Author: By kristen gowdy kristen.gowdy@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Two motorcyclists share quiet moment in honor of deceased after reaching peak
Tucked deep inside the breast pocket of his racing suit, Dan Elders had stored a Ziploc bag. In it is a clipping of his mother’s hair from her final haircut. Elders’ mother passed away at 100 years Monday. He carried the hair with him in the 93rd running of the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill…
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37th annual Sailin’ Shoes run has different strokes for different folks
Victory in the 37th annual Sailin’ Shoes race meant very different things to the two winners. For male overall champion Geofrey Terer, 38, the 10K race was a warm-up for the Estes Park Half Marathon, in which he will compete Sunday. For Sarah Guhl, 22, the female overall winner, the race was simply a way…
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Colorado Springs group rediscovers love for swimming together
They were fast, could cut through water like it was air. Swimming was a passion, brought on by countless hours spent with chlorinated water dripping from their hair and towels wrapped around their shoulders. That passion quickly translated to success. One by one, records were set, cemented into the books of their respective high schools.…
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Garden of the Gods 10-Mile Run winners from Sante Fe repeat 2014 triumphs
Just about everything was different about the 39th annual Garden of the Gods 10-Mile Run compared to the 38th race in 2014. The weather was hotter and the times were faster. The race even had a different name. The results, however, were a mirror image of the 2014 race. Under a scorching early morning Manitou…
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Hazardous conditions on Pikes Peak would be dangerous on Hill Climb day June 28
One of the world’s most difficult and dangerous motor sports courses just got more challenging. As 2014 Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb champion Fred Veitch guides his 2001 Porsche 996 Turbo around the first of 156 course turns in a practice run Friday morning, what had been a light drizzle turns to an all-out…