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Jessica Griffiths is the co-founder of Colorado Runner Magazine. She has competed in hundreds of road and trail races. She is a veteran of nine marathons, including America’s Ultimate Challenge, the Pikes Peak Marathon.

Why Endurance Athletes Feel Less Pain

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While researching a book on endurance a few years ago, I interviewed a German scientist named Wolfgang Freund who had recently completed a study on the pain tolerance of ultra-endurance runners. Subjects in the study had to hold their hands in ice water for as long as possible. The non-athlete control group lasted an average of 96 seconds before giving up; every single one of the runners, in contrast, made it to the three-minute safety cut-off, at which point they rated the pain as a mere 6 out of 10 on average.

Couples Tips For Running Together

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Are you a couple that rarely fights? Try running together…someone gets frustrated, someone gets tired, someone huffs and puffs till they blow your little house down. All right not all […]

Winning the War Against Snack Attacks

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Day after day, I hear runners complain about their (seemingly) uncontrollable snacking habits. Some believe they are hopelessly, and helplessly, addicted to chocolate. Others believe eating between meals is sinful and fattening; snacking is just plain wrong. Some equate snacking to doing drugs. They bemoan they are addicted to sugar and can’t eat just one cookie. Snacking is all or nothing.

Golden’s Dauwalter Wins Big’s Backyard Ultra

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Golden’s Courtney Dauwalter won Big’s Backyard Ultra in Tennessee in a record-setting effort. Dauwalter and Harvey Lewis pushed each other beyond previous limits at the race, with Dauwalter completing a […]

Colorado High School Cross Country Championships

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Colorado held its High School Cross Country Championship Races on Saturday. The races were held in Colorado Springs at the Norris Penrose Event Center. In the 5A competition, Cherry Creek’s […]

Colfax Marathon Hosts Successful Welcome Back 5K

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The Colfax Marathon races may have been cancelled in May of 2020 but the race hosted a successful Welcome Back 5K last Saturday to a sold out field. More than 600 runners and walkers finished the 5K at Denver's City Park. Waves kicked off at 8am, 9am, 10am and 11am with a few runners starting at a time.

Castle Rock Trail Festival A Great Success

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The Castle Rock Trail Festival took place last weekend with a variety of race distances. Runners and walkers competed in a trail 50K, half marathon, 10k, 5k and a family adventure run. The weather cooperated with sunny skies and seasonably warm temperatures. The race was hosted by the town of Castle Rock.

Runners Should Trust Thirst, New Study Says

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If you’ve ever run a marathon, half-marathon, or any other long race, you’ve undoubtedly had a hydration plan: a detailed assessment of what you intend to drink, when you intend to drink it, and how you intend to obtain it. But a paper in tomorrow’s issue of Science may cause you to rethink exactly how you do this, suggesting that to a larger degree than people have thought, you may be able to trust your sense of thirst to tell you when you are and aren’t getting enough fluids.