4/28/2008 12:21 PM
Two years ago, on May 4, Keith Ashby underwent a kidney transplant. He’d been born with one kidney, and years of high blood pressure took their toll, causing his remaining kidney to fail.
Kidneys are one organ that a living donor can provide, and lead an active, healthy life afterwards. Most people awaiting a kidney transplant go to family members first. But there’s a 6-point match system, and even blood siblings rarely match.
Keith was on “The List” for only a few months, when his 26 year old step-son, Johnny, offered to see if he was a match. He was. A few weeks later, Keith’s wife waited while her husband and son were wheeled into surgery. Doctors were amazed at how closely the two ma ...
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4/27/2008 5:27 PMMore students in Denver public schools drop out than graduate.
This crisis is something that Colorado Youth for a Change hopes to reverse.
They do it by finding out-of-school youth, encouraging them to return to school, assisting them to find a school that is a good fit, and then helping them transition back to school. CYC also brings community volunteers into 9th grade classrooms to intervene with potential high school dropouts and creates new alternative schools for returning dropouts.
Colorado Youth for a Change is motivated to do something about it, and that includes recruiting runners -- nearly 20 so far -- and raising money. A lot of money -- $8,605 as of today.
An ...
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4/27/2008 3:33 PMComing from out of town for the Colfax Marathon?
Check out the special marathon rates offered by our sponsor, Courtyard Marriott at Denver-Stapleton.
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4/27/2008 12:30 PMIt was a sunny day for the Cherry Creek Sneak. Spotted:
- 30 members of the AIR Foundation, runners from The Denver Rescue Mission and Urban Harvest, getting ready for Colfax.
- Caffe Sanora, the organic, anti-oxidant rich coffee from one of our favorite Colfax hangouts. Look for them at the Colfax Marathon, and take a trip to their shop at Colfax & Lafayette to try a coffee that's truly good for you.
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4/25/2008 2:47 PMGo, Denver Kids!
They've got nearly 50 runners participating in the Colorado Colfax Marathon, and they've raised $7,640 as of this moment! 75% of the way to their $10,000 goal!
Did you catch us with Mark & Denise on Colorado & Company? Check it out!
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4/24/2008 6:53 AM THE DENVER DASHERS
Division: Relay – Municipal Cup
This is the third year that The Denver Dashers are competing in the Relay for the Municipal Cup, and they are out to have some fun.
We asked team member Lauri Dannemiller, who is the Executive Director for Denver City Council, how the training was going.
A: Oh, are we supposed to train? I run around Sloan’s Lake a few times a week and hope that’s enough to prevent me from collapsing on the day of the event.
Q: Who's your biggest competition?
A:The runner in front of me on race day.
Q: What's your favorite thing about Colfax?
A: Discovering new shops and restauran ...
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4/23/2008 3:02 PM
Have you checked out MapMyRun yet? Here's a mile-by-mile breakdown of the marathon course, and where you'll find water stations. Check it out in Satellite mode.
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4/23/2008 7:18 AMThe 2008 inductees into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame have been announced!
- Mark Plaatjes, 1993 world champion in the marathon.
- Steve Jones, former world record holder in the marathon.
- Arturo Barrios, former world record holder in the 10,000 meters.
- Tony Sandoval, who won the 1980 Olympic trials in the marathon and would have been a gold medal favorite if the U.S. hadn't boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games.
- Steve Bosley, founder of the Bolder Boulder.
- Ellen Hart Peña, a two-time winner of the Bolder ...
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4/22/2008 9:47 AMFrom Aurora, through Denver, through Lakewood, the Colfax Marathon banners are up! It makes our street look so festive.
Have a picture of them? Send them to liz@coloradocolfaxmarathon.org, and let me know which part of Colfax you're on!
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4/21/2008 9:14 PMOne of the reasons the Colorado Colfax Marathon was created by the cities of Aurora, Denver and Lakewood was to shine a positive spotlight on the small businesses on Colfax.
Tomorrow is earth day, and we can't think of a better place to greet the morning than at Hooked on Colfax at Colfax & Steele.
"This artsy coffee shop does all the things that hip patrons love: They exhibit local art, offer free WiFi, let folks linger over their laptops and journals, and showcase area bands and performers. Plus, the owners are widely reputed to be incredibly friendly and neighborhood-focused, which always provokes a good measure of loyalty. As if that's not enough, the locally-roasted coffees are fantastic, and snacks and baked goods are available for nibbling. To top it all off, Hooked on Colfax promotes green living and puts its money where its mouth is – cups and straws are made of biodegradable corn!&am ...
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4/21/2008 2:40 PM
Metro CareRing is one of our charity partners who are really making a difference in the day to day lives of people in need. They help 30,000 people a year with food and basic necessities. Over half of those are children.
