Joe Paisley's Posts - Pikes Peak Sports2024-03-29T09:01:45ZJoe Paisleyhttp://pikespeaksports.us/profile/JoePaisleyhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2797461257?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://pikespeaksports.us/profiles/blog/feed?user=2o3d7msdh8gd8&xn_auth=noLocal child on a mission at Chasing Santa walk/runtag:pikespeaksports.us,2012-12-01:5021591:BlogPost:3993882012-12-01T18:46:35.000ZJoe Paisleyhttp://pikespeaksports.us/profile/JoePaisley
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806497692?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806497692?profile=RESIZE_480x480" style="padding: 2px;" width="350"></img></a> The Chasing Santa 5K Race & Family Fun Walk/Run may not have begun, but the reason why 8-year-old Harley Rose, dressed as Cindy Lou Who, was there had nothing to do with some Saturday morning exercise with ehr motehr Margarita, who was dressed as The Grinch.</p>
<p>“I think he’s going to be here,” she said in a near-whisper. “I’m still waiting to see him.”</p>
<p>He is…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806497692?profile=original"><img width="350" class="align-right" style="padding: 2px;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806497692?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="350"/></a>The Chasing Santa 5K Race & Family Fun Walk/Run may not have begun, but the reason why 8-year-old Harley Rose, dressed as Cindy Lou Who, was there had nothing to do with some Saturday morning exercise with ehr motehr Margarita, who was dressed as The Grinch.</p>
<p>“I think he’s going to be here,” she said in a near-whisper. “I’m still waiting to see him.”</p>
<p>He is the real Santa Claus— not some mall stand-in; and as millions of children have learned, finding him is a tough task. Of the 664 registered runners, about 425 had on their Santa suits when they started the 5K at the University Village Center along Nevada Avenue near the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.</p>
<p>The event was a fundraiser and collection drive for Marty’s Toy Box, an effort led by KBIQ 102.7 FM, KNZT 1460 AM and KGFT 100.7 FM. The run was put on by LYMevents, Inc. a local race company that does several charity events. The idea for the first annual event came from The Great Santa Run in Las Vegas that drew 8,072 participants last December.</p>
<p>“We will beat Vegas next year,” said race organizer Mike Pharis. “We started organizing this only three weeks ago and it was all word of mouth. We will start in June (2013) and make this a big event.”</p>
<p>Judging from the event’s popularity, that is certainly more possible than finding the real Kris Kringle in such a crowd. He is a busy man this time of year, after all. The event was so popular and news of the event spread so quickly through the city’s running community that they ran out of suits.</p>
<p>The family event was also dog-friendly. Many walkers took advantage of the chance to exercise their four-legged friends and put Christmas costumes on them. A few decorated their baby strollers too.</p>
<p>“Where else can you go on a run wearing a Santa suit?” asked Jennifer Jones.</p>
<p>The event also collected more than 250 toys. Part of the appeal was the chance to peel 30 seconds off your time with each new, unwrapped toy donated. While the event was hardly a competitive one, that had its appeal.</p>
<p>It was also a great way to prepare for the holiday parties and meals looming.</p>
<p>“This is a good time of year to get as many 5Ks in as possible to keep your metabolism going,” said Farrah Bourgois, woh ran with her children Emerson and Madeleine, husband Jeremy and husky Apollo.</p>
<p>But the event, mirroring the spirit of the season, is about aiding others.</p>
<p>“It’s all about helping the kids,” said Heather Grubert who heard of the event at the recent Waldo Waldo Fun Run, benefiting those affected by this summer’s Waldo Canyon Fire. “Times don’t matter. It’s all about a good cause.”</p>
<p> </p>Young, Bar finish strong to claim men's and women's Fall Series crownstag:pikespeaksports.us,2012-11-11:5021591:BlogPost:3931672012-11-11T21:04:12.000ZJoe Paisleyhttp://pikespeaksports.us/profile/JoePaisley
<p>Robby Young and Clare Bar left no doubt who would be the men’s and women’s Fall Series overall winners.</p>
<p>Young, 27, of Colorado Springs, won the 32<sup>nd</sup> Pikes Peak Road Runners Palmer Park seven-mile race men’s title in an unofficial 46 minutes, 51 seconds Sunday afternoon, completing a sweep of all four races in the annual series. Bar won her second race in the series finale to claim the women’s overall championship in her first attempt.</p>
<p>“My husband told me this was the…</p>
<p>Robby Young and Clare Bar left no doubt who would be the men’s and women’s Fall Series overall winners.</p>
<p>Young, 27, of Colorado Springs, won the 32<sup>nd</sup> Pikes Peak Road Runners Palmer Park seven-mile race men’s title in an unofficial 46 minutes, 51 seconds Sunday afternoon, completing a sweep of all four races in the annual series. Bar won her second race in the series finale to claim the women’s overall championship in her first attempt.</p>
