The Athlete’s Kitchen: Weight-related Research from The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
Exercise is medicine. That was a key messages highlighted at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine. Given that two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese, and that healthcare costs (to say nothing of quality-of-life costs) are staggering, we need to figure…
Catching Up With Colorado Ultra Runner Gavin McKenzie
I first met Gavin McKenzie last August up in Leadville, Colorado. It was a few days before the Leadville Trail 100 MTB and the town was packed with athletes. I was meeting my friend Kendrick Callaway for a long weekend of running in the Sawatch Mountains on the famed Nolan’s 14 course. Kendrick had…
Interview with Heather Utrata
For the longest time, Heather Utrata was a Denver-area road running favorite. She won a lot of races - some competitive and some not - including two straight Colfax Marathons (2009 + 2010). She was nominated for the Colorado Sportswoman of the Year award in 2012, the same year that she set her…