults, who will run in high school for Peak to Peak Charter School in Lafayette, and Szuch, there is Gage Voss, who will begin running next year for Arapahoe High School. The most anticipated of all might be Tyler Scholl of Kremmling, who has been turning heads by winning road races since he was nine-years old. Scholl, who has elicited many comments from other runners along the lines of “I’m not going to let that little kid beat me,” will be running for West Grand High School starting this fall. Scholl has won the Colorado State Middle School Cross Country Championship the past two years, and already owns a 5K PR of 16:04. He recently placed third in the New Balance Indoor mile and has a 1600-meter PR of 4:44.

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must be getting mercilessly pushed by gloryseeking parents who don’t allow their kids to play other sports, have any fun, or “just be kids.”

What may be surprising is that with these rising stars, that couldn’t be further from the truth. But their level of competitiveness at a tender age can be surprising.

Alayna Szuch

“It wasn’t my best, and it wasn’t my worst,” said Alayna Szuch about her race at Nationals. “I was just going to see how the race was going and hang back a little. That’s where I usually have my good races.” That plan quickly changed as Alayna took the lead and held it for much of the race. Alayna said she wasn’t even aware of who the girls were in the race, she just wanted to win it.

“I think I need to train more on running if I want to take the titles in these races,” she said. “I’d been doing a lot of Nordic skiing and other sports.“

Alayna is an enthusiastic swimmer with the Golden Phoenix Swim Team based out of the Golden Recreation Center, and road cycles with the Altitude Cycling Team in Evergreen. She also likes to Nordic ski with her family, which includes parents Pete and Caroline, and brother Colin, 13. “I want to do them all because if I get injured in one part

then I’ll have backup,” Alayna said.

She is motivated enough that she often does morning treadmill runs on her own.

Renowned coach Lyle Knudson has coached her the past three years. The training is intensity-based, not much on volume, and she usually does less than 10 miles a week. Typical workouts might be 200-meter intervals in about 30 seconds each, or 15 x one-minute repeats. “His (Knudson’s) goal is sometimes a lot bigger than our goal,” said Caroline. “He’s thinking world champion. I’m thinking maybe college. At her age, we do a lot of other things.”

Since she first started running, she’s wanted to beat her brother, Colin, and it’s fueled her desire to win. “I saw Colin doing it, and it looked like he was having a lot of fun, so I thought I would give it a shot,” said Alayna.

“I thought I was going to be an artist, but I like sports more. I like the feeling of the ‘trance.’

Everything that bothers me goes away.

“We push each other,” said Alayna, who’s now ahead of Colin. They have a friendly bet on who’s going to break 18:00 first in the 5K. “Training with my family has been good because we push each other. I get this feeling with Colin that I learn where to attack. When I’m training, I’m thinking about the race and how much I want the title, and how hard I’ll have to work to get it.“

Alayna feels her top accomplishment thus far has been winning the female division of the Xterra Beaver Creek 10K. She was fifth overall out of 127 runners. Mom Caroline was the third female.

“It was a hard race and so much fun,” said Alayna. “It was up and down these hills and all adventure. I was hurting a little at the end, but it was so much fun.”

Alayna ran 19:18 at the 2014 Cherry Creek Sneak, placing her 11th overall as a 10-year old out of nearly 3000 finishers. She followed that with an 18:07 at the Colfax Marathon 5K, second behind Ashley Luna, who has become a big supporter of Alayna.

It doesn’t always go well. The day before the Littleton Runner’s Roost Cross Country Invitational, she ran 18 miles from Copper to Frisco just for fun. She paid the price the next day. It also doesn’t help that she keeps losing her shoes there. Last year, she finished third while wearing just one shoe.

Anna Shults

Anna Shults won the Nationals high school race in 15:14 for the 4K course. “It was a very big surprise,” she said. “Normally, I don’t end up leading a race. I’m a follower, I don’t like to be out in front. It’s something scary for me.”

But she had Alayna Szuch is her sights. “I was in running mode,” Anna said. “ ‘I need to pass this person.’ It felt like she (Alayna) had a target on her back and that’s the girl I needed to go for. I knew her and that she’s won a few races with me being in second before, so I wanted to try beating her this time.

“It was actually pretty nice for awhile and then I realized ‘oh my gosh’ I’m leading this race and I have to work harder than every other girl in this race to maintain this spot to win. It was a mental task for sure,” Anna said. “Not Photography By CHRIS BOYACK / COLORADO PHOTO COMPANY

YO UTH R U N N I N G of the benefits of running at P2P is the team support, as well as a special teammate, Quinn McConnell. “Quinn is pretty fast,” Anna said.

“So if she’s in front of me in a race, she makes me want to get up there and race with her. I’m so glad I have a fist full of teammates who really like to run and cherish it.”

Anna has also found another “family” with the Boulder Junior Nordic Racing Team, which is headed up by Adam St. Pierre.

“After I fractured a metatarsal in my foot, I had to take a break from running, so I decided to join the Nordic team. I thought it would be a nice cross-training. I started racing with the BJNRT. That really fired up my mental state again. I’d be in the middle of the pack of the girls, so it made me push harder in my mind than I did in running because I was always in front in running, where it was easier mentally even though it’s still hard physically.

“I love running,” Anna said. “It’s right up there next to Nordic skiing. I love both and they really complement each other.

Anna says she just wants to run throughout high school and college, and already has targeted CU, Oregon State, and Stanford as likely landing spots.

“She’d run morning, noon, and night if we let her,” Lynne said. “I know she’d like to run through college. We’d like to do a halfmarathon together, and eventually run Boston with her, although a few waves back. Running Boston would be the highlight for her and for me.”

Oh, and look out, Anna has a nineyear old sister who has already run the mile in 6:39.

GAGE VOSS AT THE COLORADO MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS.

during the race, but after I was like, ‘Wow, I just won a high school race and I’m not even in high school yet, so that struck me. It makes me more confident that I know that I can actually lead a race and try to win a race. Before I was just a girl who was a follower. Now it feels like I’ve made a whole new jump.”

Anna started running at five years old after seeing the Bolder Boulder running right past her family’s house. The Bolder Boulder became her first race. “I’ve just been building my speed and confidence and my mental state,” Anna said. “I like competing against people who are a little bit above my level so I can be at that level.” As a 12-year old, Anna won the female title at the Bear Chase 10K. Oh, and she won the year before that, too, by a margin of just five seconds.

“She is the one who comes from behind and sprints to the finish,” said her mother, Lynne, who along with her husband, John, own the Runner’s Roost chain of running stores. “That’s how it’s always been. We run a lot of 5Ks together. I remember when she was younger, she would always blurt out, ‘Can I go now, can I go now.’ There would be no way I could catch her. After awhile, she stopped asking.”

Anna trained for a couple of years with Ric Rojas’ club in Boulder, and now runs in the winter and summer with Richie Hanson, who formerly coached at Peak to Peak. One 30 coloradorunnermag.com

Gage Voss

Gage Voss is already a high schoolsize kid who will be a freshman this fall and already has more than 10 years of running under his belt. “When I was three, I did three 5Ks running with my mom who pushed my brother in a stroller.”

“He didn’t sleep well, so we had to make him tired,” said his mom, Colleen Currie. “He crawled at five months, walked at 10 months, and started really running at 11 months. We have video of him running around our oval dining room table before bed about 75 times. For a half-hour, he would just run.”

“When he was eight, we ran the Greenwood Goose Chase,” Colleen said. “At about a mile, he said, ‘Mom, can I just go ahead?’ He loved the finish line, the prizes, the snacks. Ever since then, we’ve never been able to catch him again.”

Gage has won his age group in the Bolder Boulder the past two years, with his best time there a 38:26. He finished fifth overall at the 2014 Cherry Creek Sneak 5K in an impressive 18:35.

A lot of his development can be attributed to working out with the Parker Panthers club. In July, he ran the 3,000 meters in 10:16 to place 22nd in the 13 to 14-year old age group at the National Junior Olympics meet in steamy Houston. He also got to go to Junior Olympic Cross Country Nationals in Myrtle Beach, S.C., where he ran 13:13 for the 4K.

“I had a blast running cross country with my team,” Gage said. “The people, coaches, my mentors, I love everybody I run with.”

Last September, Gage won the middle school division of the Littleton Runner’s Roost Invitational, covering the water hazard-filled 3K course in 10:53, 33 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. That was one of 10 3K cross country victories he’s had in the past two years.

“He’s very conscious about what he eats, when he trains, and when he rests. He comes to Lifetime Fitness to do yoga,” said Colleen. “He was literally born to run.”

“With Arapahoe (next year), I want our team to win State,” Gage said. “We’re going to have three seniors who are great runners and we’ll have a strong team. I just want to help out that team any way I can.

There is definitely a camaraderie among all of the families discussed in this article. “I like the health, meeting new people, and the relationships with people I know,” Gage said.

“We’ve met the best, down-to-earth people,” Colleen said. “They cheer for our kids, and we cheer for theirs. Even if they’re on a rival team, we cheer for them. Tyler Scholl, Alayna and Colin Szuch, etc. We see them when we travel for the big meets, we end up at the same hotels, we email pictures back-andforth. People have been so generous to us. It’s been great!”

Look for these young phenoms – and their cheering families, and perhaps a Stairway to Heaven riff – at a meet near you in the very near future… or beating you in a road race even sooner!

Bill Stahl coaches cross country and track at Littleton High School. He owns a youth sports business called i9 Sports. After a rash of injuries and surgeries spanning years, he is back on the trails training to run ultras.

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R AC E R E S U LTS Heart Throb 5K February 14, 2015 Arvada, CO 574 Finishers - Timing by: Colorado Race Timing - Elevation: Start/ Finish = 5,331’ - Course Records: Brian Folts, 17:45 (2015); Monica Folts, 19:45 (2015) Overall Male: 1. Marcelo Laguera, 15:57 CR; 2. Ian Anderson, 16:48; 3. Ernie Franssen, 16:53; 4. Vincent Workman, 16:58; 5. Eric Garber, 17:20. Masters (40+): 1.

Gerald Romero, 18:06; 2. Heath Johnson, 20:58; 3. Antonio Perez, 21:41. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Bill Rollinson, 21:51; 2. Jon Aufdemberge, 22:10; 3. Don Dolifka, 22:39. Seniors (60+): 1. Jerry Brown, 25:44; 2. J. Gutierrez, 27:33; 3. Mike Lane, 27:40. Overall Female: 1. Amy Armstrong, 19:11 CR; 2. Cami Kennedy, 19:18; 3. Taylor O’Holleran, 19:58; 4. Kimberlyn Springborn, 20:58; 5. Lesley Therrian, 21:47.

Masters (40+): 1. Rachel Dehner, 23:08; 2. Kacey Narracci, 23:35; 3. Jeannene Gonzales, 24:07. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Trish Blake, 24:42; 2. Mary Ferguson, 25:33; 3. Karen Yokomizo-Burton, 25:48. Seniors (60+): 1. Lori Temanson, 26:44; 2. Betty Aga, 28:52; 3. Christi Michaelis, 30:27.

Le Cours de L’ Amour 5K/10K February 14, 2015 Denver, CO 630 Finishers (10K = 240, 5K = 390) - Timing by: Timing Consortium - Elevation: Start/Finish = 5,280’ - Course Records: 10K = Brandon Johnson, 32:12 (2013); Colleen De Reuck, 36:31 (2013); 5K = Tyler McCandless, 15:08 (2013); Leslie Luna, 17:05 (2013)

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10K Overall Male: 1. Christopher Gombeski, 28, 36:21; 2.

Conor Frantzen, 28, 37:43; 3. Timothy Jenkins, 39, 39:21; 4.

Brian Odom, 43, 41:02; 5. Ben Wilson, 28, 41:57. Masters (40+): 1. Brian Odom, 43, 41:02; 2. Ronald Ebert, 40, 42:34; 3. Patrick Flanagan, 42, 43:35. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Jim

Langley, 57, 44:14; 2. Dan Dye, 55, 50:35; 3. Lee Sachnoff, 51, 51:18. Seniors (60+): 1. Wayne Stewart, 68, 52:35; 2.