<p>“My husband told me this was the last one so there was nothing to lose,” Bar said. “I just went after it and focused on not falling on the downhills. This was my best race when it came to not falling.”</p>
<p>Considering the cold conditions – it was 25 degrees at the start, rising to 27, with a frigid wind throughout – it was a very strong finish for both. Barr and Young were among many who were stooped over afterward, trying to cough the chill out of their lungs.</p>
<p>“When I started off, I didn’t expect (to sweep),” Young said. “I wanted to try the series so I took each race one at a time. This one was tough because I had a cold and sinus infection and got little training in this week.”</p>
<p>“To get the sweep is really good,” said Ben Klungtvedt, 27, of Colorado Springs, who placed third in Sunday’s race, his best finish in the series, and third overall. “To be that consistent and winning four races in four different conditions is very impressive.”</p>
<p>Kayli Tabares, 13, of Colorado Springs, who placed third in the women’s series last fall, placed second overall in 2012. Despite her youth, she attacked the course Sunday in hopes of overtaking Bar.</p>
<p>“I live near here so my family knows this park really well,” she said.</p>
<p>The course was challenging, but not as difficult as it could have been with scattered snow showers throughout northern Colorado Springs. The dirt trails were dry with no snow or ice.</p>
<p>(Series director) Larry (Miller) took it easy on us today,” said Pueblo West’s Justin Ricks, 32, who placed second on Sunday and was the overall runner-up. “(The challenge) is fun afterwards. During the race, it is not so fun.”</p>
<p>Ilea Eskildsen, 26, of Colorado Springs, was the women’s runner-up on Sunday. She appreciated the challenge of the courses, which included the kneedeep creek run in the series opener at Monument Valley Park.</p>
<p>“It was good and challenging,” she said. “It really keeps you on your toes.”</p>
<p><b>Volunteers know how much works goes into the race</b></p>
<p>The people laying out the race course and handling all the details were working in the Sunday morning chill hours before the 11:30 a.m. start.</p>
<p>“Roger Allison once said that once a runner volunteers they never complain about the races again,” said volunteer Rich Hessek, who has helped the Fall Series for about 20 years. “It takes a lot of work.”</p>
<p>Tom Santa Maria, who also helps oversee the kid runs after the adult races, is on the scene until 4 p.m.</p>
<p>They are two of the almost 30 volunteers, including 18 spread out throughout the course, and the rest helping at the start and finish lines, series director Larry Miller said.</p>
<p>Why do they do it? </p>
<p>“My son asked me why I do it and it’s because it’s the thing I do to give back,” Santa Maria said. “I like setting up the kid’s races. I must be getting older because I cannot run with the (faster) kids anymore after running (in the adult race). Soon I’ll be jogging with the toddlers.”</p>Grand Prix long series champs cruise at Pumpkin Racestag:pikespeaksports.us,2012-10-06:5021591:BlogPost:3759282012-10-06T18:00:00.000ZJoe Paisleyhttp://pikespeaksports.us/profile/JoePaisley
<p>Winning tastes sweet whether it is your 11th time, like men’s Grand Prix of Running Long Series winner Gerald Romero or first-time women’s overall champion Brianne Pierson.</p>
<p>“It’s exciting,” said Pierson, 33, who had won her age group in years past but never the overall title. “I won at the Sailin’ Shoes and ran a fast Top 10 so I knew I was in good shape coming in. I ran a tough half-marathon last weekend but I PR’ed this course so I am real happy with how I ran.”</p>
<p>Pierson’s…</p>
<p>Winning tastes sweet whether it is your 11th time, like men’s Grand Prix of Running Long Series winner Gerald Romero or first-time women’s overall champion Brianne Pierson.</p>
<p>“It’s exciting,” said Pierson, 33, who had won her age group in years past but never the overall title. “I won at the Sailin’ Shoes and ran a fast Top 10 so I knew I was in good shape coming in. I ran a tough half-marathon last weekend but I PR’ed this course so I am real happy with how I ran.”</p>
<p>Pierson’s personal course record (44 minutes, 24 seconds) was good for third in the Great Pumpkin 10K Race on a cold, damp Saturday morning at Venetucci Farm in Security. Kelly Calway, 28, of Manitou Springs set a new course record in 37:00 on her first attempt around the area’s oldest still-working farm.</p>
<p>“I heard the 10K was more road racing, but it was like cross country out there, which was awesome,” she said. “It was super fun.”</p>
<p>The long series includes the 5K on St Patrick's Day, the Garden of the Gods 5-Miler, Sailin' Shoes 10K, Grand Prix Classic 10K, The Top Ten (Mile) and the series-ending Pumpkin 10K race on Oct. 6. Series competitors' times from each race are totaled to determine an overall champion.</p>
<p>Romero, 41, recorded his 11<sup>th</sup> series championship since 1997 despite a head cold that limited him a little on Saturday. He also has two GP runner-up awards for 13 top-two finishes in 15 years.</p>
