Tag: Trail Running
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Trump pardons North Face athlete found guilty of illegal trail travel at national park
Back in September of 2024, professional trail runner and The North Face-sponsored athlete Michelino Sunseri, now 33, used a portion of a prohibited trail during an attempt to set a record for the climb up and down 13,775-foot Grand Teton. He ended up breaking the record for the climb by about two minutes, but months…
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Results from the 2025 Pikes Peak Marathon
Top finishers in the men’s and women’s divisions from the 2025 Pikes Peak Marathon. Male 1. Jonathan Aziz, 3:54:07 2. Mitch Klomp, 4:14:20 3. Bayden Menton, 4:15:05 4. Dean Abel, 4:16:02 5. Ryan Sederquist, 4:18:24 6. Canaan Vallejos, 4:28:06 7. Ezra Merrill-Triplett, 4:29:27 8. Michael Mitchell, 4:32:03 9. Ben Sweatman, 4:34:40 10. Kyle Lund, 4:36:20…
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New father Jonathan Aziz runs to fourth consecutive victory at Pikes Peak Marathon
Jonathan Aziz is literally a rocket scientist, using his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering to help governments with their space missions. But he’s still working his way through this latest puzzling equation. So far, so good, as that 12-week-old variable named Roslyn awaited him at the finish line of the Pikes Peak Marathon, where the new…
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‘Years before its time’: Pikes Peak Marathon turns 70
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ron Ilgen does not call the Pikes Peak Marathon a bucket list event. “I guess I coined the phrase of a ‘death bed event,’” he said. “Where one day you’re laying there and thinking, What…
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Colorado Springs ER doctor keeps 100-mile record in perspective
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One Monday last month, hardly recovered from running 100 miles in the mountains around Leadville, Anne Flower was back to work as an emergency room doctor at Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs. “I was…
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Trails grow around lakeside destination in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Trails continue to grow around an increasingly popular destination in Colorado. Frisco Peninsula Recreation Area makes up the forested, rolling landform bordering the Summit County town and Dillon Reservoir. Rangers know local regulars by name,…
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‘A real treasure:’ Leadville 100’s prize belt buckles made at small shop in Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • Every now and then a former runner or cyclist reflecting on past glory will find the corner of this industrial zone, locating the correct door tucked in the back of this brick complex. One walks into the small shop with a distinct, silver…
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Colorado’s long-dreamed Peaks to Plains Trail extending in complex canyon
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Officials working to fill the gap of a long-dreamed trail in Colorado have marked “a colossal construction milestone.” So read a recent social media post by Jefferson County Open Space, showing photos of an underpass, a 70-foot-long box culvert and two bridges beside U.S. 6…
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Happy Trails: Going for gold at Castle Rock’s Philip S. Miller Park
In 2014, Castle Rock opened an outdoor destination to meet the growing population between Colorado’s biggest cities. Philip S. Miller Park would have something for everyone. There would be Challenge Hill — the vertical 200 steps resembling a much smaller Manitou Incline. There would be a turf field for sports and a state-of-the-art playground. There would…
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Giving thanks to Colorado’s outdoors: Enthusiasts pick favorite destinations
The mountains outside our door. A more distant basecamp for adventure. A stretch of the Colorado Trail and newly public land waiting to be explored. These were some of the responses we heard to the question we ask around this time every year: What are we most thankful for across this state’s great outdoors? It’s…