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Colorado Runners Win Nike Cross Southwest Regionals

For the first time since 2013, both individual winners at the Nike Southwest Regional represented Colorado, and for the first time in five years, both team champions were from Utah, highlighting an impressive showcase for both states…

Joe Gray and Grayson Murphy Win Gold Medals in Argentina

On Friday, Nov. 15, 38 countries converged in Villa La Angostura, Argentina for the 35th edition of the World Mountain Running Championships. It would be a great day for Team USA with three total medals including individual gold for Joseph…

Running Legends: Ellen Hart

Ellen Hart remains one of Colorado’s greatest runners and is currently a world championship masters triathlete. She was born in 1958 in New York City and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico as the second of eight siblings. She attended the…

Marathoners, Take Your Marks … and Fluid and Salt!

Legend states that after the Greek army defeated the invading Persian forces near the city of Marathon in 490 B.C.E., the courier Pheidippides ran to Athens to report the victory and then immediately dropped dead. The story inspired the…

Hammer and Wilbert win Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon

More than 7,500 registered participants from age 12 to 81 took to the beautiful downtown of the Mile-High City this weekend to run in the 10th running of the Humana Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Half Marathon. With a continued focus on great music…

Sports Nutrition: Carbs in the News Part 2

Too many of today's runners believe carbohydrates are "bad." If that's true, what does the latest sports nutrition research say? The following studies, presented at the American College of Sports Medicine's 66th Annual Meeting indicate…

Can Vegan Runners Become Elite Runners?

Fact or Fiction: The vegan diet is unlikely to support optimal performance in runners? Fiction! No evidence suggests a nutritionally balanced vegan diet impairs athletic performance.

Kipchoge becomes the first human to run a sub-2 hour marathon

Saturday morning, on a flat, straight, tree-lined avenue in the heart of Vienna, Eliud Kipchoge become the first person ever to break two hours in a marathon. He finished in 1:59:40, averaging 4:34 pace per mile. The time trial, dubbed the…