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The motivation to run can come from a host of different places.  Most runners have fitness goals and race PR's on their minds, while others have very different, and much more personal reasons.

Justin Ricks, of Colorado Springs, is a life-long runner and our March Runner Box Colorado Runner of the Month.  A former high school star and a 2:22 marathoner, he won the recent Salida "Run Through Time" Marathon against a field that included four past champions.

Best known as a road runner with sub-15 5k and sub-4 1500m bests, Matt Kempton turned to trails last year and won four races in the Vail Trail Running Series. This year he advanced to the more competitive La Sportiva Mountain Cup and finished second in the Cup’s first race. Kempton answered a few…