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• The women from Outdoor Divas manned a bright and festive water station at the Colfax Marathon, via the Outdoor Divas blog
• Jess from Tamarac, Florida lists the 2008 Colfax Half-Marathon as her best running experience -- via 21 Days
• Race day magic at the Colfax Half-Marathon, via Run Faster
• RunColo.com analyzes the Colfax Half-Marathon side by side with the Rock ...
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We love this site: Run Colo.com, and not just because they analyzed the 2008 Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon race times and made it official: the 2008 course was the fastest course.

"The average finish time was about nine minutes faster and the median finish time was almost 15 minutes faster!"

And congratulations to the 99 ambitious folks who ran the Colorado Colfax Half-Marathon, and then th ...

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If you did not pick up your award at the awards ceremony on race day, you may now pick it up at Runners Roost, 1685 South Colorado Boulevard, Denver until June 28th.  (The store is located just north of I-25, west side of the street in the “Safeway” shopping center.)   Click on “awards” in the “results” tab on the website if you are unsure whether you are eligible for an award.

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Here's a social networking site for endurance runners that we think is pretty cool: Athlinks.

As Bob Findlay at the Rocky Mountain News describes it:

"I'm not much into social networking on the Internet - primarily, I confess, because I'm an old happily married man with little need for the offerings of Facebook, MySpace and the like. But I was intrigued when I recently ran across Athlinks, a networking site for endurance athletes.

I plugged my name into its search function and it immediately listed my race results for ...

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Race Photos are up over at Verismile!

Search by bib number to find your photo. Full marathon, half-marathon and Marathon Milers kids race photos are up.... but remember, all the kids were "#1" on their bibs, so you'll have to just go through them all.

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• Congratulations to the winner of the Colorado Colfax Marathon for the second year in a row, Justin Mock, with a time of 2:43:27 -- a PR and 10 minutes faster than his 2007 time! Best of luck at the Steamboat Marathon on June 1 and the Estes Park Marathon two weeks later.

• And to Lisa Marie Goldsmith, above, who won the women's marathon with a time of 3:12:50.
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Congratulations to everyone who participated in the third Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon! We had a record number of registrations this year -- 5, 216 -- and another warm, sunny day. Lots of inspiring stories and runners out there.

Find your race results here.

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Must be a lot of parents voting, because "Running from 'r kids" is the landslide winner of the relay team name poll!

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Taj Moore has only lived in Denver for a year, but he's already fallen in love.
"I fell in love with Colfax immediately," said Moore.

Even though the object of his affection is a street, it has a complexity of character that rivals any human's.

"There's so many dimensions to what makes the Colfax experience," he said.

Spend any evening on Colfax Avenue and it's easy to see those dimensions in action. From rowdy concert-goers to sophisticated art connoisseurs, Colfax attracts them all.

It's that diversity that Moore finds alluring.

"Colfax is a great mixing place - you have such a diversity of people. You find a lot of the romanticism of what people think A ...

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Marathon Month on Colfax

 

Nineteen-year-old Bora Chheang is running the race of his life Sunday, hoping to use the Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon to raise college funds for Cambodian orphans through Asian Hope. Chheang was orphaned in Cambodia as a 9-year-old when his father was killed and his mother deserted him, he said... via Denver Post

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The marathon is a powerful metaphor for the challenges of life: running a nearly impossible distance of 26.2 miles, pushing yourself mentally and physically to the limit.

The Denver Rescue Mission team of nearly 40 men are living proof of this. They will run the Colfax Marathon on Sunday and

•  Stephen Scannapieco is a recovering alcoholic and addict, sober nine months. He's one of 40 teammates from the Denver Rescue Mission and Urban Peak battling similar problems, via Denver Post
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Road closure information is up.

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27 students from Kunsberg Elementary School have reached the final 25.2 Marathon Miler goal and will run the final Marathon Mile this Saturday at City Park.

But these are no ordinary kids.

Children attend Kunsberg -- which is part of National Jewish -- as an alternative to their home schools due to  medical issues which have caused them to miss a significant amount of school in the past.

