Colorado

Getting hurt is a part of being an athlete. In fact, professional athletes belong to the top five occupations that experience more than a thousand injures for every 10,000 workers.

Boulder’s Ryan Smith won the Leadville 100 trail run Saturday night thanks to consistent second-half pacing that left his rivals unable to respond. It was the biggest win of his ultrarunning career.

Runners commonly train early in the morning in order to get to work or classes on time. Parents may get up at 5:00, to fit in their run before the kids get up. Many of these runners report eating nothing before their exercise session. The…

Conditions were cool with temperatures in the low 60s under overcast skies at the 7 AM start of the USATF 30km Trail Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Saturday, July 30. Hosted by Mad Moose Events as part of the Pikes Peak…

Brie Oakley’s decision to give up soccer for running is sound. Not that the Grandview junior needed any more confirmation after she finished second in the state in cross country, but it came when she opened the Class 5A state track meet…

The Independence Monument Trail is a classic Colorado trail run, yet when on the trail you will feel more like you are in southern Utah than Colorado

Anna Frost and Missy Gosney finished Nolan's 14, a linkup of 14 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado, under the 60-hour cutoff. They are the first women to have completed all 14 summits of Nolan's, and only the 12th and 13th individuals to have…

This issue celebrates 12 years of Colorado Runner Magazine. I feel so lucky that the magazine has continued for 12 years, and that running in Colorado is as strong as ever. But like any long-term relationship, there can be ups and downs.…

Joshua Merrick and Anissa Schymik captured the Paul Mitchell XTERRA Beaver Creek 20km trail run on a brisk but perfect running day in the mountains at Beaver Creek Resort in Avon, CO with winning times of 1:16:34 and 1:38:13, respectively.

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…