Sometimes running is just running. It's a task to be checked off on the list of daily "have to's." Maybe it's chronicled and simplified into some combination of numbers on our log. Maybe it isn't.  It's a part of our routine. Nothing more, but certainly nothing less. Something as natural as breathing.

     Sometimes running is a struggle. It's the last thing we want to do. Something we don't have time for. Something we don't have energy for. Something we despise.…

Now that ski season is nearly over, you may be wondering why we’re posting the second part of this blog.  Well, as PTs we figure it’s never too late to teach folks how to avoid pain and injury—and by now you may have discovered that a full day of skiing or boarding is leaving you with some aches and pains as you start your Monday morning.  So, that makes you a particularly captive audience!  Training (before you ski/board) and Recovery (during the day and before you get in your car to drive…

I thought I had articulated my thoughts on the harsh critics and pessimistic nay-sayers of our sport in the previous post, but after watching LA unfold last week and, namely, the subsequent crucifixion of Ryan Hall for another DNF, I decided that I have more to add to the conversation. Er, more to add to the one-sided conversation.

I should start by saying everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, so all of my friends who I make an example of herein, I still heart you, I just…

You know, I was feeling really proud of myself for the last several months. It was a long time coming, this seven months of “sobriety” so to speak, but it finally happened: I had finally reached my personal longstanding goal of not reading Letsrun.com for over HALF A YEAR!

*Virtual fist-bump.*

It was a necessary change. It was, in short,…

So you've already registered for the Ascent or Marathon and you're just dying to fill up the rest of your summer race calendar, right? Check out the Triple Crown of Running, which includes the Garden of the Gods 10 Mile and Summer Roundup Trail 12K in addition to the Ascent or Marathon. Not only are the races themselves great training opportunities for the big day on the mountain; when you sign up for the series you also have a chance to apply to run for the PikesPeakSport.us Triple Crown of…

In 2013, I was a healthy 44 year old married mother of two. I ran my first 100 mile race that summer, finishing in 22 hours and 33 minutes. I went on to run a 100K three months later. Seven weeks after that 100K race, I was in the hospital having half of my pancreas, my spleen and several lymph nodes removed. The diagnosis: Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.

In a heartbeat, I went from being one of the healthiest people I knew to being diagnosed with a highly lethal form of cancer. Pancreatic…

I figured I would dust off the ol' blog to write a little about my first ultramarathon. I ran the Moab Red Hot 55k in Utah on February 14, 2015. 

I know I've written about them before, but I would be half the runner I am today without the help of the Attack Pack Running Group. They are always game for a…

Join us on March 17 for a field trip run to Falcon Physical Therapy (2020 West Colorado Avenue) in Old Colorado City.  We'll have a 5k course and sign-in starting at 5:15 and shirtings at 7 pm.  The pub will be hosting St. Patrick's Day festivities that evening and no runner sign-in will be available at the pub.

I loved this race. 

Yesterday I completed the Salida "Run Through Time" half marathon with several members of the Attack Pack running group. A trail race in March in Salida has the ingredients for a potential disaster, but this year it was a blast.  Due to my recent injuries that caused me to drop out of the LA Marathon, I was hesitant to sign up for a race. ESPECIALLY since I had been training for flat and fast, not rolling…

I am married and a mother of a 12 year old boy and a 5 year old girl.  I am in the Air Force currently as a Defense Paralegal. I started running just about a little over 2 years ago.  My story starts with my friend asking me to do the Rock Canyon Half Marathon in Pueblo. I was very skeptical about having to run that far.  I was deployed in 2006-2007 and during that time I did do some short/long distance running.  If that makes any sense.  I never knew how far I was running, but just did it. …

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Next week (March 17th) we're having our first FIELD TRIP of 2015 to Falcon…

With registration just 10 short days away we are excited to share more information about changes we are making to better the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon this year.  For a quick look at how the starting procedure will be revamped, check out this video with Tim Bergsten, of Pikes Peak Sports, and Ron Ilgen, Race Director.…