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Need Help With A Strong Finish To Your Holiday Shopping?
Endurance athletes tend to shop like they race. Yep, if you’re the type that likes to draft, just waiting to attack at the right time, you need to make your shopping move soon. If you tend to start off strong but then later helplessly get swallowed up by the competition, you probably need help about now with your holiday shopping. Of course, if you lead from the front and finish strong, your holiday shopping is likely finished, but for those searching for a strong finish, we’ll make it happen for you!
Join us at Team Racing Colorado and we’ll give you the coaching to finish your holiday shopping strong. There’s even a super secret injection for you, probably banned, but totally undetectable. Yes, it’s our ONLINE ATHLETE’S STORE where we’ve done your pre-shopping for you. We’ve waded through all the garbage at Amazon, carefully selecting items that are just what your favorite athlete wants this season. We give you just a few pages of good stuff, not a few million pages of blab blah blah… Of course there are recommended books that belong on every athlete’s shelf. There’s also cycling cuff links, GPS training systems, heart rate monitors, and a tight red speedo for you ladies who want to spice up your man in the pool this holiday. You can find all kinds of performace wear and training aids as well, and if you’re really looking for punishment, of course you can jump off into the thousands of aisles in amazon.com. It’s still not too late to do mail order this season, but it’s definitately time for your final sprint (e-gift cards from REI and trisports.com are also an option). You can also visit this page for discounts on other sweet, athlete-specific items from Oakley, REI, H2O Audio, and Accelerade, not offered in the store.
So heading into the final stretch, we’ll make sure you don’t bonk this holiday season. Just follow the system built by our top staff of coaches, trainers, docs, and psychs, and we’ll see you on the holiday shopping podium!
Free Entry to a Great Denver City Park 5k Run
Red Thread Run, a 5K race through beautiful Denver City Park, will take place on Nov. 8th, and Racing Colorado wants to give you a free entry!
City Park is a favorite running race location along the front range, and this year Red Thread Run is throwing in $150 each for the top male and female runners! Add to that the beautiful weather we’ve been having, and this race is a can’t miss!
We have two ways for you to win a free entry. You may post a reply comment to this blog post (or any others here on RaceBlog), and include something like, “… and please try to set me up with a free race”. Don’t want to speak out in public? No problem. Just give us your opinions on what makes a good race by taking our short survey on Colorado running races. For more details, take a look at our official promotion page at Racing Colorado. Don’t dilly dally - this promotion will end Nov. 6th!
Autumn Riverwalk & Run Classic - Colorado Running Race Review
Here’s a repost by Marilyn from the Southern Colorado Runners list server forum. It’s a quick review of the Autumn Riverwalk & Run in Canon City earlier this month. Marilyn rates it an overall “save the date”.
This weekend my kiddos and I participated in the Autumn Riverwalk & Run Classic sponsored by the Canon City Parks and Recreation Department.
It was certainly a beautiful course, as this was a first time visit for us. There were a couple of glitches, i.e., my 10 year old ended up on private property, my 7 year old, my 8 year old, and I ended up on the 5 mile course instead of the 5k (They started all the runners (5k and 5 mile) together.
Although the glitches happened, we enjoyed the course and met a great unexpected goal of running 5 miles without stopping! The Canon City Parks and Recreation Department representatives were great. They were apologetic about the mix up and gave the kiddos tickets to enjoy Elitches before the end of the month.. What a great reward for them.
I just wanted to let you all know of our experience and another wonderful welcome as new comers. The course was filled with nature and right by the river…I would highly recommend your participation in this race next year …”Put it on your calendars”. It was another memorable experience for my family and I.
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Triathlete “Just Average”? - Unthinkable!