<p>“That’s the streak,” Romero said. “Hopefully I can do this a few more times. I keep getting better. I am still having fun.”</p>
<p>His time of 37:36 on Saturday was good enough for fifth behind Pumpkin winner Daniel Castaneda (34:41) and runner-up Matthew Petrocci (35:02) and kept him well ahead in the overall standings. Romero entered the final race with a 29-minute advantage over Shawn Dorry, 29, who placed second overall with a combined time of 4:05:47 behind Romero’s 3:34:43. Connor McCabe, 13, placed third overall in 4:11:57. All times are unofficial.</p>
<p>Pierson built a steady lead over series runner-up Karen Matheny, 35, leading by 12:30 headed into the finale. Pierson finished with a combined time of 4:26:12. Matheny’s time of 45:03 Saturday was good for fourth and kept her in second overall (4:39:21) ahead of Vanessa White, 33, who placed third (4:46:31).</p>
<p>In the Pumpkin race, Sarah Boysden, 25, of Gunnison placed second (41:56) among the women, followed by Pierson (44:24) of Manitou Springs, Matheny, and 36-year-old Janna Habeck (47:39) of Colorado Springs.</p>
<p>Castaneda, 28, a volunteer cross country and track coach at Colorado College, has made big strides by training with the team, he said.</p>
<p>“They said the course might be muddy but it was good,” he said. “It was a great day for running.”</p>
<p><b>Footprints</b></p>
<p>Saturday’s race was dedicated to Bob Small, the former assistant director at the Pikes Peak Community Foundation who helped organize the race until he passed away shortly after the 2011 race during a bicycle ride in Garden of the Gods park, said city parks and recreation’s Brian Kates who helped lay out the initial courses with Small … The old course record for the women’s 10K was 37:14 by 2011 winner Christie Foster of Colorado Springs. … Lelia Gibson-Green of Colorado Springs was the final entrant to cross the finish line. She took on the 10K in her first-ever competitive race to help train to walk a half-marathon fundraiser in Las Vegas this December. “I did it without pain,” she said. “That’s a blessing.”... The 10K race was held in conjunction with a 5K that concluded the Grand Prix of Running’s Short Series… The Pumpkin races serve as a fundraiser for PPCF, generating between $5,000 to $10,000 a year to fund education programs for area school children at the farm, said foundation chief executive officer Michael Hannigan … Ages of the competitors ranged from 8 to 78… Winners of the Kids Fun Run afterward received ribbons and a pumpkin from the farm as prizes. The adult overall series winners received a customized Venetucci Farm mug, a $20 gift certificate, a tote bag of vegetables from the farm and free entry into the 2013 Bedrock Series, which includes the Pumpkin races, the Blue Moon Run and Bob’s Bash, named for the late Small... The races were an official event of Worldwide Play Day (Oct. 6) and recognized as such by Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach, according to city officials on hand.</p>Seventh-grader schools father to win women's Fall Series openertag:pikespeaksports.us,2012-09-30:5021591:BlogPost:3737012012-09-30T19:30:00.000ZJoe Paisleyhttp://pikespeaksports.us/profile/JoePaisley
<p>Kayli Tabares, 13, was proud of beating her father by seven seconds; even more so because doing so paced her to what will likely be the first of many women’s overall titles in the opening race of the Pikes Peak Road Runners Fall Series.</p>
<p>“I started out fast because I knew I needed to keep pace with him,” the seventh grader at Russell Middle School said, who won in 29 minutes, 10 seconds. “I knew when I reached the creek with him I would be in position.”</p>
<p>“It’s pretty awesome,”…</p>
<p>Kayli Tabares, 13, was proud of beating her father by seven seconds; even more so because doing so paced her to what will likely be the first of many women’s overall titles in the opening race of the Pikes Peak Road Runners Fall Series.</p>
<p>“I started out fast because I knew I needed to keep pace with him,” the seventh grader at Russell Middle School said, who won in 29 minutes, 10 seconds. “I knew when I reached the creek with him I would be in position.”</p>
<p>“It’s pretty awesome,” said proud papa Travis Tabares, 34, who placed 33rd. Kayli pulled away during the creek portion.</p>
<p>The 3.5-mile race on Sunday in Monument Valley Park was a unique challenge for all, especially first-timers like men’s champion Robby Young, 27, who also works as the Rampart High School head cross country coach.</p>
<p>He won the race in 24:11, despite falling twice during the ¾-mile stretch running through Monument Creek.</p>
<p>“I went down the first time because I was running along on one level and suddenly stepped into a hole,” he said. “I fell face-first. That was a big hole.”</p>
<p>He built a large enough early lead over runner-up Michael Weiss (24:37), 31, of Colorado Springs to hold on for the victory despite the face-plants.</p>
<p>“I knew I had to get off to a good start,” Young said. “I had a 30- to 40-meter lead on Michael and 100 on the others. My goal was to survive the creek and win at the end. That was a unique experience.”</p>