John Turk, 60, 56:51; 3. John Wedding, 60, 58:48. Overall Female: 1. Trish Byerley, 37, 43:35; 2. Tara Carreira, 41, 43:56; 3. Sally McCance, 29, 44:04; 4. Stephanie Toms, 38, 46:03; 5. Samantha Jenkins, 39, 45:53. Masters (40+): 1. Tara Carreira, 41, 43:56; 2. Ann Marie Mellow-Westo, 45, 49:38; 3. Marilynn Hartman, 48, 50:02. Grand Masters (50+): 1.

Carey Sanchez, 59, 47:32; 2. Maryjane Kemeny-Peron, 58, 50:44; 3. Connie Flynn, 57, 53:11. Seniors (60+): 1. Claradene Stewart, 65, 52:36; 2. Carmen Aarsbye-Edwards, 60, 53:10; 3. Karen Clark, 66, 1:15:56.

5K Overall Male: 1. David Minter, 65, 18:09; 2. Marland Billin, 37, 18:35; 3. Geoff Burrell, 32, 19:08; 4. Lenny Archuleta, 32, 19:31; 5. Tom Strehlow, 26, 20:30. Masters (40+): 1. Michael Hegstrom, 20:00; 2. Scott Hendrick, 49, 21:36; 3. Mike Dennis, 40, 22:50. Grand Masters (50+): 1.

Steve Monroney, 50, 21:23; 2. Mark Smith, 24:01; 3. James Wilk, 500, 24:27. Seniors (60+): 1. David Minter, 65, 18:09; 2.

Ross Westley, 78, 29:00; 3. Bart Slatton, 62, 32:44. Overall Female: 1. Amanda Lee, 25, 18:19; 2. Lydia Van Vleet, 26, 19:41; 3. Laura Cook, 25, 19:52; 4. Aja Clark, 31, 20:23; 5.

Lauren Perfors, 30, 20:46. Masters (40+): 1. Sue Contreras, 48, 24:18; 2. Sophia Tsai, 41, 24:52; 3. Lori Hendrick, 44, 25:14. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Suzie Steel, 55, 22:36; 2.

Laura Pals, 52, 26:21; 3. Karen Lebovitz, 58, 29:08. Seniors (60+): 1. Laurie Daniels, 24:08; 2. Virginia Vinyard, 78, 31:27; 3. Annette Ferguson, 63, 34:56.

Snowman Stampede 5M/10M February 21, 2015 Littleton, CO 596 Finishers (10M = 236, 5M = 360) - Timing by: Hallucination Sports - Elevation: Start/Finish = 5,351’ - Course Records: 10M = Jason SImpson, 53:46 (2012); Kim Dobson, 1:02:00 (2013); 5M = Matt Tebo, 25:18 (2012); Susan Partridge, 28:21 (2012) 10M Overall Male: 1. Hillary Bor, 25, 55:14; 2. JJ Ricket, 20,

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Tristan Mitchell, 29, 58:49. Masters (40+): 1. Brad Seng, 45, 56:43; 2. Lenny Laraio, 40, 1:01:28; 3. Gerald Romero, 43, 1:02:23. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Roger Sayre, 56, 1:03:22; 2. Dan Spale, 58, 1:03:35; 3. Jay Survil, 55, 1:09:44. Seniors (60+): 1. David Pierce, 60, 1:13:48; 2. Bruce Kirschner, 61, 1:14:56; 3. Buzz Allen, 64, 1:16:12. Overall Female: 1. Hayley Benson, 33, 1:01:01 CR; 2. Molly Smith, 34, 1:09:25; 3. Kelly Escorcia, 34, 1:10:46; 4. Kimberly Chinn, 26, 1:13:06; 5.

Elizabeth Rice, 23, 1:14:43. Masters (40+): 1. Karen Smidt, 48, 1:19:18; 2. Rosey Leary, 47, 1:24:30; 3. Susan Worcester, 41, 1:25:10. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Kathy Jankowski, 57, 1:21:20; 2. Dina Clark, 52, 1:28:38; 3. Jane Braaten, 52, 1:33:44. Seniors (60+): 1. Delinda Waldron, 62, 2:08:24.

5M Overall Male: 1. Alejandro Jimenez, 27, 26:27; 2. Steve Chu, 32, 26:47; 3. Josh Carson, 28, 27:31; 4. Steve Kaye, 36, 29:06; 5. Dan Springbom, 36, 29:31. Masters (40+): 1. Scott Kukel, 41, 30:48; 2. Casey McKinney, 43, 30:53; 3. Jeremy Allen, 43, 32:36. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Jay Survil, 55, 33:30; 2. Jim Langley, 58, 37:30; 3. Larry Leszczynski, 51, 40:23. Seniors (60+): 1. Frank Bowlin, 61, 36:01; 2. John Van Camp, 62, 41:20; 3. Martin Hidalgo, 71, 42:48. Overall Female: 1. Ellie Peterson, 25, 30:50; 2. Sarah Pizzo, 32, 31:17; 3. Elizabeth Carey, 30, 34:43; 4. Becki Lynn Lassley, 37, 35:05; 5. Amanda Jamrogiewicz, 29, 35:47. Masters (40+): 1. Sabine Preisiinger, 46, 35:56; 2. Stella Heffron, 47, 36:58; 3. Rachel Lyons, 40, 40:12. Grand Masters (50+): 1.

Laurie Williams, 42:06; 2. Diane Nuss, 55, 45:54; 3. Patricia Marchand, 59, 46:22. Seniors (60+): 1. Kathy Algiene, 51:09; 2. Natalie Conklin, 55:22; 3. Diane Tribbett, 56:01.

That Dam Run Half Marathon March 1, 2015 Denver, CO 561 Finishers (13.1M = 253, 5K = 308) - Timing by: Hallucination Sports - Elevation: Start/Finish = 5,620’ - Course Records: 13.1M = Mario Macias, 1:07:57 (2013); Nicole Chyr, 1:23:43 (2014); 5K = Matt Peharda, 16:57 (2011); Mandy McLane, 18:57 (2013)

13.1M Overall Male: 1. David Sevcik, 24, 1:12:42; 2. Daniel Ducharme, 23, 1:16:31; 3. Anthony Kunkel, 22, 1:17:00; 4. Tim Hola, 40, 1:19:49; 5. Jordan Jalving, 26, 1:24:09.

Masters (40+): 1. Tim Hola, 40, 1:19:49; 2. Matthew Van Beek, 43, 1:33:58; 3. Tyler Anderson, 41, 1:35:42. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Jay Survil, 55, 1:27:23; 2. Mark Bryant, 51, 1:41:54; 3. Michael Blanchette, 58, 1:47:05. Seniors (60+): 1. James Dill, 67, 2:21:26; 2. Al Hawker, 67, 2:29:52; 3.

Chuck Brice, 64, 2:49:10. Overall Female: 1. Nicole Chyr, 37, 1:27:41; 2. Ali Will, 21, 1:28:35; 3. Sara Gigliotti, 40, 1:29:44; 4. Carissa Sinda, 26, 1:30:55; 5. Kate Fogelberg, 35, 1:34:11.

Masters (40+): 1. Sara Gigliotti, 40, 1:29:44; 2. Jennifer Hickman, 40, 1:51:41; 3. Brooke Van Horn, 43, 1:58:07.

Grand Masters (50+): 1. Rebeca Golden, 52, 1:42:06; 2. Jill Parker, 51, 1:56:13; 3. Julie Harshman, 50, 2:02:37.

5K Overall Male: 1. Ryan Parker, 19, 18:15; 2. Brian Glotzbach, 39, 19:29; 3. AJ Ovando, 28, 19:43; 4. Jeff Hutcheson, 35, 19:49; 5. Stephen Diaz, 36, 21:26. Masters (40+): 1. Brian Miller, 49, 22:22; 2. Henry Schloss, 41, 22:34; 3. Brian Bishop, 48, 24:11. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Eric Uhlberg, 56, 23:06; 2. Ben Neivert, 54, 26:33; 3. Chuck Johnson, 57, 28:20. Seniors (60+): 1. Joe Stepan, 60, 23:56; 2. George Rumph-Smith, 60, 24:14; 3. Paul Lewandowski, 67, 25:36. Overall Female: 1. Sara Woodward, 36, 19:20; 2. Angela Potrykus, 28, 19:35; 3. Kerry Hutcheson, 33, 21:38; 4. Christy Hardy, 33, 22:01; 5. Katie Bainbridge, 31, 23:28. Masters (40+): 1. Jennifer Handy, 42, 26:04; 2.

Jessica Johnson, 42, 26:48; 3. Julie Hurley, 43, 27:01. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Pamela Leland, 52, 24:22; 2. Diane Nuss, 55, 27:03; 3. Leanne Olson, 53, 29:03. Seniors (60+): 1. Patti Thurman, 62, 25:55; 2. Sally Munoz, 60, 27:21; 3. Connie Ahrnsbrak, 75, 28:13.

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CJ Hitz, 41, 17:11; 2. Jeff Turner, 44, 17:27; 3. Finbarr Kirwan, 44, 17:55. Grand Masters (50+): 1. David Minter, 54, 17:46; 2. Gary Staines, 51, 18:04; 3. Chris Reed, 50, 18:22. Seniors (60+): 1. John Victoria, 60, 18:58; 2. Michael Orendorff, 63, 20:48; 3. Eric Thomas, 60, 21:28. Overall Female: 1. Hillory Davis, 26, 18:55; 2. Kierann Toth, 31, 18:58; 3. Crystal Goecker, 36, 18:59; 4. Chantae Steele, 13, 19:15; 5. Rochelle Persson, 47, 19:44. Masters (40+): 1. Rochelle Persson, 47, 19:44; 2. Lisa Hines, 43, 21:21; 3. Audrey Hall, 45, 21:36.

Grand Masters (50+): 1. Penny Vetter, 51, 23:19; 2. Dianne Bucholz, 52, 23:31; 3. Lisa Thomas, 52, 24:38. Seniors (60+): 1. Sharon Dieter, 60, 24:19; 2. Marijane Martinez, 62, 25:39; 3. Janice Webb, 60, 26:38.

Lucky Laces 5K/10K March 14, 2015 Denver, CO 1,542 Finishers (10K = 466, 5K = 1,076) - Timing by: Timing Consortium - Elevation: Start/Finish = 5,280’ - Course Records: 10K = Brandon Johnson, 32:12 (2013); Colleen De Reuck, 36:31 (2013); 5K = Tyler McCandless, 15:08 (2013); Leslie Luna, 17:05 (2013) 10K Overall Male: 1. Julian Wheating, 25, 33:59; 2. Cley Twigg, 39, 35:04; 3. Jason Halberstadt, 32, 35:15; 4. Ryan Hackett, 28, 36:35; 5. Christopher Gombeski, 28, 36:40.

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R AC E R E S U LTS Park, 62, 24:44; 1. Wayne Tate, 63, 31:26; 3. Charles Medina, 64, 33:49. Overall Female: 1. Kierann Toth, 31, 21:04 CR; 2. Rochelle Persson, 47, 21:51; 3. Sky Izzo, 26, 23:02; 4. Jill Howard, 44, 23:11; 5. Amanda Jamrogiewicz, 29, 23:26.

Masters (40+): 1. Rochelle Persson, 47, 21:51; 2. Jill Howard, 44, 23:11; 3. Renee Renn, 42, 25:32. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Deb Hadley, 58, 33:39; 2. Sandra Gonzalez, 50, 34:53; 3.

Janet Biles, 55, 37:02. Seniors (60+): 1. Janice Webb, 61, 29:29; 2. Jeannine Cheek, 68, 1:02:37.

Beat Beethoven’s 5th 5K March 29, 2015 Fort Collins, CO 371 Finishers - Timing by: RunLimited - Elevation: Start/Finish = 4,982’ - Course Records: Kyle Bevers, 17:00 (2013); Abby Depperschmidt, 18:14 (2013)

THE START OF THE BUNNY BOLT 5K/10K IN DENVER’S CITY PARK. 2. Erin Rubenking, 27, 42:15; 3. Julie Kirwan, 33, 43:26; 4.