Here’s a reprint of a post from “The Fire Inside“, a blog by Lana, who has gone “all in” with her triathlon training for the 2008 Ironman Florida. Posted here with her permission, it’s an inspirational writing about how training and racing keeps us from the dullness of “the sidelines”, and celebrating the journey of Ironman over the resume tick. It’s really worth a read:
It All Becomes Clear
I have come to the conclusion that there is not too much in life that a good 20 mile run can’t fix. Make that a 20 mile run in the fall…when it’s cool, but not cold. The air is crisp, but not dry. The sun rises and shines brightly, but it does not scorch. The wind swirls, but it does not rage against your momentum.It is a great day to be alive.
In the course of the 3 hours and 3 minutes it took me to cover 20 miles on foot this morning, I resolved the past 3 to 4 weeks of aimless wandering and struggling to find purpose in the many miles I’ve volunteered to put my body through. I miraculously regained the focus and zoned clearly in on the goal. I saw it. I fixed my eyes on it, and I remembered why this was such a worthy goal in the first place.
Ironman is not some current line item being checked off of my Bucket List. I’m not “doin’ it to say I did.” I’m not doing it for the M-dot ink. I’m not doing it for your recognition or acceptance. I’m not even trying to inspire you; or my kids.
You really want to know why I’m out there? Why I chose to go all in, to bet it all and sign my 2008 life away to a one-day event that happens to fall on November 1st, 2008? Why I get up at 3 a.m. and run in the dark, and why I drop the kids off at school and ride my bike until it’s time to pick them up again, and why I slip back out of the house at 8 p.m. to get the swim in before bedtime?
Because I have learned that if you don’t actively take a stand against it, the nature of the world will ever so slightly dull your senses, soften your will, and limit your amazing, natural born capacity. It will lie to you. It will beat you down. You will forget who you are, and at the time you least expect it, it will throw you a curve it knows you won’t be able to hit. You won’t see the beauty of the sunrise because you’ll be asleep. You won’t feel the stillness of night because you’ll be engrossed in reality T.V. You’ll opt out of that game of tag with the little one because you can’t catch your breath. You won’t take a risk, because you might fail. You won’t enter the event because you might not win. You won’t consider the unthinkable because You. Are. Just. Average. You will lose the magnificence and beauty, the combination of uniqueness and grandeur that The Creator formed you with in His. Own. Image. You will walk the rest of your days on the Earth wondering who you are and why you are here. You will stand on the sidelines and hide from The Coach when you think He’s about to call your number to go in the game. You won’t experience the pain of coming up one second short, but you also won’t feel the exhilaration of coming back against all odds. You might not get knocked down or skinned up, but you won’t know the gratification of pulling yourself back up and finishing with respect. You won’t ever know what you could’ve done or who you could’ve been.I knew that the journey to Ironman would strip me of the unnecessary baggage I clutter my life with, and it would get all up in my face to show me again who I really am. I knew that it would force me to shut-up for once, to stop complaining and stop making excuses and just watch, listen, and learn. Somewhere, amidst the neurons in my subconscious, I knew that I would be left with no other choice but to accept that
“I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE.” ¹
Whatever it takes, that I may be able to spend my days on this earth in celebration and appreciation of this truth, I will do it.
Ironman, you’re mine.
¹Psalm 139:14(NIV): I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
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Colorado Gold Mountain Biking
Another perfect Colorado cycling day.
Well, I did make it to Kenosha pass - along with seemingly every other mountain biker, hiker, walker, and dog. Truly, the Colorado Trail at Kenosha this weekend was the busiest trail in Colorado I’ve ever seen. But give me a day in the saddle on a busy, beautiful Colorado trail over a day in the ‘burbs any day! My advice: get out there while you can, but go on a weekday. The aspen are just amazing, and whether you need a training ride/run, or just a breath of fresh air, Kenosha pass is the most abundant groves close to the front range that I know of. Any others?
Perfect Colorado Mountain Biking
I know…. We’re supposed to be about racing, but this post about mountain biking on the Colorado trail at Kenosha Pass caught my attention. It’s not competitive, just a scenic Colorado bike ride through the aspen groves. I shouldn’t say anything, ’cause I’m planning to go this weekend. Don’t tell anyone…
Racing Colorado - event source for running, cycling, triathlon, snowshoe, and cross-country ski
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