<p>Justin Ricks of Pueblo West, 32, who finished third overall in the 2011 series, placed third on Sunday in 24:59. Ben Klungtheds, 27, of Colorado Springs took fourth in 24:59 in the photo finish. Benjamin Hanson, 30, of Aurora was fifth in 25:04.</p>
<p>Peter Maksimow, 33, of Manitou Springs, who placed second in the 2011 series, was sixth in 25:13. Defending series champion Alex Nichols of Colorado Springs did not compete.</p>
<p>Tabares, a seasoned veteran of the race at age 13, placed third in the series last fall. It was her first win in three tries in the 32<sup>nd</sup> series opener. She avoided any stumbles in the creek although she caught herself once on a tree branch.</p>
<p>Runner-up Clare Bar (29:24) knew Tabares was the one to beat when he saw her along the starting line.</p>
<p>“I was hoping for first but when I saw here I knew it was going to be a tough race,” Bar said.</p>
<p>Bar, 25, of Colorado Springs was another race rookie. She was both excited and dismayed by the water depth, which varied from 1 to 2 feet, with the splash from other runners dousing others from head to toe. Many of the 504 entrants were soaked by race’s end.</p>
<p>Connilee Walter, 39, of Colorado Springs placed third in 29:50 followed by 29-year-old local Amy Batson (31:19) and Natascha Leonardo (31:44), 27, of Colorado Springs in fifth.</p>
<p>The next event in the four-race series is Oct. 14 at Bear Creek Park. The 4.5-miler starts at 11:30 a.m.</p>
<p><b>Minor changes to race, course</b></p>
<p>The race course was much the same except the usual hay bales were removed for insurance reasons, said race director Larry Miller.</p>
<p>The key was only using natural obstacles, which the creek did plenty to provide.</p>
<p>“The depth was a little higher than usual because of the storms we have had lately,” Miller said with a smile.</p>
<p>The final half-mile is tweaked most every year, he added.</p>
<p>The race also used chip timing for the first time for increased accuracy.</p>
<p> </p>Ascent notebook: Dynamic volunteer keeps the porta potty line movingtag:pikespeaksports.us,2012-08-18:5021591:BlogPost:3592502012-08-18T21:58:42.000ZJoe Paisleyhttp://pikespeaksports.us/profile/JoePaisley
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806498650?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806498650?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="padding: 1px;" width="300"></img></a> Barb Calder-Durbin of Lincoln, Neb. has perhaps the biggest responsibility of any volunteer at this weekend’s Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon. She makes sure every racer has a chance to pee before the start of the race.</p>
<p>With a line a block long, competitors begin to worry they may miss the start. Calder-Durbin, a volunteer at the races since 1995, makes sure, very sure,…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806498650?profile=original"><img width="300" class="align-right" style="padding: 1px;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806498650?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300"/></a>Barb Calder-Durbin of Lincoln, Neb. has perhaps the biggest responsibility of any volunteer at this weekend’s Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon. She makes sure every racer has a chance to pee before the start of the race.</p>
<p>With a line a block long, competitors begin to worry they may miss the start. Calder-Durbin, a volunteer at the races since 1995, makes sure, very sure, they do not. Part cheerleader, part drill sergeant and all energy, she yells out when each porta potty is vacated, gesturing to the next in line where to go and urging them to keep the line moving.</p>
<p>She was asked to find volunteers for the role four years ago and gladly assumed the responsibility. She stepped forward in 1995 when the race organizers were struggling to get enough fruit to the aid stations on the mountain and at the marathon finish line.</p>
<p>“They had a need and I had a solution,” she said. “After running out the years before, they had extra fruit leftover and they decided they wanted to keep me on as a volunteer.”</p>
<p>She has been one ever since, setting up her vacation so she can make the annual trip out West.</p>
<p><b>Ascent rookies savor the finish after grueling experience</b></p>
<p>Cincinnati’s Lee Southwood expected a stern challenge while running the 2012 Pikes Peak Ascent on Saturday the minute he arrived at the Denver International Airport on Friday.</p>
<p>“I started breathing hard when I stepped off the plane in Denver,” the 22-year-old Ascent rookie said. “By that last aid station I was ready to black out. I knew this was high up but I didn’t realize how much it really is. That is what got me.”</p>
<p>Although more acclimated to the elevation, Carlos Rusbal, 25, of Colorado Springs knew he was in for a tough morning, especially after training little of late because of a recurring Achilles tendon injury.</p>