Tara McFarlin, 35, 43:42; 5. Trish Byerley, 37, 44:08. Masters (40+): 1. Jennifer Ward, 46, 45:19; 2. Susan Young, 46, 50:23; 3. Peggy Timm, 47, 52:15. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Caolan MacMahon, 51, 48:37; 2. Diane Barry Groff, 57, 53:46; 3.

Diane Nuss, 55, 55:11. Seniors (60+): 1. Deborah Stafford, 63, 59:35; 2. Carmen Aarsbyedwards, 60, 1:01:54; 3. Karen Clark, 66, 1:20:43.

5K Overall Male: 1. Keenan O’Brien, 20, 17:36; 2. Matt Tartar, 44, 17:57; 3. Jensen Baade, 13, 18:33; 4. Marland Billings, 37, 18:44; 5. Branden Teets, 32, 18:53. Masters (40+): 1. Matt Tartar, 44, 17:54; 2. Chad Schlichtemeier, 45, 21:33; 3. Scott Hendrick, 49, 21:33. Grand Masters (50+): 1. David Ceranich, 59, 22:14; 2. David Shinneman, 54, 22:42; 3. Jamie Boese, 55, 23:02. Seniors (60+): 1. Jim Martin, 64, 23:02; 2. Rob Gray, 64, 24:26; 3. Paul Lewandowski, 68, 25:15. Overall Female: 1. Lydia Van Vleet, 26, 19:23; 2. Michelle Hurn, 31, 19:30; 3. Lauren Perfors, 30, 21:33; 4. Heidi Weber, 18, 21:40; 5. Janna Schneider, 29, 22:57.

Masters (40+): 1. Sue Contreras, 48, 24:00; 2. Michelle Hancock, 47, 24:14; 3. Wellesina Thomas, 49, 24:23. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Sarah Engle, 52, 25:22; 2. Laura Pals, 52, 25:40; 3. Liz Weeks, 51, 28:44. Seniors (60+): 1. Carol Ortiz, 60, 26:08; 2. Terry Dargevics, 60, 34:32; 3. Annette Ferguson, 63, 35:42.

Runnin’ of the Green 7K March 15, 2015 Denver, CO 3,035 Finishers - Timing by: Hallucination Sports - Elevation: Start/ Finish = 5,280’ - Course Records: Michael Aish, 21:24 (2011); Fiona Docherty, 24:10 (2011) Overall Male: 1. Benjamin Zywicki, 26, 22:22 CR; 2. Jordan Jones, 33, 22:34; 3. Alejandro Jimenez, 27, 22:41; 4. Nick Dunaske, 39, 23:17; 5. Joe Coil, 24, 23:29. Masters (40+): 1. Bob Weiner, 49, 23:53; 2. Kirk Framke, 41, 25:17; 3. Lenny Laraio, 41, 25:36. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Dan Spale, 58, 26:08; 2. Raul Carrizalez, 54, 26:27; 3. Jay Survil, 55, 27:17. Seniors (60+): 1. John Hakala, 63, 31:12; 2. Michael McCorkle, 61, 32:18; 3. Bob Caillouette, 60, 32:33. Overall Female: 1. Eva Krchova, 25, 25:19 CR; 2. Nicole Camp, 29, 26:20; 3. Sarah Pizzo, 32, 26:47; 4. Malia Crouse, 30, 26:47; 5. Shannon Kinney, 29, 27:06. Masters (40+): 1. Connilee Walter, 42, 29:10; 2. Anissa Schymik, 43, 29:33; 3. Sabine Preisinger, 46, 29:55. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Kim Grant, 55, 33:36; 2. Jill Parker, 51, 35:18; 3. Kim Laatsch, 54, 36:52.

Seniors (60+): 1. Amy Lease, 61, 33:50; 2. Laurie Daniels, 60, 35:09; 3. Laurie Hakala, 63, 37:21.

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2,722 Finishers (13.1M = 2,120, 5M = 602) - Timing by: Timberline Timing - Elevation: Start = 4,970’; Finish = 4,018’ - Course Records: 13.1M = Brandon Rhodes, 1:05:33 (1997); Nadia Prasad, 1:17:31 (2003); 5M = Nicholas Kipruto, 23:55 (2009); Janell Burgon, 28:34 (1992) 13.1M Overall Male: 1. Paul Petersen, 35, 1:09:41; 2.

Michael Chavez, 29, 1:12:46; 3. Michael Wilson, 30, 1:13:10; 4. Chaiwat Engtrakul, 38, 1:13:46; 5. Brendan Trimboli, 27, 1:15:49. Masters (40+): 1. Walter Brown, 43, 1:18:13; 2.

Ben Coyle, 40, 1:22:40; 3. Steve Murray, 46, 1:26:06. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Mark Bell, 57, 1:27:10; 2. Kevin O’Brien, 56, 1:28:12; 3. Walter McCabe, 54, 1:34:53. Seniors (60+): 1. Heath Hibbard, 61, 1:24:38; 2. David Pierce, 60, 1:33:21; 3. Bob Basse, 60, 1:37:35. Overall Female: 1. Autumn Ray, 35, 1:21:58; 2. Malia Crouse, 30, 1:22:18; 3. Bree Thorpe, 35, 1:22:41; 4. Jenn Shelton, 31, 1:24:26; 5. Kathryn Ross, 24, 1:26:36. Masters (40+): 1. Amie Ingram, 42, 1:35:05; 2.

Sylvie Rembert, 49, 1:40:32; 3. Deanna Reilly, 43, 1:41:23.

Grand Masters (50+): 1. Lisa Goldsmith, 50, 1:34:48; 2.

Betsy Fisher, 50, 1:35:44; 3. Laurie Brockway, 52, 1:42:51.

Seniors (60+): 1. Blondie Vucich, 66, 1:43:58; 2. Debra Spence, 60, 1:54:19; 3. Claradene Stewart, 65, 1:55:37.

5M Overall Male: 1. Matthew Bell, 23, 26:22; 2. Ian Anderson, 24, 28:12; 3. Michael Wolf, 32, 29:47; 4. Scott Hajicek, 66, 30:46; 5. Evan Ellison, 13, 31:54. Masters (40+): 1. Travis Hildebrand, 40, 32:59; 2. Mark Kandola, 47, 35:00; 3. Steve Coren, 43, 36:03. Grand Masters (50+): 1.

Deirdre Garvey, 55, 39:55; 2. Rebecca Allgeier, 54, 42:51; 3. Lisa Leavitt, 51, 44:09. Seniors (60+): 1. Scott Hajicek, 66, 30:46; 2. Tom Vucich, 64, 39:56; 3. Britt Bassett, 60, 40:42. Overall Female: 1. Jayelen Knowles, 16, 37:41; 2.

MacKynzie Parry, 20, 38:39; 3. Jamie Blair Echevarria, 38, 38:46; 4. Chelsea Nelson, 26, 38:57; 5. Melanee Mills, 15, 39:24. Masters (40+): 1. Susan Artaechevarria, 45, 41:08; 2. Wendy Rasmussen, 45, 41:51; 3. Susan Hitti, 42, 42:20.

Grand Masters (50+): 1. Tom Davidson, 52, 34:28; 2. David Olsen, 54, 36:43; 3. John Ferguson, 59, 38:30. Seniors (60+): 1. Colombina Irwin, 64, 46:32; 2. Nancy Gilmore, 60, 49:12; 3. Betty Aga, 62, 49:31.

Overall Male: 1. Adugna Moritz, 12, 17:58; 2. Chad Pallansch, 40, 18:06; 3. Tim Hebert, 38, 18:19; 4. John Koss, 55, 18:48; 5. Matthew Gerke, 32, 18:56. Masters (40+): 1.

Chad Pallansch, 40, 18:06; 2. Dan Fetsco, 42, 19:48; 3. Andy Hairgrove, 41, 21:39. Grand Masters (50+): 1. John Koss, 55, 18:48; 2. David Crowe, 51, 19:13; 3. Mike Maher, 55, 19:53. Seniors (60+): 1. John Roeske, 66, 21:28; 2. John Blair, 62, 23:14; 3. John Kefalas, 60, 24:53. Overall Female: 1. Mykynzie Sybrant, 26, 19:53; 2. Valerie Kliewer, 22, 20:17; 3. Taylor O’Holleran, 25, 20:26; 4. Karen Giesler, 32, 20:45; 5. Becky Butler, 21, 21:32. Masters (40+): 1. Tanya Perry, 43, 22:25; 2. Tracy Guest, 44, 23:45; 3. Allison Pietras, 40, 24:07.

Grand Masters (50+): 1. Stephanie Lockwood, 51, 24:47; 2. Lisa Rutherford, 51, 28:35; 3. Lori Gustafson, 50, 28:44.

Seniors (60+): 1. Jacqueline Leidholt, 61, 25:10; 2. Cathy Morgan, 68, 26:52; 3. Mary McElvain, 61, 29:48.

Bobcat Boogie 5K March 29, 2015 Westminster, CO 293 Finishers - Timing by: Hallucination Sports - Elevation: Start/ Finish = 5,384’ - Course Records: Unknown Overall Male: 1. Matthew Perri, 24, 17:37; 2. Elliott Miller, 17, 17:57; 3. John Dixon, 29, 18:26; 4. Andres Perez, 14, 18:53; 5. Kirk Anderson, 36, 19:02. Masters (40+): 1. Don

Brain Booster 5K March 28, 2015 USAFA, CO 90 Finishers - Timing by: Unkown - Elevation: Start/Finish = 7,258’ - Course Records: Andy Rinne, 19:06 (2014); Kayli Tabares, 21:32 (2014) Overall Male: 1. Andy Rinne, 39, 18:26 CR; 2. Gerald Romero, 43, 19:28; 3. Steven Rocks, 37, 20:17; 4. Michael Guenther, 53, 22:22; 5. Tom Seeman, 53, 22:29. Masters (40+): 1. Gerald Romero, 43, 19:28; 2. Christopher White, 49, 23:06; 3. William Pearson, 40, 23:49. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Michael Guenther, 53, 22:22; 2. Tom Seeman, 53, 22:29; 3. Steven Youngstrom, 52, 22:38. Seniors (60+): 1. Richard

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1,625 Finishers - Timing by: Boulder Road Runners - Elevation: Start = 5,335’, Finish = 5,252’ - Course Records: Jason Delaney, 1:08:48 (2009); Anna Pichrtova, 1:16:02 (2005) Overall Male: 1. Kenneth Foster, 29, 1:12:30; 2. Cale Allen, 25, 1:13:53; 3. Zach Watson, 37, 1:17:28; 4. Tripp Hipple, 27, 1:17:48; 5. Dave Purvis, 40, 1:19:34. Masters (40+): 1. Dave Purvis, 40, 1:19:34; 2. Kirk Framke, 41, 1:20:09; 3. Chuck Radford, 43, 1:20:23. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Jerry Rief, 50, 1:21:39; 2. Roger Sayre, 57, 1:22:37; 3. Dan Spale, 58, 1:23:58. Seniors (60+): 1. David Pierce, 60, 1:33:56; 2.

Mark Donelson, 63, 1:35:48; 3. Bob Caillouette, 60, 1:40:27.

Overall Female: 1. Haley Benson, 33, 1:20:12; 2. Colleen De Reuck, 50, 1:21:17; 3. Malia Crouse, 30, 1:22:14; 4.

Lori Walker, 32, 1:23:36; 5. Meghan Shagena, 26, 1:26:12.

Masters (40+): 1. Sabine Preisinger, 46, 1:35:32; 2. Melissa Menard, 41, 1:36:42; 3. Sydney Cornell, 44, 1:37:44. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Colleen De Reuck, 50, 1:21:17; 2. Andrea Espinosa, 52, 1:28:33; 3. Janet Rooney, 51, 1:38:46. Seniors (60+): 1. Lu Ann Taylor, 60, 1:59:05; 2. Marijane Martinez, 62, 2:06:35; 3. Gloria Montoya, 67, 2:10:11.

