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“Why do I run?” John Tayer asked rhetorically, as he greeted fellow members of the Boulder Chamber Running Club who had gathered at his south Boulder home for a celebration 5K marking his 1000th consecutive day of running.
As Kaela Edwards began her warmup on the Fairview High School track Saturday evening for the fifth annual Mile High Mile, her penultimate racing tune-up before heading to Budapest for the 2023 World Athletics Championships, she jogged past some of Boulder’s past World Championships history. There on the infield was Mark Platjees, who won the […]
Sport does not sit outside of society. And as a truly global sport, athletics, more than most, is influenced by what is happening in the wider world.
Marc Hunter's 1980 win shows the paradox of racing the Bolder Boulder most efficiently — and any long distance race — going out slower can make you faster.
Why training harder usually doesn’t lead to racing faster.