Colorado Running News

A fantastic weekend of racing for many Coloradans, fast times and great performances were had from Colorado to Minnesota to New Hampshire. Recap found below.
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A little over a month ago, Saucony launched the Kinvara 3, the latest edition in the wildly popular shoe which started a significant change throughout Saucony’s footwear line. After spending 91 miles in the Kinvara 3 I think it is sure to please its loyal wearers as well as attract several new ones.

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This weekend, marked by scorching temperatures one day and seasonable ones the next, was filled with top notch racing action throughout Colorado and the rest of the country. Many athletes tried to get that last Olympic Trials qualifying time or just went out to get a solid PR. Results found below.

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It's the middle of the month, the mountains are on fire, Father's Day is on Sunday and Colorado Race Timing has some races to tell you about. If you're fast and looking for cash, check out the Father's Day 5K in Arvada, paying out $100 for the win and $50 for second. They are also paying out $50 to the top masters male and female.
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Everyone uses Google right? Yahoo or Bing, the only reason you use those search engines is to search for Google. If you have used Google, you've probably noticed the Google autofill feature. It tries to predict what you are searching for and the algorithm is based on popular phrases that have been previously searched. Now I've had a few laughs with Google autofill before, but a recent episode of Tosh.0 got me thinking if we could have a few laughs using running search phrases.

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Well I got selected by Mizuno to be a founding member of the Mezamashii Project. In Japanese, the word mezamashii means "brilliant." Previously my Japanese was limited to words learned from Chris Farley's Japanese Game Show skit on SNL. Thanks to Mizuno it has now expanded.

I'm not sure why I got selected, might have been my stellar running resume, my good looks, or perhaps because I went to college with the local Mizuno representative. I'll let you decide.



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COLORADO SPRINGS – Mario Macias knows the hilly Garden of the Gods 10 Mile Run course as well as anyone. He is the race’s defending champion, and he placed second there two years ago.

His best time in the Garden is 50 minutes, 59 seconds, only 28 ticks off the course record set in 2009 by Simon Cheprot. Macias will tangle with those hills again on Sunday when a field of about 2,000 line up for the race’s 36^th running.
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From racing up ski hills to broken course records, this weekend proved to be an exciting weekend of trail and road racing throughout the state and beyond. Recap can be found below.
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Colorado Race Timing will be timing the Highlands Ranch Tune Up Triathlon and the second annual Camp Eden 5K this Saturday.

Last year's Tune Up Triathlon was won by Scott Swaney in 1:02:21 and Carrie Berwick in 1:08:27. The race had 180 finishers.

The 2011 Camp Eden 5K had 143 finishers and was won by David Roche in 17:32 and Melanie Diep in 22:44.
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