Let’s Go - American Flyers

By: Mark Thompson, Attorney at Law
Have you seriously not seen the 1985 cycling classic American Flyers? I
first saw it on HBO as a kid and remembered it as a strongly accurate
portrayal of bike racing and training. I was only a little off in that
assessment. I also got really hungry for some [...]

As I watched the elites race the
Bolder Boulder, I was amazed at how some of the runners, in particular Dmessew Tsega, failed to run the tangents. A tangent is a line that just touches a curve, it doesn’t touch the curve nor does it intersect the curve.
The tangents are also how [...]

RunColo will be teaming up with the
Steamworks-Animas Valley Half Marathon ton conduct a Post Race Survey. The Half Marathon takes place in Durango, Colorado, on June 21, 2008.
If you are planning to run the Half Marathon, please stop by
RunColo after the completion of the race for a link to the Post Race [...]

RunColo is happy to announce the administration of the Post Race Survey for
The Fed Cup 5k which was held on May 17, 2008 in Lakewood, Colorado. The Fed Cup 5k was celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary.
If you raced the Fed Cup 5k, please stop by
RunColo to complete a Post Race Survey.

RunColo is pleased to announce that we will be handling the Post Race Survey for the
Steps-N-Strides 5k which benefits the Kyle O’Connell Foundation. The race will be held on June 1, 2008 in Littleton, Colorado.
If you are running the race, please stop by
RunColo after the completion of the race for a link [...]

I suffered a stress fracture in my tibia after the
Denver Marathon in 2006. While sitting around for eight weeks and recovering, I started thinking of what might have caused the stress fracture. The obvious reason was my ramp up in mileage, but I also did a lot of my running on the [...]

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I wish I could read [...]

The summer is fast approaching and with the summer comes the heat! The good news is that the body can acclimate to the heat but in general it takes two weeks of training under these conditions. A few good tips to know are that the mornings are the coolest time of day to [...]

Here are a few training tips from
Mark Thompson, Attorney At Law
1. When racing, don’t go out too hard! Once you enter oxygen debt, your
body cannot recover until you rest. Try pacing yourself and concentrating
on even, or negative splits.
2. Increase your mileage slowly. A good rule of thumb is increasing [...]

Literally, I have done over a hundred road races in my lifetime and had previously volunteered zero times. This weekend, I decided to give back to the local road racing community, as I volunteered for the
Colfax Marathon.
Saturday was spent in City Park, which was coined “Marathon Village” for the race and the site [...]