Prairie Dog Half Marathon April 12, 2015 Arvada, CO THE START OF THE PRAIRIE DOG HALF MARATHON IN ARVADA. Anderson, 40, 23:00; 2. Michael Sheehan, 44, 23:18; 3.

Chris Pankratz, 46, 24:05. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Jon Aufdemberge, 51, 23:34; 2. David Langewisch, 50, 24:37; 3.

Fred Carroll, 50, 25:15. Seniors (60+): 1. Paul Von Stein, 64, 25:15; 2. Larue Rains, 61, 37:21; 3. Debra Silva, 60, 43:59.

Overall Female: 1. Kawtar Ameur, 19, 20:41; 2. Katie Von Stein, 32, 22:13; 3. Patti Tisdall, 50, 23:25; 4. Cheryl Miller, 47, 23:32; 5. Lisa Deforge, 49, 24:05. Masters (40+): 1. Cheryl Miller, 47, 23:32; 2. Lisa Deforge, 49, 24:05; 3. Teresa Dye, 44, 25:47. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Patti Tisdall, 50, 23:25; 2. Caolan MacMahon, 51, 24:25; 3. Allyson Holgard, 52, 25:14. Seniors (60+): 1. Janice Illig, 77, 50:05; 2. Jeannette Reynolds, 70, 54:35; 3. Norie Aufdemberge, 78, 55:25.

Bunny Bolt 5K/10K April 4, 2015 Denver, CO 605 Finishers (10K = 121; 5K = 484) - Timing by: Colorado Race Timing - Elevation: Start/Finish = 5,280’ - Course Records: 10K = Brandon Johnson, 32:12 (2013); Colleen De Reuck, 36:31 (2013); 5K = Tyler McCandless, 15:08 (2013); Leslie Luna, 17:05 (2013) 10K Overall Male: 1. Christopher Gregory, 34, 36:35; 2.

Christopher Schroeder, 20, 37:56; 3. Robert Herz, 50, 38:22; 4. Cyrus Severance, 35, 38:45; 5. Rich Herbst, 48, 39:15.

Masters (40+): 1. Rich Herbst, 48, 39:15; 2. Bryan Gurinski, 42, 46:59; 3. Daniel Shank, 43, 51:58. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Robert Herz, 50, 38:22; 2. Mark Ramsey, 52, 45:17; 3.

Kerry Kuck, 57, 57:37. Seniors (60+): 1. Dennis Trapp, 60, 1:04:10; 2. Michael Chessnoe, 73, 1:05:33; 3. Doug Walker, 66, 1:06:32. Overall Female: 1. Tara McFarin, 35, 43:46; 2.

Amelia Dickerson, 35, 44:36; 3. Linnabah Snyder, 34, 44:36; 4. Kelly Carpenter, 26, 44:56; 5. Kathy Hokansen, 34, 45:07.

Masters (40+): 1. Liz Myslik, 42, 50:33; 2. Stacy Gapper, 41, 50:04; 3. Jeanette Bowles, 46, 56:13. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Sandy Schuster, 53, 1:00:10; 2. Nancy Murri, 51, 1:04:24; 3. Maureen Fujii, 55, 1:12:33. Seniors (60+): 1. Sally Munoz, 60, 57:07; 2. Marilyn Loomis, 62, 1:34:06.

5K Overall Male: 1. Marc Johnson, 38, 19:02; 2. Austin Peeples, 23, 19:27; 3. Isaiah Ybarr, 18, 20:49; 4. Bryan Beiner, 42, 21:09; 5. Taylor Simmons, 25, 21:12. Masters (40+): 1. Bryan Beiner, 42, 21:09; 2. Willie Johnson, 40, 23:01; 3. David Gryzick, 47, 23:23. Grand Masters (50+): 1.

Larry Schumacher, 54, 22:20; 2. Edwin Ortiz, 56, 25:58; 3.

Dale Myhre, 56, 26:29. Seniors (60+): 1. Steve Zimmerer, 62, 25:21; 2. Steven Seigal, 64, 26:20; 3. Bill Sluka, 69, 28:53. Overall Female: 1. Kawtar Ameur, 19, 20:28; 2.

Angie Anderson, 34, 20:49; 3. Elizabeth Campagna, 36, 21:05; 4. Andrea Hill, 37, 22:12; 5. Alejandra Gandara, 35, 22:23. Masters (40+): 1. Julie Bruckman, 40, 22:39; 2. Lori Emerson, 41, 24:09; 3. Jill Sandhoff, 41, 24:39. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Paula Maresh, 50, 23:51; 2. Linda Roberts, 51, 27:06; 3. Constance Smith, 52, 27:08. Seniors (60+): 1. Sue Young, 61, 28:33; 2. Angie Hill, 65, 32:20; 3. Peggy

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Schoenfield, 61, 35:05.

Three Creeks Half Marathon April 4, 2015 Denver, CO 626 Finishers - Timing by: Racing Underground - Elevation: Start/ Finish = 5,620’ - Course Records: New race Overall Male: 1. Kenny Foster, 1:12:55 CR; 2. Brian Folts, 1:14:46; 3. Robbie Wade, 1:16:16; 4. Ryan Crisp, 1:17:31; 5.

Kevin Gallagher, 1:17:48. Masters (40+): 1. Michael Kraus, 1:24:27; 2. Gerald Romero, 1:25:37; 3. Michael Lovato, 1:29:35. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Jay Survil, 1:31:05; 2.

Michael Urbain, 1:35:39; 3. Marco Cornacchhione, 1:36:06.

Seniors (60+): 1. Richard Park, 1:45:22; 2. Bob Irving, 1:52:08; 3. Jim Bosik, 1:59:50. Overall Female: 1. Monica Folts, 1:24:06 CR; 2. Abby Depperschmidt, 1:24:39; 3.

Jeanni Seymour, 1:29:33; 4. Johna Iannitto, 1:34:23; 5. Halcy Driskell, 1:37:17. Masters (40+): 1. JJ Salisbury, 1:44:51; 2.

Mandy Jellerichs, 1:44:18; 3. Marilyn Quinn, 1:45:48. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Ellen Hart, 1:40:40; 2. Kim Grant, 1:46:18; 3. Jill Parker, 1:54:42. Seniors (60+): 1. Kathy Christy, 1:58:07; 2. Joanne Harms, 2:03:55; 3. Catherine Curtis, 2:08:02.

Frank Shorter Race 4 Kids’ Health 5K April 12, 2015 Broomfield, CO 596 Finishers - Timing by: Racing Underground - Elevation: Start/ Finish = 5,420’ - Course Records: Tyler McCandless, 15:41 (2012); Kristen Arendt, 17:18 (2014) Overall Male: 1. Tyler McCandless, 15:32 CR; 2. Branden Johnson, 15:33; 3. Dillon Shije, 16:47; 4. Jay Luna, 16:52; 5. Bob Weiner, 17:07. Masters (40+): 1. Bob Weiner, 17:07; 2. Todd Straka, 17:51; 3. Tom Norris, 18:23. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Bob Vanlangenhoven, 20:07; 2. Kevin Cooper, 21:19; 3. Paul Chamberlin, 21:50. Seniors (60+): 1. Doug Bell, 19:48; 2. John Roeske, 21:46; 3. Jim Reynolds, 23:02.

Overall Female: 1. Kristen Arendt, 17:50; 2. Amanda Lee, 18:25; 3. Heather Utrata, 18:52; 4. Ashley Luna, 19:09; 5.

Laura Pifer, 19:18. Masters (40+): 1. Stacy Izard, 21:58; 2.

Ana Real, 22:06; 3. Christine Horst, 22:29. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Delcia Litt, 21:08; 2. Karen Bernardi, 26:20; 3. Susan Babcock, 27:19. Seniors (60+): 1. Amy Lease, 24:09; 2. Meg Heerdt, 26:42; 3. Ellen Rickert, 28:06.

Platte River Half Marathon April 12, 2015 Littleton, CO

627 Finishers (13.1M = 336; 10K = 152; 5K = 139) - Timing by: Colorado Race Timing - Elevation: Start/Finish = 5,486’ - Course Records: 13.1M = Russell Stein, 1:17:48 (2014); Malia Mullen, 1:27:49 (2014); 10K = Nichols Vandam, 39:38 (2014); Heidi Miller, 47:03 (2014); 5K = Bryan Benefield, 21:21 (2014); Chrissy Lingelbach, 21:21 (2014) 13.1M Overall Male: 1. Dan Springborn, 1:19:01; 2. Antony Keller, 1:19:18; 3. Jerry Hollingsworth, 1:22:44; 4. Luke Gulbrand, 1:26:36; 5. Thomas Ciolek, 1:27:56. Masters (40+): 1. Daniel Jones, 1:31:21; 2. Dale Hawkins, 1:31:54; 3. Niels Oomkes, 1:33:50. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Refugio Garcia, 1:34:47; 2. Russell Kutzman, 1:40:21; 3. Brad Curtis, 1:41:23. Seniors (60+): 1. Andrew Ogan, 1:51:36; 2. Michael McLane, 1:57:35; 3. James Siepiola, 2:06:14. Overall Female: 1. Jamie Pendleton, 1:31:05; 2. Megan Hyatt, 1:40:43; 3. Kendra Rossini, 1:40:46; 4. Candy Bartholomew, 1:42:39; 5. Tara Holmes, 1:43:21. Masters (40+): 1. Candy Bartholomew, 1:42:39; 2. Barbara Peterson, 1:43:54; 3.

Adriana Giorgetti, 1:45:19. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Laurie Sperry, 1:51:31; 2. Lisa Berman, 1:54:07; 3. Gaye Bloesser, 2:03:32. Seniors (60+): 1. Laurie Budke, 2:36:03; 2. Patricia Pfaff, 3:06:45.

10K Overall Male: 1. Mark Mulholland, 36:36 CR; 2. Jeffrey Ballard, 37:55; 3. Marland Billings, 38:33; 4. Ian Gauthier, 39:07; 5. John Elam, 41:10. Masters (40+): 1. John Elam, 41:10; 2. Jim Wnorowski, 41:32; 3. Alan Greening, 43:00.

Grand Masters (50+): 1. Joe Trubacz, 43:21; 2. Keith Bushaw, 49:05; 3. Edward Pike, 56:35. Seniors (60+): 1.

Steve Pendleton, 54:35; 2. Daniel Casiraro, 55:34; 3. Jim Coghlan, 58:23. Overall Female: 1. Bryanna Hoffman, 42:50 CR; 2. Sarah Kleinsteiber, 43:02; 3. Vicki Aycrigg, 48:34; 4. Kimberlyn Springborn, 48:43; 5. Shanna Cullen, 49:52.

Masters (40+): 1. Shanna Cullen, 49:52; 2. Jen HuangCassell, 52:53; 3. Dana Phillips, 53:32. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Victoria Queen, 58:39; 2. Margaret Wilshek, 1:02:06; 3.

Vicki Larue, 1:06:15. Seniors (60+): 1. Lori Temanson, 57:44; 2. Cheryl Ames, 1:08:40; 3. Patricia Connell, 1:11:45.

5K Overall Male: 1. Joshua Schaidle, 18:31 CR; 2. Peter Keilman, 20:13; 3. Matthew Collins, 21:48; 4. Bryan Benefield, 22:06; 5. Michael Collins, 22:22. Masters (40+): 1. Michael Collins, 22:22; 2. Gregory Kuzma, 22:39; 3. Brian Boye, 24:31. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Tim Kellogg, 29:15; 2. Chris Locke, 34:45; 3. Dennis Sauer, 47:48. Seniors (60+): 1. Ron Smith, 30:30; 2. Bill Ryan, 36:11; 3. Mike Forster, 45:57. Overall Female: 1. Ruth Waller, 19:53 CR; 2.

