8/24 – 5.5 miles 8/25 – Off 8/26 – 2 mile warm up, 10 miles at 6:45 marathon race pace, 6 miles cool down – 18 total 8/27 – 7 miles in Vibram Five Fingers 8/28 – 4 miles in Vibram Five Fingers 8/29 – Skirt Chaser 5k in 17:47, 7 miles total 8/30 – [...]

Skirt Chaser Results here One second faster than last year, ran a 17:47, looks like a break out season is on the cusp! The Skirt Chaser course is rough and tough, tough but fair. Felt pretty decent during the run, I have yet to look at my splits, figure it doesn’t really matter since the [...]

Congratulations to Chris Bielinski who won a free entry into the Boulder Half Marathon, courtesy of his review on the RunColo Forum. If you would like a chance to win a free entry, sign up for the RunColo Email Blast.

8/17 – 5.5 miles 8/18 – 8 miles + 2miles in VFF 8/19 – 7 miles in VFF 8/20 – 13 miles @ 7:19 pace, then 4 miles at 6:47 pace 8/21 – 4 miles in VFF 8/22 – 8 miles + 2 miles in VFF 8/23 – 8 miles + 2 miles in VFF [...]

Matt McCue was kind enough to send me an advanced copy of his book An Honorable Run. I started the book on Monday and finished Wednesday, it was fairly short at 155 pages and I found it entertaining and well written. I should preface that I am biased growing up in Iowa, about an hour [...]

8/10 -Off 8/11 -2 miles in Vibram Five Fingers (VFF) 8/12 -12 miles 8/13 -Pearl Street Mile, 3 miles total 8/14 -2 miles in VFF 8/15 -7 miles 8/16 -2 miles in VFF 28 Miles Total This week was a great example of how not to train for a marathon, plus the Pearl Street Mile [...]

Here are the winners for the RunColo Email Blast, free race give away: Oktoberfest 5k/10k -Gina Graziano The 6th Annual Harvest Challenge 5k -George Burson The 6th Annual Harvest Challenge 5k -Tammy Thorpe Erace Homelessness 5k/10k -Belinda Nichols Farmers 5000 -Jill Howard Also, thanks to my sponsors for donating the free entries, get out and [...]

I am still sore from the Pearl Street Mile, a race that took place three days ago. I had a hectic day on Thursday and arrived in Boulder twenty minutes before the start of the race and 1/2 mile from the start. I ran to the start, picked up my packet and timing chip, ran [...]

Coming September 2009: An Honorable Run, the story of a coach who changed a young man’s life ISBN: 978-1-4392-3328-3 An Honorable Run (Book Surge Press) is both a tribute to a coach I respected and loved, and a memoir detailing the thrilling years I devoted to running. Dedicated and driven to escape small town Iowa, [...]

8/3 – 7 miles in Vibram Five Fingers 8/4 – 7.1 miles 8/5 – Off 8/6 – 8 miles 8/7 – 2 miles in Vibram Five Fingers 8/8 – 8 miles & 2 miles in Vibram Five Fingers 8/9 – 16 miles on The High Line Canal @ 6:56 pace Total 50.1 miles First time [...]