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UPDATE: Top runners vying for Pikes Peak Marathon title
Top marathoners and trail runners from across the United States and around the world are running Barr Trail Sunday morning, following the 7 a.m. start of the Pikes Peak Marathon, dubbed “America’s Ultimate Challenge.” Race officials expect Kilian Jornet, 24, of Spain, Alex Nichols, 27, and Max King, 32, of Bend, Ore., to race stride…
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Forsberg sets downhill record, is first woman to finish Pikes Peak Marathon
It was an exciting finish for the top winning running the Pikes Peak Marathon on Sunday. Tina Forsberg was more than a mile behind the leaders at the summit. So she was as shocked as anyone when she pulled off the women’s victory. “I didn’t think I’d see the (two leaders) again,” she said. “When…
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Pikes Peak Ascent & Marathon: Volunteers keep races running on time
On the homestretch of a marathon, after running more than 25 miles, sometimes you just need more cowbell. Doug Stevinson was there to provide it Sunday as nearly 800 people ran, jogged and plodded past the Cog Railway atop Ruxton Avenue in Manitou Springs, about a half-mile from the Pikes Peak Marathon finish line. “A…
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Colorado National Monument says ‘no’ to bike race
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — The National Park Service said Tuesday it won’t issue a permit to have a stage of the 2013 USA Pro Cycling Challenge run through part of Colorado National Monument in western Colorado. Race…
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Colorado National Monument says ‘no’ to bike race
DENVER — The National Park Service said Tuesday it won’t issue a permit to have a stage of the 2013 USA Pro Cycling Challenge run through part of Colorado National Monument in western Colorado. Race organizers haven’t formally started looking at possible locations for 2013, but a group of Grand Junction boosters has been trying…
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Racers new and old challenge themselves at Leadville 100 bike race
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LEADVILLE — About three weeks ago, Aspen’s Chris Klug and a group of friends ventured to Columbine Mine, the halfway point of the famed Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race. They gathered at the top…
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Wedding party bonds over Panerathon charity run
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jennifer and David Musson wanted to do something special with their family and members of their wedding party the day after their nuptials. They had originally planned a hike, which was something they had done…
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Bear sightings increase across Vail Valley
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save EAGLE COUNTY — A mild winter and a hot spring and summer have prompted more bears than usual to come cruisng into town looking for food, wildlife officials say. There have been more bear sightings…
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Racers new and old challenge themselves at Leadville 100 bike race
LEADVILLE — About three weeks ago, Aspen’s Chris Klug and a group of friends ventured to Columbine Mine, the halfway point of the famed Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race. They gathered at the top to spread the ashes of friend and longtime Aspenite Gary Albert, who died of a heart attack while riding earlier…
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Bear sightings increase across Vail Valley
EAGLE COUNTY — A mild winter and a hot spring and summer have prompted more bears than usual to come cruisng into town looking for food, wildlife officials say. There have been more bear sightings than usual along the valley floor this season and at least one campground has been closed to tents and soft-sided…