Alexandra Collins, 23:33; 3. Kathy Collins, 24:09; 4. Shannon Koch, 24:32; 5. Jan Hughes, 24:40. Masters (40+): 1. Stacey Bushaw, 28:25; 2. Michelle Roddy, 32:39; 3. Brigette Swartz, 34:11. Grand Masters (50+): 1. Megan Dolan, 30:42; 2.

Karen Gustafson, 31:26; 3. Julieann Kramer, 31:48. Seniors (60+): 1. Jan Hughes, 24:40; 2. Tommie Atanasoff, 36:30; 3.

Laura Koch, 40:33.

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Photography By JAMES BETTIS / 3W RACES

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Not all race information may be correct. Some races will change dates or start times. Please confirm all information before traveling to an event. Our complete free calendar is always available year round online at www.coloradorunnermag.com.

Colorado Rockies Home Run for the Homeless 5K; 8:00 AM; Coors Field, Denver, CO; rockies. com/5k

Fairmount 5000; 9:00 AM; Fairmount Park, Golden, CO; fairmountpta.org

Christmas in May 5K; 9:00 AM; Ketring Park, Littleton, CO; tinyurl. com/christmasinmay5k

Return of the Turkey Vulture 5K; 9:00 AM; Yuma District Hospital, Yuma, CO; racemenu. com

Cottonwood Classic 5K; 8:00 AM; Thorncreek Crossing, Thornton, CO; cottonwoodclassicrun.com

Run For Orphans 5K; 9:00 AM; The Ranch, Loveland, CO; runfororphansrace.net

Erie Half Marathon; 13.1M, 5K; 8:00 AM; Coal Creek Park, Erie, CO; eriehalf.com

Healthy Kids Running Series; 4:00 PM; Dove Valley Regional Park, Englewood, CO; healthykidsrunningseries.org

The Bliss Run Women’s 5K; 10:00 AM; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; theblissrun.com

Federal Cup; 8:15 AM; Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO; runningguru.com

Prairie Fire Spring Half Marathon; 7:30 AM; Hyatt Regency, Wichita, KS; prairiefiremarathon.com

The Gift of Life and Breath 5K; 9:00 AM; Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO; giftoflifeandbreath.com

Derby Dash 5K; 9:00 AM; Lake Arbor Park, Arvada, CO; hopehouseofcolorado.org

Race for Open Space; 13.1M, 10K, 5K; 7:30 AM; Bluff Lake Nature Center, Denver, CO; featonthestreet.com

Ute Pass Pony Run 5K; 8:00 AM; Ute Pass Elementary, Cascade, CO

Dumb Friends League Furry Scurry 2M; 9:00 AM; Washington Park, Denver, CO; furryscurry.org

RMRR Stapleton 5M; 8:00 AM; Stapleton Central Park, Denver, CO; rmrr.org

Emerge 5K; 9:30 AM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; hallucinationsports.com

Run Happy Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K; 7:15 AM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; flatirons. com

MAY

Healthy Kids Running Series; 4:30 PM; Red Tail Hawk Park, Aurora, CO; healthykidsrunningseries.org

Bringing Hope Run; 10K, 5K; 9:00 AM; America the Beautiful Park, Colorado Springs, CO; BringingHopeRun.com Cinco Cinco 5K; 8:30 AM; CSU Oval, Fort Collins, CO; cincocinco.colostate.edu Collegiate Peaks Trail Run; 50M, 25M; 6:30 AM; Buena Vista Community Center, Buena Vista, CO; collegiatepeakstrailrun.org

Grace’s Race 5K; 5:30 PM; Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, CO; gracesrace.org Greenland Trail Races; 50K, 25K, 8M; 7:00 AM; Greenland Open Space, Larkspur, CO; greenland50k.com Kohl 5K; 8:00 AM; Kohl Elementary School, Broomfield, CO; kohlelementary5k.com

05/05

Dash & Dine 5K; 6:30 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co

05/08

Kokopelli Kids Trail Running Series; 5:30 PM; Bear Creek Park, Colorado Springs, CO; kokopellikids.com

05/09

Airlife Memorial; 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Hudson Gardens, Littleton, CO; airlifedenver.com

PPRR Nielson Challenge 2M; 8:00 AM; North Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs, CO; pprrun.org

Armed Forces Community Run; 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO; runningguru.com

Race for Freedom 5K; 9:30 AM; Rocky Mountain Christian Ministries, Gunnison, CO; racefor-freedom.com

Canine on the Creek 5K; 10:30 AM; Charlie’s Place Animal Shelter, Dumont, CO; clearcreekrecreation.com

Rocky Mountain Brew Runs 5K; 10:00 AM; Old Man Bar, Broomfield, CO; rockymountainbrewruns.com

CMRA Sand Creek XC 6K; 8:00 AM; Smith Road Trailhead, Denver, CO; comastersrun.org

Run for Remembrance 5K; 8:00 AM; Columbine High School, Littleton, CO; finishlinetiming.com

Fear the Deer Trail Half Marathon; 7:00 AM; Deer Creek Canyon Park, Littleton, CO; fearthedeer.com

Sean May Memorial Run; 15K, 5K; 9:00 AM; Barr Lake State Park, Brighton, CO; seanmaymemorialrun.org

Girls on the Run 5K; 9:00 AM; City Park, Denver, CO; girlsontherunrockies.org

Cimarron 50K; 7:00 AM; Cerro Summit Recreation Area, Cimarron, CO; everrunracing.com Cinco de Mayo Run; 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Colorado State Fairgrounds, Pueblo, CO; socorunners.org Colorado Marathon; 26.2M, 13.1M, 10K, 5K; 6:30 AM; Old Town, Fort Collins, CO; thecoloradomarathon.com

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GoRuck 5K; 9:00 AM; Cherokee Ranch & Castle, Sedalia, CO; hallucinationsports.com Hayden Cog Run; 8.4M, 5K; 10:00 AM; Hayden Town Park, Hayden, CO; runningseries.com

High Plains 5K; 8:30 AM; High Plains Elementary School, Englewood, CO; highplainsfunrun. weebly.com La Sportiva Boneyard Boogie 11K; 9:00 AM; Eagle Pool and Ice Rink, Eagle, CO; vailrec.com Lemonade Brigade 5K; 8:00 AM; Rock Ledge Ranch, Colorado Springs, CO; hopeandhome.org

Wyoming Law Enforcement Memorial 5K; 9:00 AM; Wyoming State Capitol, Cheyene, WY; cheyennepd.org/5K 05/10

Mike the Headless Chicken 5K; 9:00 AM; City Hall, Fruita, CO; fruita.org

Adelante 5K; 9:00 AM; Stapleton Recreation Center, Denver, CO; adelante5k.com

Red River High Mountain Half Marathon; 13.1M, 5K; 9:00 AM; Brandenburg Park, Red River, NM; redriverhalfmarathon.net

Colorado Women’s Classic; 10M, 10K, 5K; 8:30 AM; Westminster Promenade Terrace, Westminster, CO; coloradowomensclassic.com

Rocky Mountain Brew Runs 5K; 10:00 AM; Peak to Peak Tap Room, Aurora, CO; rockymountainbrewruns.com

Healthy Kids Running Series; 4:30 PM; Red Tail Hawk Park, Aurora, CO; healthykidsrunningseries.org

RoxTrot; 10K, 5K; 9:00 AM; Roxborough State Park, Littleton, CO; roxtrot.wordpress.com

Healthy Kids Running Series; 4:00 PM; Dove Valley Regional Park, Englewood, CO; healthykidsrunningseries.org

Run to the Shrine; 10K, 5K; 7:15 AM; Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, CO; cmzoo. org/run

Mother’s Day 5K; 9:00 AM; City Park, Denver, CO; mothersday5k. com

Sage Burner Trail Race; 50K, 25K; 7:00 AM; Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, CO; sageburnertrailrun.com

Mother’s Day Mile; 1:00 PM; Glenwood Medical Associates, Glenwood Springs, hallucinationsports.com

Walk MS 5K; 8:00 AM; No Name Rest Area, Glenwood Springs, CO; walkMScolorado.org

Mother’s Day Title 9K; 9:00 AM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; titlenine.com

Edgewater 5K; 9:00 AM; Citizen’s Park, Edgewater, CO; edgewatercollective.org

runBlossom; 13.1M, 5M, 5K; 8:00 AM; Centennial Park, Canon City, CO; runblossom.org

Take 5 in the Garden of the Gods; 5M, 5K; 8:00 AM; Garden of the Gods Park, Colorado Springs, CO; csgrandprix.com 05/03

Carbon Valley Half Marathon; 8:00 AM; Firestone Sports Complex, Firestone, CO; cvhalfmarathon.org

Quad Rock Trail Race; 50M, 25M; 5:30 AM; Lory State Park, Fort Collins, CO; gnarrunners. com

Columbine Classic; 8M, 4M; 8:00 AM; Aurora Reservoir, Aurora, CO; columbineclassic.org

running / walking

05/02

Miles For Mom; 2.5M; 8:00 AM; Sloan’s Lake, Denver, CO; flocritco.kintera.org

Yappy Dog 8.6M; 8:00 AM; South Mesa Elementary School, Pueblo, CO; socorunners.org 05/12

Dash & Dine 5K; 6:30 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co

05/13

Cross Country Clash 5K; 6:00 PM; Bear Creek Lake Park, Lakewood, CO; xcclash.com

05/15

Kokopelli Kids Trail Running Series; 5:30 PM; Bear Creek Park, Colorado Springs, CO; kokopellikids.com

05/16

Bellco Colfax 5K; 9:00 AM; City Park, Denver, CO; runcolfax.org

High Line Canal Run; 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; deKoevend Park, Centennial, CO; RunningGuru. com

Black Canyon Ascent 10K; 8:00 AM; Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Montrose, CO; sjmr.club

HRCA Mother’s Day 5K; 9:00 AM; Mountain Vista High School, Highlands Ranch, CO; highlandsranchraceseries.com

Bulldog Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Trinidad Lake State Park, Trinidad, CO; primeroschool.org

Women’s Distance Festival 5K; 10:00 AM; North Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs, CO; pprrun.org 05/17

Crazy Legs Trail 10K; 7:00 AM; Devil’s Backbone Open Space, Loveland, CO; raceroster.com Healthy Kids Running Series; 4:30 PM; Red Tail Hawk Park, Aurora, CO; healthykidsrunningseries.org Healthy Kids Running Series; 4:00 PM; Dove Valley Regional Park, Englewood, CO; healthykidsrunningseries.org Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon; 26.2M, 13.1M, 10M; 6:00 AM; City Park, Denver, CO; runcolfax.org Kyffin Cougar Tracks 5K; 8:30 AM; Kyffin Elementary School, Golden, CO; finishlinetiming.com North Table Mountain 10M; 8:00 AM; Compass Montessori School, Golden, CO; mesarun.com

2015 Colorado Runner Racing Series Sponsored by the Avery Brewing Company, Boulder Running Company, and Runner’s Roost

The Colorado Runner Racing Series is a scored series of races throughout the state. Runners will be scored based on their finishing place in each race. The winners in each division will win $400 and be featured in Colorado Runner magazine. The second and third place winners in each division will win gift certificates from Runner’s Roost.

Criteria used in determining Racing Series races (in this order):

1. Location - 2. Race organization - 3. Race distance - 4. Date of the race - 5. Quality of the field - 6. Size of the race

PRIZE MONEY! $4,800 Total Prize Purse donated by Avery Brewing Company & Boulder Running Company

Racing Series Scoring

Name

Distance

Location

January 10

Quicker Quaker 5K

5K

Lafayette

January 17

Frosty’s Frozen Five & Ten

5M

Littleton

February 1

Super Bowl 5K

5K

Denver

March 14

Sharin’ O’ The Green

5K

Fort Collins

April 12

Frank Shorter Race4Kids

5K

Broomfield

April 26

Canine Classic

5K

Boulder

May 3

Colorado Half Marathon

13.1M

Fort Collins

May 9

Highline Canal Run

5K

Centennial

June 7

Drennen’s Dreams 5K

5K

Centennial

June 14

Garden of the Gods 10M

10M

Manitou Springs

June 27

Slacker Half Marathon

13.1M

Georgetown

July 18

Classic 10K

10K

Colorado Springs

August 1

Rocky Mountain Half

13.1M

Estes Park

August 16

Race For Research

5K

Denver

September 13

Farmer’s 5000

5K

Wheat Ridge

September 26

Oktoberfest 8K

8K

Colorado Springs

In each race, points will be awarded to the top 10 male and female finishers in all divisions. The open division is for runners 39 and under. The masters division is for runners 40-49. The 50-54 division is for runners ages 50-54. The 55-59 division is for runners 55-59. The 60-64 division is for runners ages 60-64. And, the seniors division is for runners 65 and over. Runners may participate in as many races as they choose, but must score in six races to be eligible for awards. For races with multiple starts, finish time will be used to calculate points.

