Colorado Running News

Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti won the Rocky Mountain Oyster Eating Contest in Black Hawk, former Ohio State Buckeye and Denver Bronco Maurice Clarett tried out for the US Football league, and the Kinetics race returned to the water, just in Longmont and not in Boulder. Here's what happened on the Colorado race scene.


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Forget about giving the women a three minute head start, Cassie Slade would have won the Denver Skirt Chaser 5k straight up. Cassie dominated all comers on a warm evening in Cherry Creek with temperatures hovering in the upper eighties for the 5pm start. Her time of 17:23 was 25 seconds faster than the fastest male, Edward Le Grice, who ran a 17:48. The women took the top four spots last night in the men vs. women challenge.
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The fourth annual TransRockies Run six-day stage race ended today in Beaver Creek. Covering 113 miles, the winning teams of two will split a $20K prize purse between six divisions.



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As part of that Apocalyptic last weekend of racing, the Warrior Dash made its Colorado debut with what appears to be a number ...

Active at Altitude is hosting a number of events in the coming months for area runners. In September, the Estes Park facility will host a week-long Women's Running Camp and in October, a weekend Trail Running Clinic. Previous events have included elite marathoners Tera Moody and Fiona Docherty, Boulder high school legend Melody Fairchild, and Running Times trail editor Adam Chase as hosts. With access to amazing trails, plush accommodations, and great coaches, both events promise to benefit all levels of runners.
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Jessica Pixler won 12 NCAA Division II championships running track and cross country for Seattle Pacific University, where she graduated in May with an English Major. Jessica has a post-graduate scholarship and will be attending the University of Colorado for the 2010-2011 school year and will be eligible for one season of outdoor track. Jessica has that one season of eligibility left, due to a stress fracture in her back that caused her to miss her sophomore year of track at SPU.

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• $1000 in cash prizes for the top men and women racers (1st, 2nd & 3rd Places).
• Prizes by gender & age group

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The inaugural three-day solo TransRockies wrapped up today with Justin Ricks and Anna Frost taking the individual wins as expected.



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Skirt Chaser 5k is THE event where women get a three minute head start, inviting the men to "Catch Us If You Can!" We call it the Battle of the Sexes - and so far the women are kicking butt! Presented by Skirt Sports, all women get a free Skirt Sports fitness skirt ($60 value!) with race entry and men get a Skirt Chaser 5k tee.
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Join us for an evening of fun! Enjoy live music, after-hours zoo viewing, food and beer garden, and a chance to win prizes. We kindly request that participants bring packages of new children's underwear for donation. Proceeds from this event will go to Denver Public Schools for distribution to the more than 900 homeless children who currently attend DPS. UNDERWEARNESS is 501(c)3 providing new underwear to children in need. To learn more, please visit: http://www.underwearness.org/.
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There was talk pre-race that some 900 people were registered for this year's "Race Across the Sky," making it the largest 100 miler in North America history. With the results now up, I was curious to crunch them a bit.


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Brett Favre decided to play another year with the Minnesota Vikings, Wyclef Jean was ruled ineligible to run for president, and the Isle of Capri Casinos in Black Hawk just published their entrant list to the Rocky Mountain Oyster Eating Contest held next Saturday. August is almost over, the earth is warming up faster than Al Gore's outdoor heated pool and the big races were held in the mountains and at the Reservoir.


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