Got up early Sunday morning to head over to Memorial Park for the Garden of the Gods Ten Miler.  Rolling out of bed, I already felt kinda crappy and it made getting into a 10 mile mindset that much more difficult.  W made our way over to Manitou only to find the streets backed up [...]

Rolled out of bed on a few hours of sleep and a little hungover to make my way over to Palmer Park for the Rescue Run.  The weather was decent, although a little breezy, but comfortable enough for shorts and a light shirt.  Once on scene, I got registered, filled out my shirt raincheck form [...]

Pretty good time for my first real half marathon.  We headed down to Pueblo early Saturday morning.  I got there about a half hour later than I wanted to but still had plenty of time to get checked in and run a few hundred yards.  I took my place in the back of the pack [...]

So sometimes life gets in the way of blog posting, but fortunately, not in the way of actually running.  After the miserable performance at the Ascent (hey, I showed up and started and actually made a 15ish mile roundtrip), I took a little time off from running to relax.  I said just a little.  Within [...]

Woke up early on Saturday, had some breakfast, and started getting my head right for the 5K on St. Patrick’s Day in downtown Colorado Springs.  I changed clothes a few times because every time I looked out the window the weather was doing something different.  Finally decided I would wear shorts and a tech shirt.  [...]

Unlike others, I can’t just train for one race until August.  I need some intermediate events to keep me motivated and set benchmarks. Here is what I’ve got planned between now and the end of the summer:
- 5K on St. Patrick’s Day - A fun and fast 5K in downtown COS.  This will mark the [...]

Last race to close out the PPRR Winter Series and I was not excited about it. I just got back from England late Thursday night and still felt a little jetlagged before the race. The course was icy thanks to a little snow that fell early Saturday morning and a few people managed [...]

Got up Saturday morning and headed up to the Monument area for the 3rd race of the Pikes Peak Road Runners Winter Series.  The course went from Baptist Rd into Monument just past the Hwy 105 exit and back to Baptist Rd on the Santa Fe trail.  The course was on a packed dirt trail [...]

Another weekend, another race. Luckily, the weather was much better than the previous two winter races. At the start, the temp was probably upwards of 40 degrees. The course was down on the south end of town and snow usually doesn’t last long down there. The second race in the series [...]

After running a race up in the Denver Winter Series, we learned that the Pikes Peak Roadrunners would also be hosting a winter series of their own. It was a no-brainer to sign up for it. It was a) cheaper, b) closer to home, and c) 4 races instead of 3. The [...]