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Boulder’s Clare Gallagher won the 34th annual Leadville Trail 100 in July, in her first try at the distance, and in the second fastest time ever. The 24 year old, who was second in the state cross country meet back in 2008, tells us how she did it, and we celebrate her success with this month’s “The…

Clare Gallagher of Boulder, Colorado carried Salomon colors to victory in the 2016 Leadville Trail 100, setting the second fastest women’s time in the race’s 33-year history. In her first attempt at the 100-mile distance, the 24-year-old reached the finish in 19 hours, 27 seconds, two hours faster…

Written by Bob Stephens for PikesPeakSports.us. Kim Dobson completed a rare, phenomenal double by winning the 61st Pikes Peak Marathon - a day after she had won her fifth Pikes Peak Ascent - but she had to summon her best effort to hold off a furious finish by the fast-closing Anita Ortiz.…