<p>“My body forgot how to run hard,” he said after finishing the 13.32-mile course in 2 hours, 42 minutes. “I knew from the beginning it was going to be tough but my Achiles did not start to hurt until Barr Camp. I had fun and it was good to be out there.”</p>
<p>Aurora’s Peter Scoffin, 26, was happy it was over. He celebrated the finish with a cigarette and a beer, posing for pictures with friends and putting an unlit cigarette in his mouth as he crossed the finish line.</p>
<p>“I love beer and cigarettes so I wanted to finish with both,” he said. “I run to keep off the beer gut. I did it, so this is my first and last time.”</p>
<p><b>A Scottish fashion statement on America’s Mountain</b></p>
<p>Ascent rookie Greg “Cracked Pipe” Eason of Little Rock, Ark. stood out from the crowd while waiting for the first wave start Saturday morning thanks to his blue, black and green kilt. The member of the Hash House Harriers wore the tartan because the national group registered the pattern in Scotland, Colorado Springs resident Mike “Piggus” Shafer said.</p>
<p>Thankfully, Eason took measures to avoid chafing.</p>
<p>“No dangly bits today,” he said pulling up his kilt to reveal white tights. “After two miles, it would be pretty painful.”</p>
<p><b>Men’s bounty remains attainable goal</b></p>
<p>The racers atop the summit were abuzz Saturday after women’s champion Kim Dobson obliterated the course record (2:33:31 set in 1981) and the 2 hour, 32-minute bounty mark with a time of 2:24:58 to collect the race’s $5,000 bonus only a month after the prize was announced.</p>
<p>The men’s mark of 2 hours remains a lofty goal but one that will require considerable dedication and training atop Pikes Peak, the men’s top finishers all agreed, especially considering that champion Jason Delaney’s winning time was 2:13:18.</p>
<p>“This race is very challenging unless they are here (on the mountain) all summer,” said Colorado Springs resident Ryan Hafer, who placed third. “They can’t do it otherwise.”</p>
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<p></p>Nomadic runner Rickey Gates has seen the world, one mountain at a timetag:pikespeaksports.us,2012-08-18:5021591:BlogPost:3590842012-08-18T20:30:00.000ZJoe Paisleyhttp://pikespeaksports.us/profile/JoePaisley
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806496132?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806496132?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="650"></img></a> In a Pikes Peak Ascent competition full of distinguished runners, Windy Creek, Colo. native Rickey Gates, 31, the men’s runner-up on Saturday, stood out for both his achievements and his unusual racing experiences.</p>
<p>The 2008 U.S. champion in trail running and mountain running and five-time member of the national mountain running team (2006-10) holds the distinction of…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806496132?profile=original"><img width="650" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806496132?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="650"/></a>In a Pikes Peak Ascent competition full of distinguished runners, Windy Creek, Colo. native Rickey Gates, 31, the men’s runner-up on Saturday, stood out for both his achievements and his unusual racing experiences.</p>
<p>The 2008 U.S. champion in trail running and mountain running and five-time member of the national mountain running team (2006-10) holds the distinction of winning the Mount Washington Road Race twice, and being only the second American to run the 7.6-mile course – with an average grade of 11.5 percent – in under an hour (59:58).</p>
<p>Then his accomplished racing resume gets a bit more unusual. He spent from late October 2010 to mid-February 2011 working as a dining attendant in the U.S. South Pole Station kitchen, mopping floors and washing dishes for the 250 who spend the Southern hemisphere’s summer season there, so he could run and win the Race Around the World, a two-mile course around the geographic South Pole, on Christmas Day in a record time of 13 minutes, 32 seconds. Despite nine-hour shifts six days a week, Gates managed to get in training runs despite temperatures ranging from 40-below to just under zero degrees Fahrenheit.</p>
<p>Having ran and won races on all seven continents, the nomadic Gates -- who won Utah’s Speedgoat 50K race in late July after the winner was disqualified for going off course -- now rides his motorcycle or drives an orange VW van around the United States to find mountains to run up. He also rides a bicycle around Europe to go from race to race.</p>
<p>“I have been running pretty solid for the past seven years,” he said. “I race up the mountains I really want (to summit). It’s not training to me because I love doing it.”</p>
<p>Gates may return to attempt the double, which includes running Saturday’s ascent and the Pikes Peak Marathon the next day.</p>
<p>“The Ascent just seems like half the race,” he said.</p>
<p><b> </b></p>Delaney savors victory after a painful Ascenttag:pikespeaksports.us,2012-08-18:5021591:BlogPost:3588642012-08-18T20:00:00.000ZJoe Paisleyhttp://pikespeaksports.us/profile/JoePaisley
