Nutrition for the Heat

It’s getting warmer! Heat, sometimes combined with humidity depending on where you live, can throw you a good curve ball during these summer months of training and competition. We have all heard stories about athletes being taken to the hospital during a race for dehydration, or collapsing before…

Issue 42 (July/August 2010)

There are dozens of great running and triathlon events taking place during the next few months around the state. As an avid racer, all types of products have made their way into my race bag over the last two decades. But since most runners don’t want to lug a 50-pound suitcase with them on race…

Hit The Dirt At Deer Creek Canyon

Deer Creek Canyon Park had its beginnings as a campground for wandering bands of Ute and Arapahoe. The 1,881-acre Open Space park was first homesteaded in 1872 by a man from Plymouth, England, John Williamson. Back then, Deer Creek's rolling hills and fertile fields attracted both farmers and…