Colorado Runner | Category Archive - training tips features

By: Colorado Runner  11/22/2011
Keywords: Marathon

The 5K foot race has become ubiquitous on any given weekend. Check your local race calendar and you’ll find plenty of opportunities to lace up your shoes, don some lycra, and feel smug about doing something good for your health in less than an hour. Ready to race a bit further? Off to a half marathon or marathon go most runners, leaving the 10K the black sheep of the foot-race family. A long time ago (20 years) in a land far, far away (the East Coast), I was a 10K specialist. It’s still a distance for which I hold a [..]

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Colorado Runner | Category Archive - athlete profiles

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Colorado Runner | Category Archive - nutrition features

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