Tag: Trail Running
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Long-distance running, fishing and craft beer: Inside Colorado’s Troutman world
Just about 10 years ago, Andrew Todd was working as a research biologist in the wilds of Colorado’s San Luis Valley, living out of his truck with time on his hands at the end of the workday. “I’d go run and fish,” he says, “and I always had good craft beer around.” It’s the story…
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The overlooked side of Lake Pueblo: 40-plus miles of sprawling trails through a geologic wonderland
PUEBLO • The late-morning sun is rising, boats are revving up, stand-up paddleboarders are pushing out, and beach-day tents are popping up in a classic scene of Colorado summer. This is the popular scene at Lake Pueblo. But there’s another side of the state park — a more “overlooked” side, says local outdoor enthusiast Maggie…
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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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Long-dreamed trails expanding in western Colorado
An ambitious trail system years in the making is closer to complete in western Colorado. Gunnison Trails, the nonprofit spearheading the project, recently reported its latest success by extending South Rim Trail to the farthest reaches of the system around Signal Peak. Starting behind Western Colorado University, the singletrack network now spans east of the…
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After Colorado 14ers, daring ‘Rocky Mountain Grand Slam’ attempt falls short
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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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Colorado woman’s mountain running dream was born through nightmares
Dreama Walton keeps a pile of old, stuffed animals in her Colorado Springs home. “I can’t get rid of some things,” she says. She can’t get rid of these childhood things of her little sister, who used a wheelchair all of her short life. These were the things that gave Desiree comfort before her death…
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Coloradan tops annual list of world’s best outdoor records
Keepers of record achievements in the outdoor world have announced their greatest feats of 2022. And it’s a Coloradan with the top honor. Fastest Known Time’s annual polling of athletes and enthusiasts resulted in Andrea Sansone earning FKT of the Year. That was for the Golden woman’s record push on the cult classic line known…
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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…