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Shortly after crossing the finish line, Louisville residents Mark and Vivian Johnson did what any father-daughter pair would do to memorialize their running of the Bolder Boulder — they took a selfie.

Brie Oakley’s decision to give up soccer for running is sound. Not that the Grandview junior needed any more confirmation after she finished second in the state in cross country, but it came when she opened the Class 5A state track meet with a bang.

It is an hour before Katie Rainsberger will run her final race for Air Academy High School, the 1,600 meters at the Colorado state high school meet on an unseasonably hot Saturday afternoon. One of Colorado’s greatest-ever high school runners is lying in the shade under a team canopy, zoning out to focus her famous intensity, mostly silent, listening to upbeat tunes on her earbuds.

Heidy Lozano was hoping to inspire older runners — and people who suffer from depression or anxiety — in the Colfax Marathon. She did it with a shocking win.

Colorado trail running is tough to beat, and that's what brought Amanda Basham to the Centennial State late last year. The 26-year-old finished second at April's Gorge Waterfalls 100k in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, and thereby earned a "Golden Ticket" automatic entry to the famed Western States 100 in June.

There are a lot of disadvantages to living in Conifer – long winters with snow storms that dump 46.5” at a time, limited restaurants, and a potentially long commute – but the proximity to trails is a huge benefit. The trails are often uncrowded and one of my favorites is Maxwells Falls. The short but scenic trail is this month's VFuel Colorado Trail of the Month.

There are people in this world that, quite simply, are infectious.  Their uplifting spirit, sincere smile and passion for everything they do is contagious.  Malia Crouse is one such person.

History was made Sunday morning, and it had nothing to do with the massive amount of snow that fell across Colorado.  Golden's Brianne Nelson won the Horsetooth Half Marathon outright in 1:16:44, just four seconds ahead of first place male and second place overall finisher Stephen Pretak.

Treadmills are some of the most straightforward pieces of fitness equipment out there — just rubber belts that move. They’re also some of the most decked-out. They let you check your email, run along the French Riviera, stream music from your computer, plan a marathon, and turn a celebrity trainer into your personal running coach. All that makes it easy to forget the most important question of all: What are they like to run on?