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Grey Muzzled Marmot Survives Ascent... Barely

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Added by Donald F. Sanborn on August 21, 2017 at 3:09pm — No Comments

Grey Muzzled Marmot Pre-Ascent Musings

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Added by Donald F. Sanborn on August 18, 2017 at 10:15pm — No Comments

Grey Muzzled Marmot Sighted on Pikes Peak

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Added by Donald F. Sanborn on July 2, 2017 at 12:15am — No Comments

Grey Muzzled Marmot in Dangerous Spot Yet Again

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Added by Donald F. Sanborn on June 23, 2017 at 9:38am — No Comments

Grey Muzzled Marmot Blog Post #1

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Added by Donald F. Sanborn on June 8, 2017 at 5:33pm — No Comments

Refueling the mind, body, and spirit!

Last week I had an AMAZING opportunity to be a mentor for the Knights of Heroes (KOH) summer camp, which is designed to empower boys and girls who have lost their fathers in military service. Through a multitude of outdoor adventures the campers find and exemplify determination, bravery, leadership, and perseverance. Moreover, the campers were challenged to work…

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Added by ColoradoCrazy on July 19, 2016 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Rehabilitating the dreadmill

The prodigal blogger returns!  My June got away from me with work stuff, family visiting and a stomach bug after Garden of the Gods!  But I'm back...and no whiny freakouts about the Ascent this time, haha! 

Summer Roundup is tomorrow!  My "race" plan (if you can even call it that, hence the scare quotes) is similar to Garden of the Gods...I'm just going to treat it as a fun run since I don't think I'm in traditional…

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Added by Lindsey Grewe on July 9, 2016 at 11:30am — No Comments

Running My Second Triple Crown with a New Approach

Hi there. My name is Susanna Barnwell. I am doing my second Triple Crown this year and have been asked to blog about my experiences with the running program I am using to accomplish my goals. So why read my musings? Well, we hear from pros and trainers and industry specialists all the time, but not the regular every day runners out there who…
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Added by Susanna Barnwell on July 8, 2016 at 9:47am — No Comments

Accepting the challenge...

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default.” ~ J.K. Rowlings

A couple of months ago I was offered a unique…

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Added by ColoradoCrazy on July 6, 2016 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Eight weeks and a wake up!

Are there really only eight weeks until the Pikes Peak Ascent?



Somewhere along the way, I added a week in my mind, so I had a minor freakout earlier this week when I realized I'd been counting wrong!



I'd been feeling pretty confident about my training, but after learning I'd lost a week, I began panicking that I wasn't doing enough.  Thoughts turned to: I didn't start Ascent training early enough (an injury…

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Added by Lindsey Grewe on June 24, 2016 at 9:00am — No Comments

The Vulnerable or The Resilient?

The snow is almost gone in the Pikes Peak region, with surrounding mountain ranges still holding deep pockets in their couloirs and shady spots.  As a result, a heck of a lot more people are playing outdoors, exploring new areas, and training hard.  Unfortunately, this also equates to a lot more Search and Rescue (SAR) missions.  For simplicity sake, there are…

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Added by ColoradoCrazy on June 22, 2016 at 7:30am — No Comments

Running is my release

My life is like a whirlwind these days, filled with immense projects, impending transitions and decisions affecting me without my control.  Add my crazy dislike for planning beyond a few days, and it’s easy to feel like a backseat rider in a high-speed chase. Running is my release.…

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Added by ColoradoCrazy on May 27, 2016 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Race Week!! Pikes Peak Ascent and my plan.

Race week is finally here! I’m excited to see what all this training yields on Saturday when I race the Ascent. This will be my 8th attempt in either the Pikes Peak Marathon or Ascent. I’ve had less than stellar results in the past. I was never able to race to my level of fitness during the first 6 attempts before finally having a breakthrough in attempt #7. As a…

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Added by Neal Oseland on August 10, 2015 at 10:32am — No Comments

As some say “Teamwork makes the dream work”

I’ve have always been an athlete ever since I can remember. Which also means I have been on countless teams. Being on a team means everything to me. It’s not only a family, but it’s also a group of people working together to obtain a common goal.  Some of my closest friends are people I met on some of the sports teams I played on.

 

Growing up I was on the cross-country, basketball, and surf team. But once I tore my ACL playing basketball during my senior year of high school,…

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Added by Alison Mastrangelo on May 26, 2015 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments

Ai-Yi-Yi

Well, here we go again, a third stab at that great sentinel above Colorado Springs. I mentioned to someone that I was part of a group attempting the Ascent again and this person, a very nice person mind you, never says a bad word about anyone, said "Yeah, I know" and then I distinctly heard them mutter, under their breath "Crazy fools."

Yup, crazy alright, seeing how fast one can haul their butt up a mountain and yet, somehow, in some peculiar way, it just gets in your blood and you…

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Added by Bill Beagle on May 5, 2014 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments

Hardrock 2013

My 2013 running schedule was laid out recently when I was (un)lucky enough to have my name pulled in the Hardrock lottery.  I’ve been picked five out of six times now and have become the subject of various conspiracy theories on how I continue to beat the ever increasing odds of running that race.  I’ll never share those secrets.

But I will share what goes into getting ready for a race like that.  It’s a pretty huge undertaking for a mediocre athlete such as myself.  Hardrock is a 100…

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Added by Jon Teisher on January 3, 2013 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

12 Months of Pikes Peak

Footage from my monthly trips up and down Pikes in 2012. Going to try to keep the streak going in 2013...

Added by Brandon Stapanowich on January 1, 2013 at 8:13pm — 4 Comments

Oh What a Feeling

Wow! There’s a word that’s almost as overused as awesome. However it succinctly sums up all of my feelings in one, tidy, three-letter word. The Ascent was the exclamation point on one of the best experiences I’ve ever had, i.e. participating in all three Triple Crown runs. I can heartily recommend these three runs to anyone who is seeking a…

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Added by Bill Beagle on August 24, 2012 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

Just another fine day on the mountain

The Pikes Peak Ascent is over and another Triple Crown Series is done! This year was quite special and being chosen for the PikesPeakSports.us Triple Crown Runners team was definitely the icing on the cake!

I am not sure how many people have even been reading the blogs, but in a way it does not matter. It has been rewarding for me to write and, again, I thank Tim, Ron,…

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Added by Sharon Anne Greenbaum on August 22, 2012 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Delaney savors victory after a painful Ascent

PIKES PEAK ASCENT RESULTS HERE

Jason Delaney felt the joy of victory. He already knew the pain of running the 2012 Pikes Peak Ascent all too well.

The Golden resident won the men’s race up America’s Mountain in 2 hours, 13 minutes and 18 seconds for his first victory in his third…

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Added by Joe Paisley on August 18, 2012 at 2:00pm — No Comments

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