2013 Running Archive Stories

Jim Beckenhaupt offered a novel way to celebrate New Year’s Day without struggling to stay awake to watch the ball finally drop. “I celebrate the Irish way,” Beckenhaupt said. “When it’s 5 (p.m.) here, it’s midnight Dublin time. You have your champagne at 5 so that way I’m ready for the race and

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s Run to the Shrine attracted nearly 1,200 people this year, and the race offered a few surprises for everyone, from a slight change in the course, to a young child who more than held her own. The run to the Will Rogers Shrine spans nearly 1,400 feet in elevation, and Saturday morning participants were enthusi

Eighty-two-year-old Ed Mighell was beginning to catch his breath at the finish line Saturday morning after the Pikes Peak Road Runners Winter Series 10K at Black Forest when a fellow runner gave him a quick pat on the back. “Ed, you are a tiger,” the woman said in amazement before walking away.

Manitou Springs resident Matt Carpenter won the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon so often, his name is synonymous with the races. He owns the top times in both, feats that have withstood the challenges of many younger runners. For the record, Carpenter said he never used performance-enhancing drugs. But as the sports of cycling and

When she first came to Colorado, an accomplished athlete and flat-land runner, Nancy Hobbs was daunted by the high peaks of the Rockies. “I was like, ‘I don’t think I could ever do that,’ looking at Pikes Peak,” she recalled. But like the thin air that forces a body to work overtime, mountain running

Like penicillin coming from moldy bread, great ideas are often happy accidents.

Billed as a 5K and 10K event, the first race of the Pikes Peak Road Runners Winter Series got just a little bit extra. “We use that term very loosely,” series co-director Michael Shafai said of the distance. “They get bonus miles in this race.” Not to be confused with frequent-flier miles, but the particip

Downtown was jammed once again Saturday for the 5K on St. Patrick’s Day as nearly 2,700 scrambled down Tejon Street for the kickoff of the Grand Prix of Running. The race began in Acacia Park with overcast skies and a chilly breeze. Fifteen minutes later, the sun emerged as did the top runners. Fort Collins resident Scott D

Whether it’s the common cold or worse afflictions such as the flu, bronchitis, or pneumonia, even the most healthy get sick. Sickness found me this winter in a big way, and I learned a valuable lesson: Don’t keep running when you’re sick. I simply was not able to shake the bug during February. I went through cyc

It’s always important to stay comfortable while running, even when the weather is frigid. The key to cold-weather running is conserving energy. If you’re not dressed well enough, your body will waste energy trying to stay warm. If you wear too many layers, your body will experience excess heat and you’ll sweat like a pig.

Spring break in Summit County meant running on snowy trails. And my feet got really wet each time out. On my last run, I started thinking about socks. You know, the dirty, smelly, nasty things on your feet that you don’t want to touch after exercising. But good socks are key when it comes to comfortable running. I thought a

Pl Name Age City Time 1 Scott Spillman 26 Colorado Springs&

Pl Name Age City Chip 1 Connilee Walter 39 Colorado Springs

Pl Name Age City Time 1 Joshua Simkins 20 Colorado Springs&

Pl Name Age City Time 1 Amanda Ewing 31 Colorado Springs&nb

Runners of all ages and skill levels were left gasping for air and stretching extremely sore legs after the XTERRA Colorado Trail Run Series’ challenging Cheyenne Mountain Trail Run at Cheyenne Mountain State Park on Saturday. The Cheyenne Mountain Trail Run, the first of four XTERRA races in Colorado this year, featured 5K, 12K an

For seemingly endless hours Saturday 300 determined trail runners sprinted, jogged, galloped and wound their way through Cheyenne Mountain State Park. One by one they crossed the finish line of Epic Endurance Events’ Cheyenne Mountain Trail Race with white-crusted sweat glued to their joy-infused faces. Amanda Ewing was one

It’s hard to believe now, but 30 years ago women didn’t run Olympic marathons.The International Olympic Committee considered races longer than 1,500 meters to be “too strenuous for women,” according to the book “Olympic Marathon” by Charlie Lovett. The women in the 1984 Games in Los Angeles prove

Pl Name Age City Time 1 Tommy Manning 36

Pl Name Age City Time 1 Amanda Ewing 32 Colorado Springs&nb

Pl Name Age City Time 1 Ryan Derrick 20 Colorado Springs&nb

Pl Name Age City Time 1 Connilee Walter 39 Colorado Springs

The last three miles. Veterans of the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon talk about it in hushed tones — the stretch of Barr Trail that bursts above timberline and climbs brutally above the clouds to the summit. The air is thin and when the weather turns nasty, as it usually seems to on race day, there’s nowhere to hide.

Pl Name Age City Time 1 James Burns 24 Colorado Springs&nbs

Pl Name Age City Time 1 Tommy Manning 36 Colorado Springs&n