Picture the Pepsi Center full of kids, and you get the idea.
When the Colorado Colfax Marathon debuted in 2006, Metro CareRing found an opportunity to raise funds to help keep its pantry shelves stocked. They put five relay teams together and in a matter of months raised $10,000 for their organization. They did it again in 2007. On May 18th, 2008, they hope to do it again with an anticipated 20 relay teams raising $20,0 ...
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4/21/2008 7:03 AMIt's Patriot's Day, and that means it's the Boston Marathon.
Yesterday, Deena Kastor won the marathon Olympic Trials in Boston. She's headed to Beijing!
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4/20/2008 12:48 PMWatch us Monday morning at 10:00am on Colorado & Company, Channel 9. We'll be talking about our Charity Partner program and the 41 charities who are using the marathon to raise funds and awareness for their causes. Our special guest will be Denver Kids.
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4/17/2008 9:26 PMDivision: Relay
This relay team is comprised of five family members with a little rivalry. Four of them attended CSU, while one Buff runs alone.
What we want to know is, who got stuck with the 12K leg?
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4/17/2008 8:57 PM"I used to be wild and crazy, now I'm just mild and lazy."
So says The MS Runner.
We've been reading his blog, and we beg to differ. This is one inspirational guy. Watch for him running the Colfax Marathon on May 18th, and on the 25K Greenland Trail Race this weekend.
Send us your blog, and we'll link to you, too.
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4/16/2008 10:13 PMKerry Kuck and Rocky Mountain Road Runner Hillary Schubach compete in a
4 mile Trophy Series race at the Bear Creek Bike Path near Denver, Colorado.
Kerry Kuck is 50. He started running when he was 13 to control his Type 1
Diabetes. He can recall running at night to reduce high blood sugars.
Athletes with Type 1 diabetes are in a catch-22: exercise, in moderation,
can improve blood glucose management. But long, high-intensity exercise can& ...
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4/15/2008 6:32 AMHighlighting another of our Charity Partners, the Prostate Cancer Education Council has added the Colfax Marathon to their PACE Race series.
The PACE Race was launched in 2002 by the Prostate Cancer Education Council (PCEC) to increase awareness and early detection of prostate cancer and to educate men and their families on treatment options and other men’s health issues. With events in several cities across the country, the 2008 PACE Race Series has the ability to touch men and women of all walks of life.
“In 2008, approximately 3,210 men in Colorado will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 350 will die from the disease. One in five Colorado men have a lifetime risk of developing the disease, which is higher than th ...
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4/14/2008 6:20 PMJack Kerouac once said that Colfax was the "wickedest street in America."
In 2008, how things have changed.
Colfax Avenue, with roots as a wagon trail, is undergoing another evolution and revitalization, and the Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon is a big part of it.
At tonight's Denver City Council meeting, a proclamation was issued in celebration of the third annual Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon. Members of charity partners, the AIR Foundation, Denver Kids, Read More »
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4/14/2008 1:27 PMPreventing droupouts with Denver Kids, Inc.
Denver Kids, Inc. works with Denver kids who are at risk for dropping out of school. They try to identify these kids and begin working with them as early as possible.
They take a two-pronged approach: counseling, and mentoring.
Counselors see the kids at school, at home, at lunch, at sporting events to make sure kids stay on track at school. Counselors average eight year relationships with kids.
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4/12/2008 10:59 AMWelcome our next Remarkable Runner!
Name: Erin Johns
Division: Half-marathon. First time running Colfax.
Age: 34
Q. How's your training going?
A. Fantastic. I am now up to 8 miles and I'm going for 9 this weekend!
Q. What's the best thing about running?
A. No matter where you are or what time it is, you can always throw on your running shoes and get out for a run. It's an easy sport to commit to because there aren't a lot of excuses not to do it.
Q. What's your favorite thing about Colfax?
A. You get a little piece of absolutely every aspect of Denver. It's got the good, the bad and the ugly- and it's all fascinating!
Erin is a Park Hill mom to twin girls, age 22 months. Erin used to work as an operations manager for a resort company, but after her girls w ...
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4/10/2008 2:10 PMDid you catch Idol Gives Back last night?
It was star-studded. Paula, Randy, Simon and Ryan Seacrest all donated their salaries to charity. And over $22 million was raised.
Well, you can give back to Colorado, too.
We have over 40 charity partners using the Colfax Marathon to raise funds for their causes, and you can help.
Register to run the marathon, half-marathon, or get 5 friends to register as a relay team. Then, choose your cause and get creative.
Animal lover? Think about Read More »
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4/10/2008 7:34 AMIf you live in District # 10, Jeanne Robb has a message for you!