The majority of the students have chronic asthma (93%), as well as other health impairments including: sickle cell anemia; diabetes; lupus; heart ailments; juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; and other respiratory and immunological disorders.

The school currently has 69 students ages 5-14 in 6 classrooms from Kindergarten through 8th grade. National Jewish welc ...

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So many remarkable runners!

The music director for the Central City Opera plans to run the Colfax Half Marathon Sunday after making a life changing decision to go from husky to thin.

John Baril, 46, has conducted more than 100 performances in his 16 years with the opera.

But over the last 18 months, he's achieved something that is perhaps more impressive.

"I've lost about 62 ponds now," Baril said.

... via Channel 4

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We've updated the parking & transportation information for relay team members.

See the Relay Team Race Day Logistics page.

Specifically, there will be a shuttle to transport runners between City Park and St. Anthony's parking lots. There will also be shuttles to transport runners between St. Anthony's and the parking lots at Teller and Garrison. 

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Head over to KCUV and listen online to their great mix of music.

Trust us, you'll like it.

They'll be playing at Marathon Village on Race Day, too, so look for their van and say hello!

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Ellen Hart was on Susie Wargin's 6:20 sidebar on 9News this morning. She will be inducted into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame on Wednesday -- she's a truly remarkable runner.

Watch the interview here.

She has so many running accomplishments -- she's competed in Olympic trials, set a couple of American records, won the Bolder Boulder twice,  .. ...

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Did you miss us in the Saturday Post/News?

No worries. Read on for a full recap...

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A Race for Everyone
The Colorado Colfax Marathon is truly a race that everyone, regardless of athletic ability, can participate in. The shortest relay leg is 5K, or a little over three miles. Competitors in the marathon run the full gamut, from master’s runners and former college athletes, to everyday folks running their first marathon, half-marathon or walking a relay leg.

2007 Winners
Last year’s winner of the Women’s Division, Patty Rogers, finished the marathon in 3 hours, 9 minutes ...

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Relay Teams
Relay Team members must pick up their registration packets with timing chip and bib number at the Sports & Fitness Expo on Friday or Saturday. There is no chip/bib pickup on race day. Each team member must pick up their own packet. The bib for each relay leg has a different color.

Timing chips must be turned in to a volunteer when you finish. Team captains are fined $30 for each unreturned chip, so don’t forget!

For comprehensive relay team information, click here.

There will be port-a-potties at the start line and at each relay exchange zone.

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Course Maps

View the course maps with detailed miles here.

Parking & Transporation

Where to park: Runners, please park in the lots at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, the Zoo.

Relay Shuttles: Shuttles will be available to transport relay team members to their relay exchange zones, and back to City Park. Alternately, relay members can arrange their own transportation to their zone. Check www.colo ...

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Celebrating Colfax Avenue
The Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon is ready to roll on Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 6:00 am in City Park with a redesigned course, an exciting charity partners program, and 5,000 athletes of all levels participating in the 26.2-mile marathon, the half-marathon and the 5-person relay.

The Colorado Colfax Marathon is more than a test of stamina for the athletes. It’s an exciting, uplifting experience for the whole community. It’s a reflection of the revitalization and evolution of Colfax Avenue, from Aurora, to Denver, to Lakewood. It celebrates the healthy lifestyles that make Denver one of the fittest cities in the nation. And it brings the metro community together ...

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The winners of the Masters component of the Colorado Colfax Marathon - which includes runners over 40-years-old - will receive $3,000 in prize money, sponsored by our Charity Partner, the Prostate Cancer Education Council's (PCEC) PACE Race. 

The PACE Race Series - sponsored by Sanofi-Aventis to benefit the PCEC - was launched in 2002 to increase national awareness of prostate cancer. 

The prize money will be distributed among master's men and master's women marathon winners:

$1000 for 1st
$300 for 2nd
$200 for third

Additionally, as part of their efforts to raise greater prostate cancer awareness in Denver, the PCEC will ...