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<p>Jason Delaney felt the joy of victory. He already knew the pain of running the 2012 Pikes Peak Ascent all too well.</p>
<p>The Golden resident won the men’s race up America’s Mountain in 2 hours, 13 minutes and 18 seconds for his first victory in his third…</p>
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<p>Jason Delaney felt the joy of victory. He already knew the pain of running the 2012 Pikes Peak Ascent all too well.</p>
<p>The Golden resident won the men’s race up America’s Mountain in 2 hours, 13 minutes and 18 seconds for his first victory in his third attempt.</p>
<p>“The third time really is the charm,” he said Saturday morning at the summit. “It was a brutal but wonderful race.”</p>
<p>Delaney, 32, who runs for the Boulder Running Company, was hoping to surpass his goal of 2 hours, 10 minutes as he reached Barr Camp, but had to stop for 15 seconds to stretch after his calves started cramping near the incline.</p>
<p>“I guess it was an adrenalin thing after that,” he said on soldiering through the pain. He held off acclaimed mountain racer Rickey Gates of San Francisco (2:15:42) who moved from sixth at Barr Camp into second by the summit, passing Colorado Springs’ Ryan Hafer near the A Frame.</p>
<p>“I was looking over my shoulder a lot,” Delaney said. “I knew Ryan is a very strong runner above the tree line. The adrenalin helped me hang on.”</p>
<p>Gates, who spends his summer riding his motorcycle to various mountains he wishes to run up, finished strong.</p>
<p>“I was able to really push the final three miles and reel in three or four people,” he said. “I was hoping for 2:10 but 2:15 is my personal best here so I cannot complain.”</p>
<p>Hafer, who has enjoyed a strong season, uncharacteristically struggled at the higher elevations as he approached the 14,115-foot summit. He finished third in 2:16:34.</p>
<p>“I didn’t feel quite as strong as I hoped I would,” he said. “I felt good up to Barr Camp and took a long water break. (Delaney) passed me then and I never did reel him in after that. I couldn’t push any more over the final mile.”</p>
<p>Hafer, 26, and fourth-place finisher Sage Canaday, 26, of Boulder set a fast pace early. It proved to be a mistake for Canaday, a first-time competitor in the 13.32-mile Ascent.</p>
<p>“I pushed hard for the first 20 minutes and I couldn’t maintain it,” said the Oregon native who finished in 2:21:16 and moved to Boulder a month ago. “I didn’t respect the mountain. The last three miles, my whole body was hurting.”</p>
<p>Former Fountain Valley School standout Steven Stoot placed fifth in 2:22:48.</p>
<p>Delaney will defend his championship next year and Canaday will be back after a year of high-altitude training to challenge him and perhaps take on the marathon.</p>
<p>“Oh yeah,” he said. “I’d love to try the marathon.”</p>Quick start forces men's winner to pick up pace earlytag:pikespeaksports.us,2012-07-21:5021591:BlogPost:3484022012-07-21T17:30:00.000ZJoe Paisleyhttp://pikespeaksports.us/profile/JoePaisley
<p>Boulder's Sean Quigley needed to make a fast decision: start out quicker than planned or wait for the early pace-setter to fall back to the pack.</p>
<p>Quigley, 27, and four other runners, including runner-up Sean Brown, 24, of Colorado Springs and third-place finisher Matt Tebo, 23, of Boulder, chose to attack during the Classic 10K and Circle of Hope Run on Saturday morning.</p>
<p>“I was hoping to pick up the pace a little later but one guy went out ahead after one mile,” Quigley said of…</p>
<p>Boulder's Sean Quigley needed to make a fast decision: start out quicker than planned or wait for the early pace-setter to fall back to the pack.</p>
<p>Quigley, 27, and four other runners, including runner-up Sean Brown, 24, of Colorado Springs and third-place finisher Matt Tebo, 23, of Boulder, chose to attack during the Classic 10K and Circle of Hope Run on Saturday morning.</p>
<p>“I was hoping to pick up the pace a little later but one guy went out ahead after one mile,” Quigley said of the 6.2-mile race from Tiffany Square to Monument Valley Park. “We all caught him pretty quickly. I do not know why he started out like that.”</p>
<p>Quigley had good reason to want to pace himself. He is recovering from a right Achilles tendon injury suffered in January’s U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.</p>
<p>“It was good,” the former LaSalle standout said. “It was my first race in four months. I am just trying to get back in shape.”</p>
<p>Early leader Kenneth Foster, 25, of Colorado Springs, finished sixth in 30:43. He enjoyed a 40-50-yard lead after the first mile before Quigley and the others reeled him in by Mile 2, according to Tebo.</p>
<p>Brown said the lead group had to keep up the pace from then on to avoid letting the main pack catch up and turn the race into a free-for-all.</p>
<p>“I held back for a little while but the 4-5 of us who went to the front needed to maintain our distance,” said Brown, a five-time NCAA Division II All-American (three cross country, two track) for Western State.</p>