If a race has scoring trouble, it may be removed from the series. For races with multiple events, only the event listed will be scored. Your division is based on the first race of the year that you score in.

Scoring System UPCOMING SERIES RACES:

Date

2015 Racing Series Schedule

Place All Divisions

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

May 3

May 9

June 7

June 14

Fort Collins

Centennial

Centennial

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Race for Freedom 5K; 9:00 AM; Two Rivers Park, Glenwood Springs, CO; race-for-freedom. com

Run for Your Life 5K; 9:00 AM; Redstone Park, Highlands Ranch, CO; runforyourlife.today Spirit Challenge; 10K, 5K; 9:00 AM; Steamboat Springs Middle School, Steamboat Springs, CO; runningseries.com

Reach Your Peak 5K; 8:00 AM; Colorado College Track, Colorado Springs, CO; jlcoloradosprings. org

Volition America Half Marathon; 13.1M, 5K; 7:00 AM; America the Beautiful Park, Colorado Springs, CO; volitionamerica.com

Run Fur Fun 5K; 9:00 AM; Spring Canyon Park, Fort Collins, CO; animalhousehelp.org Run With Rocky 5K; 8:00 AM; Van Arsdale Elementary, Arvada, CO 05/19

Dash & Dine 5K; 6:30 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co

05/22

Kokopelli Kids Trail Running Series; 5:30 PM; Bear Creek Park, Colorado Springs, CO; kokopellikids.com

05/23

Garfield Grumble 5M; 8:00 AM; Mount Garfield, Palisade, CO; mesamonumentstriders.webs. com Jemez Mountain Trail Races; 50M, 50K, 13.1M; 5:00 AM; Posse Lodge, Los Alamos, NM; highaltitudeathletics.org Memorial Day Race; 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Philip S Miller Park, Castle Rock, CO; coloradoveteransproject.org

05/24

Healthy Kids Running Series; 4:30 PM; Red Tail Hawk Park, Aurora, CO; healthykidsrunningseries.org Narrow Gauge 10M; 10M, 4M; 8:00 AM; Santa Rita Park, Durango, CO; durangorunningclub.org PaddleFest Spirit Trail Half Marathon; 13.1M, 8K, 3K; 8:00 AM; Buena Vista Community Center, Buena Vista, CO; ckspaddlefest.com

05/25

Run for the Door 5K; 8:30 AM; Cheesman Park, Denver, CO; runforthedoor.org

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Turquoise Lake Half Marathon; 9:00 AM; Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO; leadvillesportshall. com Ultimate Direction Dirty Thirty; 50K, 12M; 6:00 AM; Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Black Hawk, CO; dirty30.org

Fire Hydrant 5K; 8:30 AM; Edora Park, Fort Collins, CO; larimerhumane.org

Water Tower 5M; 7:30 AM; Grand Junction, CO; mesamonumentstriders.webs. com

Gluten Free Gallop 5K; 9:30 AM; Clement Park, Littleton, CO; RunningGuru.com Joggin For Frogmen 5K; 9:00 AM; Cambel Park, Imperial, NE; jogginforfrogmen.com

05/31

Vail Valor Races: 26.2M, 13.1M, 5M, 1M; 8:00 AM; Mountain Plaza, Vail, CO; speckled-hound. com

Rocky Mountain Brew Runs 5K; 10:00 AM; Pikes Peak Brewing, Monument, CO; rockymountainbrewruns.com

Fish Hatchery 5K; 8:30 AM; Leadville National Fish Hatchery, Leadville, CO; leadvillesportshall. com Healthy Kids Running Series; 4:30 PM; Red Tail Hawk Park, Aurora, CO; healthykidsrunningseries.org

Mosaic 5K; 8:00 AM; Amazing Grace Fellowship, Pueblo West, CO; mosaicyouth.com

Rock’n’ Run 5K; 8:30 AM; Jeffco Stadium, Lakewood, CO; redrockssports.com

October 7 & 8 - for Trail Race Directors October 9 & 10 - for Trail Runners

Run With The Pack 5K; 8:00 AM; Vista Ridge High School, Colorado Springs, CO; vistaridgeathleticboosterclub.com

Castle Rock Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K, 5M; 7:00 AM; Castle Rock, CO; crgov.com

BolderBOULDER 10K; 7:00 AM; Folsum Field, Boulder, CO; bolderboulder.com

Third annual Trail Running Conference

info@estestrailascent.com

05/30

Big Mountain Trail Run; 26.2M, 13.1M, 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Starsmore Discover Center, Colorado Springs, CO; bigmountainar.com

Mountain to Valley Half Marathon; 13.1M, 4M; 8:00 AM; Glenwood Springs, CO; mountaintovalleyrace.com

3.5 days dedicated to all things trail running come and join us at the Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, CO

www.estestrailascent.com

Cross Country Clash 5K; 6:00 PM; Adams County Fairground, Brighton, CO; xcclash.com

Wyoming Marathon Races; 52.4M, 26.2M, 13.1M, 5K; 6:00 AM; Laramie, WY; angelfire.com/ wy2/marathon

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JUNE 06/05

Ragnar Trail Relay; 6:00 AM; Snowmass Village, Snowmass, CO; ragnartrailrelay.com

06/06

Blackhawk Trail Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K; 8:00 AM; Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Golden, CO; enduranceraceseries.com Grand Teton Half Marathon; 8:00 AM; Jackson Town Square, Jackson, WY; grandtetonhalfmarathon.com

Heartland Relay; 5:00 AM; Winterset Community School, Winterset, IA; rltrelays.com Into The Wild Running Festival; 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Keenesburg, CO; runintothewild.org Jodi’s Race for Awareness 5K; 8:30 AM; City Park, Denver, CO; jodisrace.com Lake San Cristobal 5K/10K; 9:30 AM; Lake San Cristobal, Lake City, CO; lsc10k.com Magnet Run 5K; 8:30 AM; Eagle Rim Park, Grand Junction, CO; yourcommunityhospital.com PPRR Nielson Challenge 2M; 8:00 AM; North Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs, CO; pprrun.org Run the Rockies Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K; 8:00 AM; Frisco, CO; runtherockies.com Selian Hospital 5K; 9:00 AM; St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greenwood Village, CO; selian5K. stplc.org Taste of Louisville 12K; 12K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Louisville, CO; tastehalf. com Thelma & Louise Half Marathon; 6:00 AM; Moab, UT; moabhalfmarathon.com 06/07

Barks and Belts 5K; 9:00 AM; Chow Down, Evergreen, CO; barksandbelts5k.org

Boulder Rez Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K, 5K; 7:30 AM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; bbscrun. com Casper Marathon; 26.2M, 13.1M; 6:00 AM; Casper Event Center, Casper, CO; runwyoming.com

06/10

Deadwood Mickelson Trail Marathon; 26.2M, 13.1M, 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Deadwood, SD; DeadwoodMickelsonTrailMarathon.com Denver Trail Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K; 8:00 AM; East West Trail, Lone Tree, CO; enduranceraceseries.com Drennen’s Dreams 5K; 9:00 AM; Arapahoe High School, Centennial, CO; drennensdreams. org/home Hardscrabble Mountain Trail Run; 10K, 5K; 10:00 AM; Bear Basin Ranch, Westcliffe, CO; hardscrabblerun.com Into The Wild Running Festival; 100K, 26.2M, 13.1M; 6:00 AM; The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Keenesburg, CO; runintothewild. org Leaves of Hope 5K/10K; 8:30 AM; Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge, CO; leavesofhope. org RMRR Bible Park 4K; 8:00 AM; Bible Park, Denver, CO; rmrr.org

Steamboat Marathon; 26.2M, 13.1M, 10K; 7:30 AM; Hahn’s Peak, Steamboat Springs, CO; runtheboat.com

Utah Valley Marathon; 26.2M, 13.1M, 10K; 6:00 AM; Provo Canyon, Provo, UT; utahvalleymarathon.com

Cross Country Clash 5K; 6:00 PM; Broomfield Commons Open Space, Broomfield, CO; xcclash. com

XTERRA Turkey Track Trail Marathon; 26.2M, 13.1M, 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Turkey Springs area, Pagosa Springs, CO; joingecko.org

Summit Trail Running Series; 6:00 PM; Breckenridge Recreation Center, Breckenridge, CO; townofbreckenridge.com 06/13

CMRA Elk Meadow Trail 10K; 8:00 AM; Elk Meadow Park, Evergreen, CO; comastersrun.org

Yellowstone Half Marathon; 8:00 AM; Old Airport Rd, West Yellowstone, MT; yellowstonehalfmarathon.com 06/14

Evergreen Mountain 15K Trail Race; 8:00 AM; Alderfer/Three Sisters Park, Evergreen, CO; evergreenrecreation.com

Garden of the Gods 10M; 7:00 AM; Memorial Park, Manitou Springs, CO; gardentenmile.com Skirt Sports 13er; 13.1M, 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Home Depot, Louisville, CO; skirtsports13er. com/

Mt Evans Ascent; 14.5M; 7:30 AM; Mt Evans, Idaho Springs, CO; RacingUnderground.com Rocky Mountain Brew Runs 5K; 10:00 AM; Copper Kettle Brewing, Denver, CO; rockymountainbrewruns.com

South Park Trail Marathon; 26.2M, 13.1M; 8:00 AM; South Park City, Fairplay, CO; humanpotentialrunning.com

Runoff Runoff Marathon; 26.2M, 6K; 7:00 AM; Creede Ball Park, Creede, CO; runoffrunoff.com

Strides for Epilepsy 5K; 8:30 AM; City Park, Denver, CO; epilepsycolorado.org

Steamwork’s Half Marathon; 8:00 AM; Durango Sports Club, Durango, CO; durangorunningclub.org Stepping Stone 5K; 9:00 AM; Clement Park, Littleton, CO; rightstartevents.com

Esophageal Cancer Awareness 5K; 8:30 AM; Clement Park, Littleton, CO; fightec.org

VPI K9K 3K; 9:00 AM; Washington Park, Denver, CO; petinsurance.com 06/17

Cross County Clash 5K; 6:00 PM; Lyons High School, Lyons, CO; xcclash.com

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FroYo 5K; 7:00 PM; University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; froyo5k. com

Sailin’ Shoes; 10K, 5K; 7:00 AM; Colorado Springs, CO; pprrun.org

06/18

FIBArk Tenderfoot Hill Climb; 6:00 PM; Salida, CO; salidarec. com

Summer Breeze Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K, 5K; 7:00 AM; Stenger Soccer Complex, Arvada, CO; alloutmultisport.com

06/20

Bacon Burner 6K; 9:30 AM; Frisco Bay Marina, Frisco, CO; baconburner.com

Summer Solstice Sunrise Run; 10K, 5K; 10:00 AM; May Farms, Byers, CO; mayfarms.com

Big Gay 5K; 10:00 AM; Civic Center Park, Denver, CO; spreeracing.com

Kokopelli Summer Series; 5:30 PM; Pinon Valley Park, Colorado Springs, CO; KokopelliKids.com

06/27

Aspen Backcountry Marathon; 7:00 AM; Aspen, CO; aspenbackcountrymarathon.com

Winter Park Half Marathon; 8:00 AM; Grand Park, Fraser, CO; shiningstarsfoundation.org 06/28

Climb for Courage Stair Climb; 9:00 AM; Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, CO; childrenscoloradofoundation.org

