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Zach Miller rocketed to the top of ultrarunning last year, and left a cruise ship for a home base in Colorado Springs. Almost immediately after finishing fifth at the world class Transvulcania ultra last weekend, he announced on his blog that he was taking up residence at Barr Camp, halfway up Pikes Peak.  I had to know more.

Pristine racing conditions set the stage for the 11th Annual Greenland Trail Races.  The event featured a 50K, 25K and 8 Mile, all of which circumvented the trails within the Greenland Open Space just south of Larkspur, CO.  Over 800 participants - newbies and veterans alike - took to the dirt-packed trails under scattered clouds and temperatures in the mid 60's.

Race in Colorado often enough and you're bound to soon find Andy Rinne towards the front. The Colorado Springs runner has already race eight times this year, winning three times and finishing on the podium five times. The 5k is his favorite distance and he's run as fast as 16:41 this year, as a 39 year old.

Weather predictions came true Sunday morning for the 33rd Annual Cherry Creek Sneak.  Much like the 2014 event, cloudy skies, rain and chilly temperatures set the stage for the multiple race distances that kicked off throughout the morning.  Fortunately, the wind stayed calm and the flat and fast course proved to be an attraction for some of Colorado's top runners.

It’s an early spring morning in Boulder, Colorado, and I’m sitting in a local coffee shop drinking a piping hot coffee and trying to warm up. Typical for Colorado in early spring, it is blizzarding out, with a cold wet snow coming down. Just the day before, however, it was sunny and 70 degrees out. The local trails had finally started to dry out from a fickle winter, and trail runners were rejoicing at finally being able to get in some solid time on the trails under warm, sunny skies.

Welcome to Colorado, Wylie Mangelsdorf!  The Alaskan transplant has finished as high as third in the famed Mount Marathon and now brings those mountain running skills to Colorado.  Mangelsdorf talks training, Alaska, and, of course, Mount Marathon, in the below interview.

Cool temperatures and even a few snowflakes set the stage for the Rockin' on the River 5K Sunday morning at Hudson Gardens in Littleton, CO.  The race is the second event in the South Suburban Parks & Recreation District’s Race Series, sponsored by Run Colorado.

Denver's Runnin' of the Green 7k is always one of the area's biggest spring races.  Eva Krchova's name popped up at the top of the results, first in 25:19 and over a minute ahead of second place.  It wasn't a mistake, Krchova's a new elite-level runner to the area.

Pristine race conditions set the stage for the 6th Annual Frank Shorter RACE4Kids’ Health 5K & Health Odyssey Expo Sunday morning at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, CO.  Over 600 participants came out and took part in one of the many activities taking place:  the new Mazzola’s Miracle Mile Relay, the Diaper Dash and Buzz, and of course, the flat and fast 5K course around the 1STBANK Center.