Part of the Denver Winter Distance Series, we headed up to Chatfield Reservoir on December 15 to run the first of the jaunts through the snow. There was a pretty nasty winter storm that had blown through the front range the week of the first race so that made for some chilly and slick [...]

Cliff notes: I finished!
What a wild ride it has been. Friday evening I made my way over to Manitou to pick up my packet and check out the expo. They slapped a bracelet on me, new this year to curb bib swapping, and I dug through my bag full of goodies. I [...]

I showed up and finished it. All in all it was a pretty good time. We started right at 7am on Tejon St. out in front of Poor Richard’s. As we headed north, I could feel a slight cramp in my left calf and started to compensate for it. We were [...]

Fast forward another month and it was time for another 5k.  Can you see a pattern here?  I’m trying to run at least one a month leading up to the ascent.  It helps to keep me on task instead of losing focus during the months between registration and the actual race.  This race was a [...]

I’ve finished a couple more 5K races since the last time I posted.
Back in April, I signed up for the UCCS Bash the Bluffs 5K. This was my first hill exposure and it sucked. It was an out and back course with a downhill out (wow, that was easy) and uphill back (are [...]

I finished the 5K on St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday. It was an extremely warm day, but it was better than cold and rainy. I finished with a time of 37:08. I should have been under 37 minutes, but they didn’t have a timing pad at the start and we took our [...]