Comments on: Colorado Colfax Marathon 2008 http://runcolo.com/blog/colorado-colfax-marathon-2008/ Colorado Race Reports, Colorado Runner, Colorado Running Race Reviews Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:22:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: roadrunner http://runcolo.com/blog/colorado-colfax-marathon-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-86 roadrunner Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:51:46 +0000 http://runcolo.com/blog/?p=45#comment-86 Volunteering is good but I would only do so in a club or local race. Big races often make lots of money and the idea of working for free for a big corp doesn't really appeal to me. Only a club or charity event can truely saw that they are "putting something back" The T shirt story reminds me of the book I read last holidays in France about the British SAS (Elite military forces) New recruit goes to get some boots from the stores Storeman says "what size boot?" Recruit says "7 or 8" Storeman says "we don't do numbers - small medium or large" Recruit "oh - err medium then please" Storemsn "sorry small and medium have all gone - you will have to have large" Volunteering is good but I would only do so in a club or local race.

Big races often make lots of money and the idea of working for free for a big corp doesn’t really appeal to me.

Only a club or charity event can truely saw that they are “putting something back”

The T shirt story reminds me of the book I read last holidays in France about the British SAS (Elite military forces)

New recruit goes to get some boots from the stores

Storeman says “what size boot?”

Recruit says “7 or 8″

Storeman says “we don’t do numbers - small medium or large”

Recruit “oh - err medium then please”

Storemsn “sorry small and medium have all gone - you will have to have large”

]]> By: Teresa - She can run! http://runcolo.com/blog/colorado-colfax-marathon-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Teresa - She can run! Sat, 31 May 2008 02:15:11 +0000 http://runcolo.com/blog/?p=45#comment-83 I live between Colfax and 17th near Havana. As a brand spankin' new person training for a marathon (Denver 2008), I listened for the sirens to herald the first runners. I ran out to watch the runners and was astounded at the number of people racing down the street! It was just myself and the police officers for several minutes, but then I heard a tiny little caterwaulin' a few businesses away from me. It was a little gray-haired lady standing all by herself, clapping her hands and calling out, "You're all winners! Everyone's a winner! Keep going, don't quit now, you're a winner!" Gosh, that was so sweet! And it meant so much to the runners. Let's hope there are people like her when the Denver Marathon rolls around, her cheers will help us fly like eagles. God bless you for volunteering. I live between Colfax and 17th near Havana. As a brand spankin’ new person training for a marathon (Denver 2008), I listened for the sirens to herald the first runners. I ran out to watch the runners and was astounded at the number of people racing down the street!

It was just myself and the police officers for several minutes, but then I heard a tiny little caterwaulin’ a few businesses away from me. It was a little gray-haired lady standing all by herself, clapping her hands and calling out, “You’re all winners! Everyone’s a winner! Keep going, don’t quit now, you’re a winner!”

Gosh, that was so sweet! And it meant so much to the runners. Let’s hope there are people like her when the Denver Marathon rolls around, her cheers will help us fly like eagles.

God bless you for volunteering.

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