<p>All three top finishers were first-time entrants in the event, which is part of the Colorado Springs Grand Prix of Running series. The longtime area race was revived by organizers John and Carol O’Donnell 15 years ago. The two races were combined this summer to help the cancer patient support organization avoid the expense of running its own fund-raising race.</p>
<p>Tebo, a former indoor All-American with two outdoor 5K runner-up finishes in the Big 12 Championships, took the same approach to the race as Quigley.</p>
<p>“I heard it was a fast course and thought this would be a good way to get back into training,” he said. “It was still tough even though the conditions were perfect; cool in the morning. It has been 100 in Boulder so I am glad I went ahead and packed my pants this morning.”</p>
<p>Quigley won $250 for the victory out of the $1,400 in prize money awarded.</p>
<p> </p>Roundup runners pleased to be back in familiar groovetag:pikespeaksports.us,2012-07-08:5021591:BlogPost:3438502012-07-08T17:30:00.000ZJoe Paisleyhttp://pikespeaksports.us/profile/JoePaisley
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2738309008?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2738309008?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="280"></img></a> Competitors were just happy to be able to run in the 13<sup>th</sup> installment of the Summer Roundup Trail Run 12-kilomter race Sunday in southwest Colorado Springs after the cancellation of the upcoming Barr Trail Mountain Race due to the recent Waldo Canyon Fire.</p>
<p>“It’s important to the racing community,” said local running icon Gerard Romero. “I was really glad…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2738309008?profile=original"><img width="280" class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2738309008?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="280"/></a>Competitors were just happy to be able to run in the 13<sup>th</sup> installment of the Summer Roundup Trail Run 12-kilomter race Sunday in southwest Colorado Springs after the cancellation of the upcoming Barr Trail Mountain Race due to the recent Waldo Canyon Fire.</p>
<p>“It’s important to the racing community,” said local running icon Gerard Romero. “I was really glad (Triple Crown of Running race director) Ron (Ilgen) kept this going. It is the second leg of the Triple Crown so it is important. It is important we keep doing what we always do despite everything. The race was a real success.”</p>
<p>Of the 743 registered entrants, 679 finished.</p>
<p>Being familiar with the course, where Romero won the men’s overall titles in 2008 and 2009, also helps. Concerns about the fire prompted organizers to consider an alternate route.</p>
<p>“You know the curves. You know the hard parts and where you can push it,” Romero said. “You know how to work the course. That can be a big advantage.”</p>
<p>Ilgen is thankful to the Colorado Springs Police Department with providing the usual security needed to direct traffic away from the course despite being stretched painfully thin by fire containment efforts.</p>
<p>“Their presence allowed us to keep the original course,” Ilgen said. “They really came through for us.”</p>
<p>Ilgen announced that a fund will be established this week to help in the fire recovery efforts. A link for more information will soon be available on pikespeakmarathon.org.</p>
<p><b>Youngster adds to 30-month “finisher” streak</b></p>
<p>Liz Hunt of Colorado Springs had a familiar running mate as she ran the final 30 yards with 4 ½ -year-old son Ian alongside. Liz held the boy’s hand to steady him as they jogged across the finish line. He was soon playing with a new participants’ medal around his neck.</p>
<p>“He finishes every race with me; at least the ones where they will let him,” she said. “He has been doing it since about age 2.”</p>
<p><b>Building on a strong freshman season</b></p>
<p>2011 Cheyenne Mountain High School graduate Sarah Guhl, 19, who placed seventh overall in 58:44, is a recruited walk-on for the Baylor track and field program. A good season followed by a strong summer had her excited about her college prospects.</p>
<p>“I redshirted but I got to run a couple races as an unattached runner,” she said. “It is so much better than high school. It really pushes you to be better.”</p>
<p>Guhl is in fifth overall in the Triple Crown women’s overall standings but will miss the Pikes Peak Ascent to return to Waco to resume fall practice.</p>
<p><b><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806506004?profile=original"><img width="290" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806506004?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="290"/></a>Nine records fall in 2012</b></p>
<p>The perfect weather (63 degrees, little wind) and a strong field made for a record-breaking day.</p>
<p>Nine marks were set, including the men’s age 25-29 and overall record (41:46) set by Ryan Hafer, who holds an almost six-minute lead in the Triple Crown men’s overall standings after two races over Steven Stoot (136:11 to 1:42:04).</p>