"Dear Constituents,
"Denver, Aurora and Lakewood are joining to support the third annual Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon on Sunday, May 18, 2008. This is an important event that celebrates the revitalization of America’s longest continuous street — Colfax Avenue. The route this year has been redesigned in response to comments from runners in last year’s race. The course for the full-marathon will start and finish in Denver’s beautiful City Park, and will take walkers, joggers and runners along Colfax through Lakewood, and downtown Denver. The half-marathon will be run east along Colfax to Fitzsimmons and back to City Park. The course highlights interesting historic sites along Colfax and, of course, views of the majestic Rocky Mountains.
"A ...
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4/10/2008 6:34 AMWhat's RSS Feed? 
It's the little orange button at the top of this blog. It means you can feed this content to another page, like your Yahoo page, or your Google page, or your own website.
Quite simply, it's a way to have our race updates fed to you.
Try it out. Just click on it, tell it to feed to Google, and see what happens. A whole new world might open up for you!
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4/10/2008 6:21 AMWhat motivates you to run on a blustery, snowy Colorado day?
Head over to Rocky Mountain Sports and see how three elite women runners stay motivated on days like today.
How about you?
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4/9/2008 2:32 PMFreedom Service Dogs
Hey animal lovers, check out our charity partner, Freedom Service Dogs in Englewood.
They rescue dogs from local shelters and train them to be service dogs for people with disabilities. They have 12 dogs in training right now, but not all of them are cut out to be service dogs. Some of them just can't resist the urge to chase the occassional squirrel, and those dogs are available for adoption, too. (So if you've been thinking about adopting a puppy, think about Read More »
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4/8/2008 2:33 PMWe have so many remarkable runners in the Colorado Colfax Marathon, we thought we'd profile some of you here. Welcome to our first remarkable runner!
Name: Mike Costas
Division: Marathon
Age: 69
Run Colfax before? Yes, the last two. Took too long last year due to the heat, but felt great when I finished.
Goal this year? 6 Hours using the 1:1 run/walk interval.
What’s your favorite thing about Colfax? When else can you run down the middle of the longest main street ... Colfax?
Mike is a pretty amazing guy. He ran his first marathon when he was 59, because he wanted to say he’d run one before his 60th birthday. Since then, he’s run 14 marathons. He’s the coach of the Denver Galloway group. They use marathon legend ...
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4/7/2008 1:11 PMDOING SOMETHING LOCALLY ABOUT POLLUTION
There's a lot of talk lately about the pollution in Beijing, and Olympic marathoners saying they won't run in those conditions.
Here in Denver, one of the Colfax Marathon's charity partners is working to do something about Colorado's air.
Runners raising funds for the American Lung Association in Denver will be directly helping ...
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4/7/2008 12:43 PMHOW'S YOUR COMPETITIVE SPIRIT?
Challenge your friends to a little friendly competition at the Colfax Marathon.
Click here to pass it on.
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4/4/2008 6:40 AM CALLING ALL BANDS, MUSICIANS, STREET PERFORMERS, CHURCH CHOIRS, SCHOOL BANDS, JUGGLERS, ENTERTAINERS, ETC.
We need you to perform and inspire our runners during the race on Sunday, May 18, 2008 beginning at... yes, the ungodly hour of 5:30 am. Entertainers will be placed at water stations along the 26.2 mile marathon course, as well as the half-marathon course.
The race start and finish line will be located in Denver’s City Park. After the race, runners and their supporters will converge on Marathon Village near the finish line to celebrate with entertainment, refreshments, and awards ceremonies.
- 5:55 am: Start time for the National Wheelchair Marathon Championship ...
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4/3/2008
And Support Our Local Colfax Businesses
It's Thursday, and that means the Irish Snug Running Club meets for their weekly run.
Every Thursday night, the club meets at the Irish Snug to run a 5K through City Park, with two start times: 6:15 and 6:30.
Afterwards, everyone meets back at the Snug for a spaghetti dinner.
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4/3/2008 7:52 AM
In this week's Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News.
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3/31/2008STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
There are many reasons to do your training with a group, and you can read Runner's Edge of the Rockies' Coach David Manthey's take, "Strength in Numbers," in the March issue of Rocky Mountain Sports.
When you run for a cause, you not only run with a group, but you run with extra meaning.
Check out the Read More »
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3/31/2008 7:25 AMvia The Denver Post: Bean Crop Brimming with Hope
"Spring is the season of renewal. The concept is not lost on Katie Bordas, a woman working hard at a second chance in a life that could have ended on any number of crystal meth binges. At 31, she is on probation and has been clean for 16 months. And much of the thanks goes to a hill of beans. Bordas is one of the benef ...
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3/26/2008 2:47 PMWHO DO YOU RUN FOR?
