Colorado Running News

Boulder's Pat Rizzo ran a 2+ minute PR on the big stage Saturday, finishing 13th in 2:13:42. The Mizuno-sponsored athlete shares his thoughts on his second Olympic trials race and what's next.
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No one trains harder than Boulder's Tyler McCandless. The 25-year-old had big goals for the 2012 Olympic trials marathon and while 50th in the country's most competitive race, shares his disappointment over his 2:19 finish. McCandless remains optimistic for the future and, taking an old school racing attitude, already has his next marathon planned. He shares those thoughts in this video interview.
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Just hours after running 2:44 for 71st at the 2012 Olympic trials marathon, Boulder's Deanna Ardrey reflects on her race - her fourth marathon during the last 14 months. She's share her excitement and disappointment and her future goals.
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Olympic trials weekend continued Sunday with the running of the Houston Marathon. Benita Willis ran an even-paced 2:28 to finish second and well below the 2:32 Australian standard for the 2012 Olympics.

Willis, coaching under Hudson Training System in Boulder, speaks in this interview about the PR's and successes of the other Hudson athletes (at the trials, men took 7th, 9th and 13th all in PR times) and also shares her plans for training leading up to the Olympic marathon. ...

Colorado's top finisher at the 2012 Olympic trials marathon, Boulder's Fernando Cabada ran 2:11:53 for seventh. Cabada is a seven-time national collegiate champion, three-time U.S. champion, and is the current American record-holder for 25K. Thanks to our partners at HoneyMilk for the interview and congratulations to Cabada on his impressive trials performance.

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Apart from the Olympic trials marathon, three races attracted Colorado runners this weekend. Locally, the Quicker Quaker offered up a $750 prize purse. Following the Olympic trials, Colorado elites Benita Willis and Nuta Olaru raced the Houston Marathon, along with a bunch of sub-3:00 Colorado men. And in Phoenix, Colfax Marathon champion Nicole Chyr chased another marathon win while Sara Slattery raced the half. Top Colorado results for each of these races are highlighted below. ...

Colorado's best marathoners raced through Houston today for a shot at the Olympics. Here are the finish times and placing for those men and women. ...

We've teamed up again with Boulder Running Company - DTC to bring you another prediction contest. This weekend is obviously a big weekend for many of Colorado's best so we've picked Chris Siemers, a Mile High Track Club runner, as our subject for this contest! $50 to BRC-DTC is up for grabs!

Chris has had a great year and is expected to do well in Houston as well. He finished 1st at the 2010 Mount Washington Road Race with a time of 1:00:22, winning by over a minute against some stiff competition. More recently and more impressively, he qualified for the trials by running a 2:18:48 at Rock n Roll Denver. No one has run that fast at altitude since the Colorado record of 2:18:06 was run at the downhill Rawhide Marathon in 1984. You can read up on his training before Denver here. ...

We first got word of a new line from Brooks about this time last year. Being the Brooks fan that I am, I quickly looked for release dates, hounded the local stores for info ...