Archive for June, 2009

Week in Review – 6/22 to 6/28

6/22 – 7 Miles in Vibram Five Fingers (VFF)
6/23 – 4*800 on the track at 5k race pace, quarter mile recovery, 5.6 total, later that night 2 Miles in VFF
6/24 – 8 Miles
6/25 – 2 Miles in VFF
6/26 – 4 Miles in VFF
6/27 – 12 Miles at Lair O’ the Bear
6/28 – Lyons River Run [...]

Lyons River Run 5k 2009

Results here

Lyons River Run 5k Race Review
I love going to races in small towns. Growing up in Iowa, almost every race that I ran was in a small town and connected with whatever spring/summer event the town had going on. Be it the Sweet Corn Festival, Watermelon Festival, Strawbery Festival, etc. Thus, [...]

Boulder Running Company

I ventured south to Boulder Running Company in Littleton and picked up some gear tonight. General Manager Brock Quimby was on hand to help me out and provided a pleasant shopping experience.
I picked up a pair of Brooks Racer ST 4, in my quest to move to more minimalist footwear. The ST 4 [...]

Vibram Five Fingers

Vibram Five Fingers Review
I have to say, I love the Vibram Five Fingers!

Week in Review – 6/15 to 6/21

6/15 – 7.35 Miles Total with 8*400 on the track at 5k pace, with 200m recovery
6/16 – 4 Miles in Virbram Five Fingers
6/17 – 15 Miles on The High Line Canal
6/18 – 3 Miles, was planning on going longer but tripped on the sidewalk and cut my hands/knees up, so I cut the run short
6/19 [...]

Interview with Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon Race Director

Interview with Stephan Andrade:
Stephan, thanks for participating in the RunColo Interview Series. Please tell us about yourself and how you became the Race Director of the Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon?
My pleasure and thank you for the opportunity to tell the Story of Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half. I have [...]

Week in Review – 6/08 to 6/14

6/08 – 6.3 Miles, ran the LOHI 5k Course, found out it was short.
6/09 – 5 miles at 6:59 pace
6/10 – 8 Miles
6/11 – 2 Miles in Vibram Five Fingers
6/12 – 4 Miles in Vibram Five Fingers
6/13 – LOHI 5k, 10 Miles Total
6/14 – 4 Miles in Vibram Five Fingers
Total 39.3 Miles
The Vibram Five Fingers, [...]

LOHI 5k 2009

LOHI 5k Race Review
A race in my ‘hood, the first annual LOHI 5k. JM and I arrived at the race early to pick up our “bibs” which were actually similar to bumper stickers, I had “0007″ which is not nearly as cool as “007″ but what can you do, pretty sure that I [...]

Uni-Hill 2k 2009

I went and spectated the Uni-Hill 2k tonight, cool event. The race is two laps on “The Hill” in Boulder, criterium style. Essentially you run up a hill for .5k, then down hill for .5k, then repeat for one more lap. Which makes it a great event to watch if you’re a [...]

Week in Review – 6/01 to 607

6/01 – 8 Miles
6/02 – 2 Miles with Marley (Dog)
6/03 – 15 Miles at High Line Canal
6/04 – 7.1 Miles
6/05 – Off
6/06 – Sunrise Stampede, 2 miles warm up
6/07 – 8 Miles
48.31 Miles Total
I finally got back into the swing of things with a decent week of running. Pretty happy with my 10k time, considering [...]