This year, the Colorado Colfax Marathon has nearly 40 charity partners who are getting runners and volunteers to run the marathon and raise money for their causes. It's such an exciting way to get involved in our community!
Anyone who ran last year was inspired by the group of men from the Denver Rescue Miss ...
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3/25/2008 7:57 AMMarathon legend and Olympian Jeff Galloway (he's run in 136 marathons!) talks about the new and improved Colfax Marathon on 9News and his training methods. Go here to watch it.
Jeff's words of wisdom:
- "If you can insert walk breaks from the beginning, you feel great, and you erase fatigue as you go."
- "Colfax is a great marathon. It's energized thousands of people in this community to start and continue a fitness program."
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3/24/2008 12:22 PMDid you know that Colfax Avenue, or Route 40, was "The Gateway to the Rockies" before I-70 was built? Our very own Route 66.
Ever wonder why all the little old motels with their kitschy neon signs line the street? Those motels used to be swanky places to stay when tourists were travelling west. The last stop before the mountains.
Did you know that Colfax Avenue was home to one of the country's first tram lines?
Did you know that Jack Kerouac's novel, "On the Road," was composed in a little apartment off of Colfax?
Did you know National Jewish was a tuberculosis sanitorium, and a big Jewish community flourished in the early part of the century?
Find out even more fascinating tidbits. Check out "Colfax" on CET. (That's Channel 5 on Comcast.)
It's on Thursday and ...
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3/18/2008 4:56 PM Induction Ceremony on May 14, 2008 at the Denver Athletic Club
The Colorado Running Hall of Fame (CRHF) Selection Committee is accepting nominations for 2008 inductees into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame starting today until April 16, 2008.
Colorado has one of the highest concentrations of world and American record holders and Olympic and world championship medal winners. The Colfax Marathon Partnership, Inc. Board of Directors established the CRHF in 2007 to recognize Colorado residents who have achieved national and international recognition on the long-distance running stage.
The first class was inducted in May, 2007 and included former CU distance runner Ted Casteneda; four time Olympian Colleen De Reuck; four time Olympian Lorra ...
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3/17/2008 3:17 PMVia Channel 4 News:
"A group of runners at the 20th annual Runnin' of the Green in downtown Denver Sunday were racing to battle for something more than a record time. The members were trying to overcome homelessness and addiction.
"The group is from the Denver Rescue Mission's New Life Program and the Urban Peak's Up and Running Program. The members were recruited by the Activity Inspired Rehabilitation (AIR) Foundation.
"The runners are taught how to set incremental goals, like going a mile, then two and then five.
"And it really shows out that the guys who stick with the program, that really engage in the process, begin to naturally understand what that means in their everyday life," ...
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3/14/2008Run with a group
Training with a group is a great way to get ready for a marathon.
If you want to check out one of our official trainers, Runner's Edge, they're doing a group run this Saturday, March 15, from the Stapleton Town Center at 7:30 a.m. Contact Coach David if you want to try out a complimentary run.
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3/10/2008 3:03 PM
"People who get high on Denver's Colfax Avenue are usually doing drugs, not running. Nick Sterner and his son Nick Jr. have done both.
"Two years ago, the Sterners called Colfax Avenue home. The main drag through ...
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3/7/2008 1:51 PM
101-year-old Buster Martin is training to become the world's oldest marathon runner when he runs in the London marathon next month. He ran the half marathon last weekend, completing it in just over five hours. (Pimlico Plumbers)
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3/3/2008 2:21 PMIf you have any doubts about your first marathon, take heart. A first timer just won the LA Marathon.
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3/3/2008Every runner dreads it. You're going along fine, when suddenly all the wind goes out of your sails. Your feet feel like they're encased in cement. It's hitting the wall.
"The bane of long-distance runners and endurance athletes, the dreaded wall can derail the best marathon plans. But it's neither inevitable nor insurmountable."
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3/1/2008
If you are a regular runner and could manage a 8 or 9 mile run, you're still in contention for the Colfax Marathon.
If you can run 4-5 miles, you're in good shape for the Half Marathon.
And even if you haven't ever run, you can still train for the 5K leg of the Relay Team!
There are two official training groups for Colfax, and we'll be bringing you information about both of them. One is Runner's Edge, and the other is Denver Galloway.
What's the difference?
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2/29/2008 9:07 AMThe 2008 Colfax Marathon is ready to roll on Sunday, May 18, 2008 with a brand new, screaming fast course. Last year's runners spoke, and we listened.
An anticipated 6,000 runners will compete along Colorado's most colorful street in the full marathon (26.2 miles), the half-marathon (13.1 miles) or a relay team comprised of 5 members.
"We listened to last year's runners and made some significant changes. We've got a brand new, fast course," said Dave Walstr ...
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