Boulder Sunrise 5K; 7:45 AM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; bbscrun.com Friends of 911 Charity Run 5K; 7:00 AM; Cuernavaca Park, Denver, CO; friendsof911.org

Miles For Our Military 5K; 8:00 AM; Clement Park, Littleton, CO; miles4military5k.com

Miles for Melanoma 5K; 8:30 AM; Stapleton Central Park, Denver, CO; events.melanoma. org

Father’s Day Classic; 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Apex Recreation Center, Arvada, CO; 3wraces.com

North Fork Trail Race; 50M, 50K; 7:00 AM; Pine Valley Ranch Park, Pine, CO; northfork50.com

PurpleStride 5K; 7:00 AM; Washington Park, Denver, CO; purplestride.org

FIBArk Road Races; 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Thonhoff Park, Salida, CO; salidarec.com

Father’s Day Race; 10K, 5K; 9:00 AM; Stapleton Central Park, Denver, CO; featonthestreet.com

Northside Stride 5K; 9:00 AM; Sloan’s Lake Park, Denver, CO; facebook.com/NSS5K

Howelsen Hill Trail Race; 8M, 4M; 8:00 AM; Olympian Hall, Steamboat Springs, CO; runningseries.com

FIBArk Trail Run; 10K; 8:00 AM; Salida, CO; salidarec.com

San Juan Solstice 50 Mile Run; 5:00 AM; Lake City, CO; lakecity50.com

Turkey Flats Loop; 9.6M; 9:00 AM; Grand Junction, CO; mesamonumentstriders.webs. com

06/21

Children With Hope Run; 10K, 5K; 7:30 AM; Wingate Elementary School, Grand Junction, CO; CWHrace.com

FroYo 5K; 10:00 AM; Redstone Park, Highlands Ranch, CO; froyo5k.com

La Sportiva Summer Solstice Trail Race; 10K, 5K; 9:30 AM; Creekside Park, Avon, CO; vailrec.com

Strawberry Shortcut; 10K, 5K; 7:00 AM; Glenwood Medical Associates, Glenwood Springs, CO; strawberrydaysfestival. ning.com

Leadville Trail Marathon; 26.2M, 15M; 8:00 AM; Sixth Street Gym, Leadville, CO; leadvilleraceseries. com Race for Freedom; 10K, 5K; 9:00 AM; Two Rivers Park, Glenwood Springs, CO; race-for-freedom. com

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Estes Park Marathon; 26.2M, 13.1M, 10K,5K; 6:00 AM; Estes Park High School, Estes Park, CO; epmarathon.org

06/26

Undy 5000; 8:30 AM; City Park, Denver, CO; undyrunwalk.org 06/24

Summit Trail Running Series; 6:00 PM; Breckenridge Recreation Center, Breckenridge, CO; townofbreckenridge.com

Slacker Half Marathon; 13.1M, 4M; 8:00 AM; Georgetown Lake, Georgetown, CO; slackerhalfmarathon.com Stadium Stampede; 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, CO; stadiumstampede.org Trail Town Ten Mile; 9:00 AM; Palomino Trail, Ridgway, CO; sjmr.club Undy 5000; 8:30 AM; City Park, Denver, CO; undyrunwalk.org

JULY 07/04

4 on the Fourth 4K; 8:00 AM; Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, CO; averybrewing.com Boogie’s Buddy 5M; 8:00 AM; Boogie’s Diner, Aspen, CO; buddyprogram.org Breckenridge Independence Day 10K Trail Run; 7:00 AM; Breckenridge Recreation Center, Breckenridge, CO; townofbreckenridge.com Earn Your Independence; 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; bbscrun.com

Firecracker 5K; 8:30 AM; Leadville, CO; leadvillesportshall. com

Longmont Half; 13.1M, 5K; 6:00 AM; Dawson Park, Longmont, CO; lmhalf.com

Firecrackers & Flapjacks 4M; 7:30 AM; EB Rains Park, Northglenn, CO; northglenncf.org

Moab’s Alpine to Slickrock 50M; 5:00 AM; Pack Creek TH, Moab, UT; grassrootsevents.net

FireKracker 5K; 8:00 AM; City Park, Fort Collins, CO; fortcollinsrunningclub.org

Mountain Madness Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K; 7:30 AM; Howelson Ice Rink, Steamboat Springs, CO; runningseries.com

Freedom Run 5K; 8:00 AM; Evergreen Middle School, Evergreen, CO; freedomrun.org

Palmer Lake July 4 Fun Run; 4M; 7:00 AM; Sante Fe Trailhead, Palmer Lake, CO; july4funrun. com

Gothic to Crested Butte Third Marathon; 8:00 AM; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO; rmbl.org

PPRR Nielson Challenge 2M; 8:00 AM; North Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs, CO; pprrun.org

HRCA Independence Day 5K; 8:00 AM; Highlands Ranch Town Center, Highlands Ranch, CO; highlandsranchraceseries.com

Rendezvous Run 4 Independence; 5M; 9:00 AM; The Vintage Hotel, Winter Park, CO; playwinterpark.com

Huhot Half on the 4th; 13.1M, 5K; 7:00 AM; Colorado Springs, CO; spreeracing.com

Star Spangled Shuffle; 5K, 3K; 8:00 AM; Town Hall Car Park, Pagosa Springs, CO; joingecko. org

Let Freedom Run; 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Streets Fitness, Louisville, CO; 3wraces.com

Superior Downhill Mile; 7:00 AM; Superior, CO; racebrcevents. com

Liberty Dash 5K; 9:00 AM; Sweetwater Park, Lone Tree, CO; cityoflonetree.com Liberty Point 5K; 7:30 AM; Pueblo West, CO; pueblounitedway.org Liberty Run 4M; 8:30 AM; Washington Park, Denver, CO; hallucinationsports.com

The Rundola; 8:00 AM; Gondola Plaza, Telluride, CO; runreg.com 07/05

La Sportiva Vail Hill Climb; 8:00 AM; Vail, CO; vailrec.com

07/08

Cross Country Clash 5K; 6:00 PM; Addenbrooke Park, Lakewood, CO; xcclash.com

Summit Trail Running Series; 6:00 PM; Breckenridge Recreation Center, Breckenridge, CO; townofbreckenridge.com 07/10

Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run; 6:00 AM; Silverton, CO; hardrock100.com

07/11

Elk Meadow Trail Race; 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Buchanan Park Recreation Center, Evergreen, CO; evergreenrecreation.com

Sheep Mountain 50M; 6:00 AM; Park County Fairgrounds, Fairplay, CO; humanpotentialrunning.com 07/12

RMRR Stone House Park 2M; 8:00 AM; Stone House Park, Lakewood, CO; rmrr.org

Hogback Hustle 5K; 8:30 AM; New Castle Lions Club, New Castle, CO; newcastlecolorado. org

Silver Rush 50M; 6:00 AM; Leadville, CO; leadvilleraceseries. com Summer Roundup Trail Run; 12K; 7:00 AM; Bear Creek Park, Colorado Springs, CO; summerroundup.com

International Hearing Dog Walk, Run & Wag 5K; 7:00 AM; Sloan’s Lake Park, Denver, CO; hearingdog.org Larkspur Trail Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K; 8:00 AM; Greenland Open Space, Larkspur, CO; enduranceraceseries.com Rocky Mountain Brew Runs 5K; 10:00 AM; Boulder Beer Co, Boulder, CO; rockymountainbrewruns.com Roger’s River Run 5K; 8:00 AM; Rogers Grove, Longmont, CO; longmontcolorado.gov Sand Creek Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K, 5K; 8:00 AM; Stapleton Central Park, Denver, CO; featonthestreet.com

Colorado Rapids 5K; 2:00 PM; Dicks Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO; Rapids5k. com

07/13

Colorado 200 Mile Endurance Run; 5:00 AM; Harmel’s Ranch Resort, Almont, CO; colorado200. com

07/17

Epic Rocky Mountain Relay; 5:00 AM; Centennial Park, Canon City, CO; epicrelays.com

07/18

Aspen Valley Marathon; 26.2M, 13.1M, 5K; 6:00 AM; Lyons Park, Basalt, CO; aspenvalleymarathon. com Classic 10K; 7:00 AM; Tiffany Square, Colorado Springs, CO; csgrandprix.com CMRA White Ranch Trail Run; 10K; 8:00 AM; White Ranch Park, Golden, CO; comastersrun.org

12 races/1 year/$35 2015 Upcoming Races

Rocky Mountain Road Runners offers one race each month.

Locations and distances vary. All abilities welcome!

Sunday, May 3,

Sunday, July 12,

Saturday, Sept. 12,

8 a.m., 5M

8 a.m., 2M or 2.4M,

8 a.m., 8M (5k option)

Stapleton Central Park,

Stonehouse Park,

Denver

Lakewood

Sunday, June 7,

Friday, July 31,

8 a.m., 4K

6:30 p.m., 5K

Bible Park, Denver

deKoevend Park, Centennial

Trailhead Park, Thornton

1-year membership: $35/single $45/family

For our complete race schedule, and membership information go to

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Spring Creek Memorial Trail Race; 9M, 5K; 8:00 AM; Spring Creek, Steamboat Springs, CO; runningseries.com

Grin and Bear It Trail Run; 15K; 9:00 AM; Nordic Center, Crested Butte, cbnordic.org 07/19

Barr Trail Mountain Race; 12M; 7:00 AM; Cog Railway Station, Manitou Springs, CO; runpikespeak.com Big Gay 5K; 10:00 AM; America the Beautiful Park, Colorado springs, CO; spreeracing.com

07/26

Dash for Smiles 5K; 8:00 AM; Stapleton Central Park, Denver, CO; dashforsmiles.org

07/31

Chase the Moon 12 Hour Trail Race; 7:00 PM; Mountain Vista High School, Highlands Ranch, CO; chasethemoonrace.com

Donor Dash 5K; 8:00 AM; Washington Park, Denver, CO; donoralliance.org

Ouray 100M Endurance Run; 4:00 AM; Fellin Park, Ouray, CO; ouray100.com

Longmont Trail Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K; 9:00 AM; Longmont, CO; enduranceraceseries.com

Summit Trail Running Series; 6:00 PM; Breckenridge Recreation Center, Breckenridge, CO; townofbreckenridge.com

05/02

Elevation 5K; 8:00 AM; West Jefferson Elementary School, Conifer, CO; clubchs.org

05/11

Road Runner Sports Adventure Run; 5:30 PM; Road Runner Sports, Lone Tree, CO; rrssouthdenveradventurerun. eventbrite.com Road Runner Sports Adventure Run; 5:30 PM; Road Runner Sports, Westminster, CO; rrswestminsteradventurerun. eventbrite.com

05/16

Kid’s Cure for Cancer 5K; 8:00 AM; General’s Park, Aurora, CO; brentsplace.org

05/30

Never Summer 100K; 5:30 AM; Gould Community Center, Gould, CO; gnarrunners.com

Skunk Hollow Sneaker Chase; 16M, 8M; 8:00 AM; Beartrap Meadow/Casper Mountain, Casper, WY; windycitystriders. com

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Color Vibe 5K; 9:00 AM; Lake Minnequa, Pueblo, CO; thecolorvibe.com

Hard As Nails Obstacle Mud Race; 9:30 AM; Westin Westminster Hotel, Westminster, CO; hardasnails-obstacle-mudrace.com Adventure Xstream Adventure Race; 8:00 AM; River Park, Buena Vista, CO; axsracing.com Color Me Rad 5K; 8:00 AM; Sky Sox Field, Colorado Springs, CO; colormerad.com

Prairie Dog Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K; 7:00 AM; Castle Rock Middle School, Castle Rock, CO; pdhalf.com

JUNE 06/06

BIGDOGBRAG Funner Mud Run; 8:30 AM; RAM Off Road Park, Colorado Springs, CO; bigdogbrag.com Color Vibe 5K; 12:00 PM; The Ranch, Loveland, CO; thecolorvibe.com

