While Alex Nichols completed his business-as-usual sweep of the Pikes Peak Road Runners Fall Series, Crystal Goecker was ecstatic to be the first female finisher in the race at Palmer Park.
The talented Nichols, who competes internationally, comfortably won all four of the Fall Series races. He completed Sunday’s Fall Series finale in 45:25, a comfortable 31 seconds ahead of runner-up James Burns. Peter Maksimow was third in 47:53.
“It was tough,” said Nichols, who ran for Colorado College and is now an assistant coach there. “It was a fast course – for Palmer Park, especially. At least one really big uphill was eliminated.”
That suited Nichols, who said he’s training for a 50-mile race Dec. 7 near San Francisco.
“These are my speed workouts,” he said matter-of-factly.
The course, set up by Pikes Peak Road Runners Director Larry Miller, was approximately seven miles over the rough terrain of Palmer Park. Read the rest of the story here http://bit.ly/1d8wzVT.