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More than 7,500 registered participants from age 12 to 81 took to the beautiful downtown of the Mile-High City this weekend to run in the 10th running of the Humana Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Half Marathon. With a continued focus on great music within the Denver community, participants of all athletic levels enjoyed the sights and sounds of Colorado’s capital city.

With a pre-race narrative filled with talk of a potential world record, Brigid Kosgei (KEN) delivered, shattering Paula Radcliffe's world record (set 16 years ago), 2:15:25, to rewrite history with a jaw-dropping time of 2:14:04. She also swept away Chicago's long-standing course record, 2:17:18, on its 17th anniversary (October 13, 2002).

Saturday morning, on a flat, straight, tree-lined avenue in the heart of Vienna, Eliud Kipchoge become the first person ever to break two hours in a marathon. He finished in 1:59:40, averaging 4:34 pace per mile. The time trial, dubbed the 1:59 Challenge and sponsored by INEOS, a chemical company based in the U.K, was Kipchoge’s second attempt at breaking the two-hour barrier for 26.2 miles.

The Allstate Hot Chocolate 15k/5k, coined as America’s Sweetest Race, brought thousands of runners to the streets of Denver this weekend. Longmont's Alex Diltz led the charge in the 15K race in 50:04, running a 5:23 per mile pace. Shannon Kinney of Louisville won the women's 15K event in 58:56. Nearly 3,000 runners completed the 15k course.

Colorado high school runners Samantha Blair (5th place), Madeleine Burns (7th place) and Maggi Congdon (18th place) took home the team bronze medal at the World Mountain Running Association’s (WMRA) U18 International Mountain Running Youth Cup in Susa, Italy.

Valor's Cole Sprout ran 14:38 to crush the previous course record, and run the fastest time in the country. Cherry Creek's Parker Wolfe ran 14:47 to finish second with the second fastest time in the county. And not to be out done, Sydney Thorvaldson from Rawlins High in Wyoming set a new girl's course record on 16:40.

Designed to fit any shoe type, the new Full-Length Plantar Fascia insole works to keep the foot supported for long periods of time. The insole’s Plantar Relief Bridge provides sturdy support to painful arches, while the comfortable gel heel with stabilizing heel cup offers motion control and added stability.

With a comfortable lead and the Pikes Peak Marathon women’s race record in sight, Swiss runner Maude Mathys made the famous turn on the mountain’s 14,115-foot summit on Sunday. Keep it together, and she would make race history. And then she crashed on the rocks. And that is mountain running. One minute you’re up. The next, you’re down.

Joe Gray and Kim Dobson returned to familiar territory on Saturday, winning the men’s and women’s races in the 64th Pikes Peak Ascent.