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The night before the race isn't the time to try new cuisine.

Read 24 Hours and Counting... What to eat before the big race, via Rocky Mountain Sports.

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Check here, and check often... we're updating the website daily with race day logistics.

• Where and when do runners pick up their race packets?
• We're on a Relay Team -- how will it all work?

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Westy 101 is running the Colfax marathon for the second time this year -- and defending their 2007 Municipal Cup title.

The five members of the team represent five different departments at the City of Westminster. Dave Cotton is from the Information Technologies department, John Hall represents the Community Development department, Sean Layfield is from the Parks, Recreation and Libraries department, Aric Otzelberger is from the City Manager's Office and Sam Trevino represents the Finance department.

Sam says:

"We ran this race as a team last year on a challenge by the Westminster City Council in the name of City Spirit. Last year's win was a pleasant surprise. We obviously would love to bring the Municipal Cup home to the City Councilor's and the citizens of Westminster again. The first year's Municipal Cup winning team, Aurora Fire 1290, issued a friendly challenge after last ye ...

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The corner of Colfax & Steele used to be a place neighbors avoided after dark. Not anymore.

Thanks to an influx of new restaurants, café’s and shops -- like longtime resident Goosetown, newcomers Café Star, Atomic Cowboy, Sengers, Hooked on Colfa ...

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20% of all pregnancies in the United States will be diagnosed with some type of fetal distress syndrome, which can cause birth defects, premature birth, or loss of the fetus. Gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia, two common pregnancy problems, are major causes of fetal distress syndrome.

30-40% of those problems can be eliminated simply by moms remaining healthy during their pregnancies.

Our Charity Partner, Fetal Hope Foundation, tries to help raise awareness among doctors and mothers about how to prevent and treat the problems arising from fetal distress syndrome -- and that includes raising awareness of childhood obesity, the focus of Read More »

FirstBank is making a huge entrance this year, with 14 relay teams registered so far, including: Charlie's FirstBank Angels, The Second Wind Team, Tech Runners, "Keep on Goin'," Team FirstBank of Cherry Creek, Team FirstBank of Lakewood, Team FirstBank of Littleton, The FirstBank Senior Striders, Team “Run4Ever,” Team Brady, Team FirstBank Greeley, "60 to lose $50" from FirstBank Summit County,  “The Runs” from Aurora, and last but not least, making their Colfax debut, “Little Smokies” from Centennial.

We asked Matthew from “Little Smokies” about the race, and here’s what he had to say.

Q: Are you ready for ...

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Denver Urban Lifestyles talks about the Colfax Marathon in their May "What's Happening in Denver" podcast.


You can find it on iTunes, or listen to it here.


They're also wondering about the best places to get a margarita.


Our two cents: after the marathon, head over to Mezcal on Colfax and try a margarita made with one of their 100 varieties of tequila. 

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Wednesday, May 14
6:30 pm-8:30 pm: Colorado Running Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Denver Athletic Club


Thursday, May 15
7:00 –9:00 am: Mayors Breakfast, Marathon Village Pavilion, City Park
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You can help Denver Moms change their lives by giving your Mom a tasty, beautiful gift.

The Women's Bean Project has wonderful presents for the important women in your life, including:

Gift baskets
Bundles
Healthy Soups
Cookie Mixes
Fair Trade Coffee
And more!

Shop our online store  or Shop in Person:
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We have lots of great bands ready to play the course, but not enough electricity for them all.

If you have a generator and you'd like to let the Colorado Colfax Marathon borrow it on Sunday, May 18, email Ken at ken_crow@comcast.net.

Thank you!

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I am looking for a relay team to join. I was signed up to run the half but my training partner is pregnant now and can't run it with me! I'd rather run a shorter distance at this point, hence looking for a team.  I think I'm in shape to run a good 10k or 12k if anyone has those spots open.

If your team has an open spot, I'd really love to jump in. Please email me at jskelty@gmail.com

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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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More 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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Coming 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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It 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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Go, 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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