Athlete Profiles

Alex Nichols has been running on the Skyrunning World Circuit for a couple years now, and along with consistently placing well, he has been a dominant runner on the local trail racing scene around Colorado. In 2013 Nichols finished third overall in the European Skyrunning Sky Series and represented the U.S. at the World Mountain Running Championships in Poland, and in 2014 he won Moab’s Red Hot 55K, placed third at the competitive Speedgoat 50K, and placed third overall and led an American team to victory at Les Templiers in France.
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It wasn't long ago that Coronado High School graduate (Colorado Springs) Hannah Green won the Sailin' Shoes 10K in downtown Colorado Springs. But she has made some backcountry discoveries about herself during the past few years, and last week she won the San Juan Solstice, arguably the toughest 50-mile ultra run in the country. An artist now living in Durango, we tracked her down for a quick interview. 
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Joe Gray has been racing a lot!  I counted at least six races in a four week span last month.  Included in that stretch was a first-place, new American record run at New Hampshire's steep (!) Mount Washington Road Race.  Gray, a perennial member of the U.S. Mountain Running Team, ran 58:15 up the 7.6-mile auto road, which averages a 12% grade. For that performance, Joe Gray is our June "The Runner Box" Colorado Runner of the Month.
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Highlands Ranch runner Dave Bell just completed his 400th marathon at the Steamboat Marathon last weekend, making him the Colorado state record holder for the most lifetime marathons. Dave has completed five circuits of all 50 states and serves as the Vice President of the 50 State Marathon Club. He is also a member of the Marathon Maniacs and has been inducted into the club Hall of Fame. This is a criteria based award and to qualify one has to reach two of the possible four criteria as well as being a member in good standing for three consecutive years
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On Memorial Day, Alamosa's Brittni Hutton won the BolderBoulder 10k citizen's race, in a time that would've ranked very well in the professional, elite race.  Brittni answers a few questions about that race, Alamosa, and is our May "The Runner Box" runner of the month.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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