Sweat With Your Sweetheart In Colorado Running Races
Valentine’s Twosome Relay - Pueblo, Colorado
This is a two person relay race. Costumes are encouraged. Each runner runs one lap, about 1.6 miles, around City Park carrying a baton. The race was designed for teams of one male, one female. We will allow two female teams. There will also be chocolate for the top three in each age division, and the team with the Biggest, Most Romantic, Most Creative, and Ugliest batons.
Valentines Day 5K - Durango, Colorado
5K along the scenic Animas River Trail. An out and back course.
Sweetheart Classic 4 Mile and Couples Race - Loveland, Colorado
Yep, Loveland. The mother of all sweetheart cities. With a hot air balloon rally, this one can’t be beat. Couples are to be male-female in relationship which offers lots of options: Father-daughter, dating couples, engaged couples, married… a true sweetheart’s event. Great door prizes too. Kiddos can race afterward for free. You can find contact info and forwarding links on the running calendar at Racing Colorado.
Those in the Colorado Springs region might join up with Pike’s Peak Road Runners for their 5M/10M Winter Series run. More info on their site.
Forty Furlongs - Westminster, Colorado
Forty what, you say? You know, a furlong. The length of a furrow (no spoiler here!). This Colorado Mater’s Runners Assn. race is held at Roadrunner sports giving you a chance to run and check out new gear to boot! Details on the calendar here.
Valentines Day 5k - Denver, Colorado
You didn’t think Washington park would escape a holiday without a run, did you? Keep in mind, this one’s actually on the morning of the 15th - perfect for those celebrating the holiday all through the night. And all in the name of prostate health.
50K Classic - Crested Butte, Colorado
Celebrate your love on XC skis! This informal race is free, but does require a trail pass. Ahh, love in the mountains…
Check in regularly to Racing Colorado event calendar for race info, registration forms, and links directly to your favorite event sites.
Marathoning Clown? I’ll Take The Gorilla Suit
We expect to see such a story in Runners World (which indeed, ran the story on their web site), but when does the spectacle of running eccentricity stop? Clown or not, this runner ran a respectable time of 2:50 or so, but do we need to commemorate the event with official world record recognition? That just means that when the story hits the wire we have to suffer through reporters’ quips like, “… he’s not just clowning around…” and “… anyone wanting to break that record will have some big shoes to fill…”.
This story may indicate that we’ve reached the saturation point for interesting records. When do we stop being interested in records for running while wearing a chicken suit, playing Stairway To Heaven on the guitar, or making a cheesecake (if these ideas inspire you, they’re yours!). The press could just as well be used to spotlight legitimate events in the world of endurance sports, such as upcoming record attempts at the women’s 3000 and men’s 1000 in Stuttgart, or the excitement at last weekend’s World Cyclocross Champs.
Two things to note here. First, I realize the paradox of writing on the topic of events that shouldn’t be written about. Kinda like time travel, I try not to rationalize it. Second, this post is in no way meant to diminish the legitimacy of real costumed events such as the Denver Gorilla Run. Now that’s the way to have a great time in a costume and be in a newsworthy event!
This is a classic Colorado race where the point is to run in a gorilla suit for a good cause. Any clown can run a marathon, but how often does one get the chance to run with a couple hundred gorillas trhough the streets of Denver? This is not the only gorilla run in the world, so there’s likely already several gorilla records. But use your imagination. Maybe you could run in a gorilla suit while pulling a midget on a tricycle, set a world record, and get global press! In fact, if anyone wants to do that one here in Colorado, let me know and I’ll plug you all over the Internet!