<p>Roundup runner-up Geoffrey Terer set a new men’s 35-39 record in 42:55, snapping the old mark of 45:48 set by Tommy Manning of Colorado Springs in 2011. The top four men all would have broken the old overall record of 44:54 set by Peter Maksimow in 2011. The old 25-29 mark was 45:34 by Alex Nichols in 2010.</p>
<p>Other age group records to fall were: women’s overall runner-up Rachael Cuellar (30, Albuquerque, female 30-34, 54:40, old mark 55:13, Carrie Zografos, Lakewood, set in 2011); Rochelle Persson (44, Colorado Springs, female 40-44, 55:02, old mark 56:04, Amy Regnier, Colorado Springs); Ron Hendricks (64, Larkspur, male 60-64, 57:47, old mark 1:01:10, Elliott Henry, Frisco, 2010); Amy Surage (Manitou Springs, 50, female 50-54, 1:00:37, old mark 1:04:50, Nancy Hobbs, Colorado Springs, 2011); Kayli Tabares (12, Colorado Springs, female 0-14, 1:00:44, old mark 1:11:39, Desiree Romero, Colorado Springs, 2004); Kay Martin (75, Phoenix, female 75-79, 1:40:44, old mark 1:55:21, Martha Kinsinger, Colorado Springs, 2011).</p>
<p> </p>Men's masters champ surprised by strong finishtag:pikespeaksports.us,2012-07-08:5021591:BlogPost:3435872012-07-08T16:30:00.000ZJoe Paisleyhttp://pikespeaksports.us/profile/JoePaisley
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806497246?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806497246?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="280"></img></a> Neal Oseland did not know what to expect while competing in the 13<sup>th</sup> running of the Summer Roundup Trail Run. It certainly was not leaving with a gold-colored trophy as the men’s masters age group champion.</p>
<p> “I really ripped up by calves at the Garden of the Gods (10-Mile Run) run last month so I was more worried about finishing,” the 2001 triathlon world…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806497246?profile=original"><img width="280" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2806497246?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="280"/></a>Neal Oseland did not know what to expect while competing in the 13<sup>th</sup> running of the Summer Roundup Trail Run. It certainly was not leaving with a gold-colored trophy as the men’s masters age group champion.</p>
<p> “I really ripped up by calves at the Garden of the Gods (10-Mile Run) run last month so I was more worried about finishing,” the 2001 triathlon world championships finisher said. “I had no expectations.”</p>
<p>The injury limited him to only two training runs over the past 30 days and he was not too familiar with the 12-kilometer course that climbs 995 feet in elevation by the turnaround near High Drive in southwest Colorado Springs in a race that started and ended In Bear Creek Park on Sunday morning.</p>
<p>“I have run inside the park before but not the hard parts,” he said. “It was eye-opening.”</p>
<p>The win in his division and finishing 11th overall gave Oseland, 43, of Colorado Springs, more confidence that he may be able to return to the triathlon circuit.</p>
<p>“That’s my passion,” he said. “It is expensive to run triathlons so I am on a bit of a break. But today definitely shows things are pointed in the right direction for me.”</p>
<p>Brad Poppele (41, Colorado Springs) placed second in 50:47. Paul Koch (44, Colorado Springs) was third in 52:07.</p>
<p>“I am real happy with the race,” Poppele said. “The conditions were as good as you can hope for. The rain yesterday made the course more grippy.”</p>
<p>It was 63 degrees with only 3-4 m.p.h. winds at the start of the race. The temperature increased to 68 by the time most of the runners finished.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2738308072?profile=original"><img width="240" class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2738308072?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="240"/></a>Louise Kriel, 41, of Colorado Springs won the women’s masters with a time of 1:00:50. That time and her strong finish at the Garden of the Gods 10-Mile Run puts her in third in the Triple Crown of Running masters overall standings with a combined time of 2 hours, 16 minutes, 53 seconds. She trails leader Rochelle Persson (44, Colorado Springs, 2:05:43), who placed third overall on Sunday, and Manitou Springs’ Yvonne Carpenter (47, 2:16:37), ninth overall.</p>
<p>“I wanted to break an hour today but this is a PR (personal record) so I am pretty happy,” Kriel said.</p>
<p>Judy Chamberlin (44, Golden, 1:01:16) placed second to Kriel and was followed by Dawn Carlson (40, Colorado Springs, 1:01:20).</p>
<p>In the men’s Triple Crown standings. Gerard Romero, 40, of Colorado Springs enjoys a lead of 3 minutes, 35 seconds with a combined time of 1:51:05, ahead of Ladd McClain (41, Colorado Springs, 1:54:40) and Oseland (1:55:06).</p>
<p>“I had a good race,” said Romero, who placed eighth overall in 48:34 on Sunday. His time was the best among men age 40 or older, but as a top 10 finisher, he was not eligible for age group awards. “I lead going into the Ascent so I am happy where I am at in the standings.”</p>
<p>The Pikes Peak Ascent and Pikes Marathon are Aug. 18-19. To be eligible for the Triple Crown, racers must complete the Garden of the Gods 10-miler and one of the Pikes Peak races.</p>