06/11

06/19

Metro Brokers TriathlON Friday; 6:00 PM; Cherry Creek State Park, Denver, CO; triathlonfriday. com

Road Runner Sports Adventure Run; 5:30 PM; Road Runner Sports, Lone Tree, CO; rrssouthdenveradventurerun. eventbrite.com

06/20

XTerra Curt Gowdy; 9:00 AM; Curt Gowdy State Park, Cheyenne, WY; withoutlimits.co

06/25

Stroke & Stride; 6:00 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co

06/27

TriBella Triathlon; 8:00 AM; Cherry Creek State Park, Aurora, CO; withoutlimits.co

06/28

Tri on the Plains; 7:00 AM; North Sterling State Park, Sterling, CO; triontheplains.org

Color in Motion 5K; 9:00 AM; America the Beautiful Park, Colorado Springs, CO; colorinmotion5k.com Oyster The Race; 8:00 AM; Downtown Aquarium Parking Lot, Denver, CO; oysterracingseries. com

triathlon/duathlon

Road Runner Sports Adventure Run; 5:30 PM; Road Runner Sports, Lone Tree, CO; rrssouthdenveradventurerun. eventbrite.com

TRI the Boat Half Iron Triathlon; 8:00 AM; Stagecoach State Park, Steamboat Springs, CO; tritheboat.com JULY 07/01

Stroke & Stride; 6:00 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co

07/09

Stroke & Stride; 6:00 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co

07/11

Pagosa Duathlon; 7:30 AM; Turkey Springs Rd, Pagosa Springs, CO; www. pagosaduathlon.com

07/12

Boulder Peak Triathlon; 7:00 AM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; ironman.com

07/16

Stroke & Stride; 6:00 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co

07/18

Frisco Triathlon; 8:30 AM; Frisco Bay Marina, Frisco, CO; runtherockies.com

MAY 05/09

Barkin Dog Duathlon; 7:00 AM; Cherry Creek State Park, Denver, CO; RacingUnderground.com Ordinary Mortals Triathlon; 8:00 AM; Colorado State University Pueblo, Pueblo, CO; ordinarymortals.org

MuckFest MS; 9:00 AM; Music Mountain Amphitheater, Larkspur, CO; main.nationalmssociety.org

05/17

Color Me Rad 5K; 9:00 AM; Denver Botanical Gardens at Chatfield, Littleton, CO; colormerad.com

07/25

Spartan Military Sprint Race II; 9:00 AM; Fort Carson, CO; spartanrace.com

Grand Mesa Ultra Marathon; 100M, 50M, 60K; 5:00 AM; Grand Mesa Lodge, Cedaredge, CO; grandmesa100.com

Stroke & Stride; 6:00 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co

Adventure Xstream Adventure Race; 8:00 AM; Frisco, CO; axsracing.com

05/03

Ironman 70.3 Boulder; 6:30 AM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; ironmanboulder.com

06/18

07/18

Dog Days Half Marathon; 13.1M, 10K, 5K; 7:00 AM; City Park, Westminster, CO; alloutmultisport. com

Boulder Sprint Triathlon; 7:30 AM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; bouldersprint.com

BIGDOGBRAG Funner Mud Run; 8:30 AM; CSU Pueblo, Pueblo, CO; bigdogbrag.com

Bubble Run - Denver; 8:00 AM; Great Lawn Park, Denver, CO; bubblerun.com

Spartan Military Sprint Race I; 9:00 AM; Fort Carson, CO; spartanrace.com

06/13

XTERRA Pagosa Springs; 9:00 AM; Lake Pagosa, Pagosa Springs, CO; joingecko.org

Road Runner Sports Adventure Run; 5:30 PM; Road Runner Sports, Westminster, CO; rrswestminsteradventurerun. eventbrite.com

Destination Health: Walk, Run, Learn 5K; 8:30 AM; City Park, Denver, CO; caahealth.org

Stroke & Stride; 6:00 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co

JULY

MAY

07/25

Rocky Mountain Brew Runs 5K; 10:00 AM; Golden City Brewing, Golden, CO; rockymountainbrewruns.com

07/11

06/10

06/14

5KRunDead Zombie Run; 5:00 PM; Wild West Ranch, Arvada, CO; 5krundead.com Shape Diva Dash; 9:00 AM; Bohn Park, Lyons, CO; divadash. com

Monument Downhill 5K; 8:00 AM; Redlands Dos Hombres, Grand Junction, CO; monumentdownhill.com

Whitewater Adventure Race; 2:30 PM; Centennial Park, Canon City, CO; royalgorgewhitewaterfestival.com

adventure/mud runs

Colorado Corporate Challenge 5K; 6:00 PM; Boulder, CO; ColoradoCorporateChallenge.com

Living Journeys Half Marathon; 8:00 AM; Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Crested Butte, CO; livingjourneys.org

06/27

Wild West Relay; 5:00 AM; Budweiser Tour Center, Fort Collins, CO; timberlineevents.com

07/23

Human Race; 13.1M, 10K, 5K; 6:30 AM; Civic Center Park, Fort Collins, CO; fortcollinshumanrace. com

The Slime Run; 10:00 AM; Valley Dirt Riders, Johnstown, CO; theslimerun.com

RMRR DeKoevend Park 5K; 6:30 PM; DeKoevend Park, Centennial, CO; rmrr.org

REVEL Rockies; 26.2M, 13.1M; 6:00 AM; Bandimere Speedwaqy, Morriosn, CO; runrevel.com Cross Country Clash 5K; 6:00 PM; Cherry Creek State Park, Aurora, CO; xcclash.com

06/20

Kokopelli Summer Series; 5:30 PM; Pinon Valley Park, Colorado Springs, CO; KokopelliKids.com

La Sportiva Vail Half Marathon; 8:00 AM; Golden Peak Children’s Center, Vail, CO; vailrec.com

07/22

Road Runner Sports Adventure Run; 5:30 PM; Road Runner Sports, Westminster, CO; rrswestminsteradventurerun. eventbrite.com

05/16

Summer OPEN Sprint Triathlon; 8:00 AM; Union Reservoir, Longmont, CO; withoutlimits.co

05/17

Tri the Rock Youth Triathlon; 8:00 AM; Castle Rock Recreation Center, Castle Rock, CO; crgov. com

05/30

XTerra Lory; 7:50 AM; Lory State Park, Bellvue, CO; withoutlimits. co

05/31

Colorado Sprint Triathlon; 08:00 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co JUNE

06/04

Stroke & Stride; 6:00 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co

06/06

HRCA Tune Up Triathlon; 6:00 AM; Recreation Center of Westridge, Highlands Ranch, CO; highlandsranchraceseries.com

06/07

Crescent Moon Triathlon; 7:35 AM; Aurora Reservoir, Aurora, CO; RacingUnderground.com

Rocky Mountain State Games Tri; 12:00 PM; Memorial Park, Colorado Springs, CO; coloradospringssports.org YOLO Triathlon; 6:00 AM; Aurora Reservoir, Aurora, CO; yolotri.com 07/19

Steamboat Lake Sprint Triathlon; 8:00 AM; Steamboat Lake State Park, Clark, CO; withoutlimits.co

07/23

Stroke & Stride; 6:00 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co

07/25

XTerra Aspen Valley; 10:00 AM; Kodiak Ski Lake, Carbondale, CO; withoutlimits.co

07/26

Evergreen Sprint Triathlon; 7:00 AM; Evergreen Lake, Evergreen, CO; RacingUnderground.com

07/29

Stroke & Stride; 6:00 PM; Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO; withoutlimits.co

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TH E LI G HTE R S I D E

THE RHYTHM OF THE RUN I am a coordination contradiction in motion. Sportswise, I was blessed with better-than-average abilities and could always catch a football, shoot a basketball, or hit a baseball.

That is simply the luck of the draw. However, certain other activities requiring elements of coordination have escaped my synapses although not deterred my determination. That is more the pluck of the flaw.

My coordination contradiction is quite evident in the activity of dancing. One would think that my relative smoothness on the basketball floor would flow to the dance floor as well. However, my ability to coordinate dance moves is a bit frightful. I display the grace of a short-circuiting jackhammer on the dance floor. I’m pretty much incapable of coordinating hand clapping if I have to toss in the movement of a leg at the same time. My version of swing dance often devolves into fling dance, and I once unintentionally disengaged my wife from my arm and abruptly threw her into the band at a high rate of speed.

My woeful dance abilities popped into my head when I began reading about the necessity of running with good cadence and rhythm, maintaining an appropriate number of strides per minute, and counting steps. Cadence and steps brought back memories of dancing, where my rhythm was fairly consistent with that of an overly caffeinated three-legged hyena.

Certainly, I had a bit of flow with my running and could sometimes feel quite nimble and fluid. I also knew that how I felt and how I appeared to others were often two different things. This was similar to my once believing I could shuffle step with the gracefulness of Fred Astaire, only to be advised it was more like the gawkiness of Fred Flintstone.

Running does have its own version of the shuffle step. Many running coaches and experts are advising runners to use a more efficient short stride with their legs landing under their hips or their center of gravity (instead of overstriding and landing with an ineffective heel strike). My dance shuffle may look like my feet are engaged in their own internal scuffle, but I figured I could do a decent version of the quick-paced running shuffle. The latter isn’t the stifflegged plodding motion of Frankenstein’s monster, but one with a bend to the knees and a circular motion to the legs as they cycle down the road. The general consensus is that you should strive for 170 to 180 strides per minute, although the exact number may vary from runner to runner. Like a good dance partner, shorter strides and greater frequency go hand in hand (or better yet, foot in foot) with achieving speed and also assist in creating a more productive foot strike.

The clincher is being able to lengthen your stride while also maintaining a quick stride rate because stride length and frequency equals speed. Not exactly the rocket science of quantum physics and E equals MC squared, but a formula basic enough for even me to grasp.

Many people suggest that a metronome, used by musicians to keep the beat and maintain a constant tempo, is useful in increasing one’s strides per minute and establishing a good cadence. I foresaw that establishing running cadence to the beat of a metronome would be as difficult for me as mastering the steps to the popular line dance to Stevie Wonder’s, “My Eyes Don’t Cry.” In that dance, I was always the guy going left while everyone was going right, bending forward while everyone else was moving back, turning outside instead of inside. My song was more “Your Eyes Will Cry” from laughter when watching me. I can’t even dance to the beat of my own drummer!

The key now, though, with respect to stride rate and the ping of my running metronome, was being able to dance to the beat of my inner runner. I remained less than optimistic that I’d find success in achieving the rhythm of 46 coloradorunnermag.com

the run with my mechanical beeping dance partner.

The good news was that this partner wouldn’t have to stifle laughter. I foresaw myself concentrating so hard on having my feet land in conjunction with the beeping of the metronome that I’d lose focus on some of the other key components of successful running. Like breathing.

I initially found it incredibly awkward to run according to the sound of the metronome emanating from my waistband. This was even though I started slowly and not overly ambitious. Billy Ray Cyrus’s “Achy Breaky Heart” may have produced smooth dance steps, but my awkward movements during my initial metronome runs was more like “Herky Jerky Legs.” The rhythm of the run was more like the jarring of the jog.

Over time I got used to the metronome, and my stride rate and cadence improved considerably. I ultimately abandoned my beeping partner but not before recognizing that it helped me to run faster while avoiding heel striking and generating less ground impact. It also helped with my endurance because it felt like I needed to use less energy. The even better news in mastering the metronome is that I think it also helped a little with my dancing ability.

I admit that I’m still incapable of smoothly performing The Hustle on the dance floor, but at least it no longer appears I’m engaged in The Tussle with my appendages. And with my new efficient, short stride with a higher frequency, I’m now the fastest forward stepper on the dance floor. Unfortunately no awards are given to the one who finishes the dance before everyone else and halfway through the song.

I’m still working on my ability to bust a move on the dance floor. But at least while running, I’ve now got my groove.

Bob Schwartz is the author of the best selling humor book “I Run, Therefore I Am – NUTS!!” and the newly released sequel “I Run, Therefore I Am – STILL Nuts!”

Check out @RunningLaughs.