Author: Dena Rosenberry
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Turkey Trot winners agree: pacing is key
Nearly 200 local runners took to the paths of Memorial Park on Saturday morning in hopes of winning a Thanksgiving turkey. Six steadily paced runners won turkeys and one pace-challenged speed demon took home a cornish game hen. The event, organized each year since 1997 by the Pikes Peak Road Runners, a local running club,…
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Turkey Trot winners agree: pacing is key
Nearly 200 local runners took to the paths of Memorial Park on Saturday morning in hopes of winning a Thanksgiving turkey. Six steadily paced runners won turkeys and one pace-challenged speed demon took home a cornish game hen. The event, organized each year since 1997 by the Pikes Peak Road Runners, a local running club,…
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Exhibit shares history of Manitou Incline
It’s a curious fact that thousands of people who climb the Manitou Incline each year never summited the easy way — when a train car cruised to the top. The volunteers at the Manitou Springs Heritage Center have gotten used to exclamations of delight and amazement when showing a video of the ride on the…
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Twin climbers are scaling boulders again after brain surgery
What could be worse than learning you have a rare brain disease that could end your days as a world-class rock climber? Learning that your 19-year-old twin sister has it, too. Jesse and Tyler Youngwerth confronted their diagnosis this summer just as they’ve scaled some of the toughest rock faces in the world. Head-on. Together.…
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Twin climbers are scaling boulders again after brain surgery
What could be worse than learning you have a rare brain disease that could end your days as a world-class rock climber? Learning that your 19-year-old twin sister has it, too. Jesse and Tyler Youngwerth confronted their diagnosis this summer just as they’ve scaled some of the toughest rock faces in the world. Head-on. Together.…
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Runners close out Fall Series in winterlike conditions; Young and Bar win titles
First-time competitors Robby Young and Clare Bar took gold Sunday in this year’s Fall Series, a group of four races organized each year by the Pikes Peak Road Runners, a local running club. Young and Bar also won the men’s and women’s divisions in the fourth race, held midday Sunday under cloudy skies at Palmer…
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Runners close out Fall Series in winterlike conditions; Young and Bar win titles
First-time competitors Robby Young and Clare Bar took gold Sunday in this year’s Fall Series, a group of four races organized each year by the Pikes Peak Road Runners, a local running club. Young and Bar also won the men’s and women’s divisions in the fourth race, held midday Sunday under cloudy skies at Palmer…
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Top 10 treks: The area’s best fall hikes
It’s November in Colorado. The snow isn’t deep enough for decent skiing or snowshoeing and the nights are too cold for comfortable camping or mountaineering. What’s an outdoors lover to do? We’re here to help. The Pikes Peak region is a haven for hiking in fall, with plenty of trails that can be comfortably trekked…
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Top ten treks: The area’s best fall hikes
It’s November in Colorado. The snow isn’t deep enough for decent skiing or snowshoeing and the nights are too cold for comfortable camping or mountaineering. What’s an outdoors lover to do? We’re here to help. The Pikes Peak region is a haven for hiking in fall, with plenty of trails that can be comfortably trekked…
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A running club for every day of the week
MONDAYSSouthern Colorado Springs Running Club: This casual running/walking club meets for a 5K at 6 p.m. at the Security Public Library / near Boriello Brothers; will keep running in winter, if people continue to show up. Trinity Brewing Co. Soul Runners: Runners meet year-round at the microbrewery, 1466 Garden of the Gods Road, Suite 184,…