Tag: Trail Running
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A dive into vaunted speed records across Colorado’s outdoors
Joseph DeMoor has a confession to make. He knows it sounds silly, but he likes to see his name listed on the first page of fastestknowntime.com/athletes. There are, at last check, 487 pages you could scroll through — names listed with their number of fastest known times, or FKTs, as the rather obscure records are…
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After Colorado 14ers, daring ‘Rocky Mountain Grand Slam’ attempt falls short
Last week, after days of treacherous trudging through unrelenting snow and loose rock in Montana’s Beartooth Mountains, Jason Heyn finally turned around. He started walking down the road to the town of Red Lodge. He told himself he would accept a ride if one was offered. “Sure enough, about 6 miles outside of town, someone…
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After disaster in Colorado mountains, getting back on the trail was only the start of recovery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LIFE | After a disaster in Colorado mountains, new feet were just part of Springs man’s recovery Play Video 00:00 00:00 spaceplay / pause qunload | stop ffullscreen shift + ←→slower / faster ↑↓volume mmute ←→seek . seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%,…
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New book features 45 high alpine trail runs in Colorado — we asked for some favorites
As a teenager in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley, Annalise Grueter could not believe the order of her cross country team coach. “We were going to be hiking/jogging a (13,000-foot mountain) for training that July day,” she recalled. “I was like, ‘What are we doing? This is a thing?’” Flash forward to today, running up mountains…
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The Leadville 100’s four-legged heroes providing aid at race’s highest elevations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Almost halfway through the infamous 100-mile race in Colorado’s mountains, some of the runners are at their worst, some of them arriving to the course’s highest point at 12,600 feet sick and sore and sleepy in the middle of the night. Hope Pass, this junction…
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Prolific Colorado Springs runner notches record on state’s highest peak
A Colorado Springs runner has claimed record speed up the state’s highest mountain. The de facto gatekeeper of such outdoor records, fastestknowntime.com, has entered Joseph Gray’s time of one hour, four minutes and 51 seconds as unmatched from the Halfmoon trailhead to the top of Mount Elbert above 14,400 feet. Gray logged the ascent covering…
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Colorado Springs mountain runner breaks record at world-renowned race
Colorado Springs’ Allie McLaughlin visited Alaska for the first time over the July 4 weekend. She left with her name in state history — and mountain running history. That was after setting a record in one of the globe’s most renowned short-distance foot races, Mount Marathon. After 3 miles round trip up and down a…
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Happy Trails: From Castle Rock neighborhood, a bounty of trail time
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeline Open Space, Castle Rock The Meadows neighborhood of Castle Rock doesn’t appear like an ideal place for a nature escape. Houses march on with the commercial chains you’d expect in this booming suburb between…
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8 of Colorado’s crazy tests on foot and bike: Jagged alpine to rowdy singletrack at night
After cancellations during the 2020 pandemic, this summer saw the return of Colorado’s greatest, terrible races. For the fittest and bravest on foot and bike, it was a return to that inexplicable sensation born by shared suffering in the vast beauty of the Rocky Mountains. Here’s a nod to some of the state’s most infamous…
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Dinosaur man dashes up Manitou Incline for (pre)historic feat
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