Tag: trail running
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SPORTS | Pikes Peak Ascent 2021
Scenes from the 2021 Pikes Peak Ascent. (Video by Katie Klann)
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Tracing 100 years of Barr Trail history and the man who helped make Pikes Peak a destination
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pikes Peak’s most extraordinary trail was born 100 years ago. To thank for it is “in many respects an ordinary man.” That is how historian and author Eric Swab refers to Barr Trail’s visionary in the book “Fred Barr: Pikes Peak Entrepreneur.” Fred Barr “was…
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Tracing 100 years of Barr Trail history and the man who helped make Pikes Peak a destination
Pikes Peak’s most extraordinary trail was born 100 years ago. To thank for it is “in many respects an ordinary man.” That is how historian and author Eric Swab refers to Barr Trail’s visionary in the book “Fred Barr: Pikes Peak Entrepreneur.” Fred Barr “was a slow, good man whose life had to be in…
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Dinosaur man dashes up Manitou Incline for (pre)historic feat
Much has been debated about the speed of the Tyrannosaurus rex — or lack thereof. Maybe 12 mph max, surmised researchers from a study last summer. That would support one side of a debate that sparked again this week, suggesting the apex predator strategically hunted in packs. In 2017, scientists figured leg bones would’ve crumbled…
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The inside life of Bryon Powell, Colorado’s trail running maestro
SILVERTON • Bryon Powell, hair and goatee shaggier than usual, emerges from his cabin and squints under the late-afternoon sun. He blocks the harsh rays with his hand. “Man,” he says, “when you’ve been sitting inside and staring at your computer all day …” So goes another day for Powell, 42, who might be popularly…
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LIFE | The Funny Runner
Unusual is one way to describe the early professional running career of Brittany Charboneau. Astonishing is another. The Denver native has been fast rising the ranks, attracting sponsors such as The North Face and turning heads at such events as the Pikes Peak Marathon. (Video by Katie Klann)
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Happy Trails: Natural arch among little wonders at Colorado Springs park
Recently at Ute Valley Park, we ran into people asking for directions three times. “We always get lost here!” remarked one woman alongside her partner. She smiled, as if accepting this park on Colorado Springs’ north side. As if knowing that, yet again, she would find her way back to the parking lot. If not…
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Happy Trails: Abbreviated trip up Pikes Peak’s Barr Trail, featuring Manitou Incline summit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sights and sounds from an abbreviated trip up Pikes Peak’s Barr Trail. (Video by Seth Boster) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “HAPPY TRAILS | Barr Trail”, “description”: “Sights and sounds from an abbreviated trip up Pikes Peak’s Barr Trail. (Video by Seth Boster)”, “thumbnailUrl”:…
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Happy Trails: Abbreviated trip up Pikes Peak’s Barr Trail, featuring Manitou Incline summit
The Pikes Peak region’s two most iconic trails happen to share a corridor: Barr Trail and the Manitou Incline. The former, climbing about 13 miles to the 14,115-foot summit of America’s Mountain, is more for the adventure seeker, while the latter calls more to the fitness fanatic preferring a steeper, shorter ascent on wooden steps.…