Thinking back as to what lead me down the path to run the Colfax Marathon, unveiled a chain of events that I would have never imagined 10 years ago. It was actually about 10 years ago that I changed my life and turned to health and fitness. I woke up one morning looked at my 200…
My cycling buddy, Jared and I wanted to get in a long ride and an incline over Labor Day Weekend. Instead of resting our feet, we labored. Saturday, we decided to stick to our area: We went up the frontage road along C470 to Clear Creek Trail to the Platte River Trail, through Cherry Creek,…
Colorado weather. Let’s talk about it. It’s unpredictable, nasty, cruel; one minute you’re thinking this is going to be some of the best weather you’ve experienced: blue skies, perfect temperature like Little Red Riding Hood’s porridge. Then all of a sudden, like the wolf, it’s creeping up behind you and you’re feeding porridge to a…
We traversed many a great cities on our bike ride on Saturday: we started in Lakewood, took the Platte down to C470, up to Parker, into Denver, then over to Thornton and back down the Platte River. As it usually goes with Jared, we didn’t follow the map and ended up doing 12 more miles…
Jared shows me the mountain-like graph and tells me, “This will be our elevation gain.” We were going to tackle Deer Creek Canyon. I felt the regret rise in my throat, like swallowing a wish bone, hoping it’d snap in half and I’d be able to breathe again. The route looked rough and Jared confirmed…