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JQRC 02 May 2017

Nothing like a wet Spring snow run in Colorado this weekend…..hope you had fun and we’ll see you at JQRC.

 

Joining us this week at Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub and Restaurant:

- Boulder Running Company

- Thrive Health…

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Added by Michael Yowell on April 30, 2017 at 8:45am — No Comments

JQRC 25 April 2017

Nothing like an Earth-Day run in Colorado…..

 

Joining us this week at Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub and Restaurant:

- Boulder Running Company

- Ragnar Relay (…

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Added by Michael Yowell on April 23, 2017 at 9:54am — No Comments

JQRC 18 April 2017

Quinnian’s!

 

Hope you had a Hoppy Easter…come out and treat your hamstrings to a JQRC run this week.

 

Odell pints now ONLY $3 (an awesome bargain for post run carb replacement).…

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Added by Michael Yowell on April 16, 2017 at 9:53am — No Comments

The Barkley Marathons: Everything I Feared and More

In the worlds of academia and industry, students and professionals are asked to prove competence through rigorous exams. SAT's, ACT's, GRE's, LSATs, MCATs, and the list of acronyms goes on. One could argue that if such a thing as a mountain-ultra-trail running aptitude exam exists, then that test is the Barkley Marathons. If Barkley is the test, then the finishers, a mere 15 in the race's 32 year history, are members of…

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Added by Brandon Stapanowich on April 9, 2017 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

JQRC 11 April 2017

Special shout-out this week to our Pup Runners.  Thanks to Angela’s Cupcakes and Pupcakes for the Opening Day treats.  We have great PUP scarves and our first 10th Pup Runner Shirting is may 16th…

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Added by Michael Yowell on April 9, 2017 at 10:22am — No Comments

Getting Real About PB&J

Sometimes you’ve gotta get real with yourself.

You know, I think that it’s like, you “enter your thirties” and just like that, you’re old(er). Just kidding, I still feel quite young and spry, and I still giggle at jokes whose target demographic are 12 year old boys. But as I was saying: just like that, you’re older, and perhaps a bit more comfortable in your own skin and with that, less reluctant to admit things to yourself that you maybe used to deny, because it didn’t fit the mold…

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Added by Shannon Payne on April 3, 2017 at 12:30pm — No Comments

JQRC 04 April 17

Quinnian’s!

 

April training brings May PRs J

 

No fooling here…..a slight price increase for Odell pints now ONLY $3!!!!!…

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Added by Michael Yowell on April 2, 2017 at 8:41am — No Comments

Unpacking Lessons from the DuDe Part 3: The End!

     Finishing the recap of my 2016 journey on the Colorado Trail has taken a very long time. Much too long. This has largely come from a place of laziness or distraction, sometimes masquerading under the guise of "busyness." Still, there's also a sense of reluctant finality once the last punctuation has been committed. Fortunately, I wrote a lot of notes down immediately following the adventure, perhaps anticipating some of these inefficiencies.  …

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Added by Brandon Stapanowich on March 28, 2017 at 9:59am — No Comments

JQRC 28 March 2017

Quinnian’s!

 

Spring in Colorado means sunshine one day and a blizzard the next…..keep your runs going strong.

 

Joining us this week at Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub and Restaurant:…

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Added by Michael Yowell on March 26, 2017 at 10:23am — No Comments

Running and Writing

I like to write things. That fact is likely made clear by the existence of my nonsensical rambling via this blog.

For one thing, writing things down is extremely cathartic. Any positive feelings or negative feelings or really just anything at all that needs to be “dumped,” if you will, out of my brain is quickly purged out by writing them down. Dumping these thoughts out of my head often provides a strange sense of closure for things that I processed and overanalyzed to death and…

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Added by Shannon Payne on March 24, 2017 at 10:30am — No Comments

206lbs and a Run Club

Can you find me in this picture?  Look for the overweight ginger.  Still have not found me?  I am on the far left wearing the Bills shirt that is an XL and barely fits me.

Well to be honest it does not fit me!!  That was me at 206 pounds and completely…

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Added by Robby Comstock on March 22, 2017 at 3:39pm — No Comments

JQRC 21 March 2017

Spring has Sprung and with more daylight you can get in more miles on your run.

 

Joining us this week at Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub and Restaurant:

- Boulder Running Company

- H&R Block (Jack Quinn's Running Club is working with…

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Added by Michael Yowell on March 19, 2017 at 10:10am — No Comments

Moving (Up) Mountains

I’ve watched them run down the last stretch of Ruxton Avenue for years, bloodied, battered, and sometimes limping but almost always with a big smile. Having run a few marathons myself, I usually recognize a runner’s smile once the finish line is in sight, but for these individuals, everything seems to slow down and magnify in that home stretch like none other. Their strides seem longer, the cheering louder, the colors brighter and even the thin mountain air seems denser with excitement and…

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Added by Vanessa Shawver on March 15, 2017 at 4:58pm — 1 Comment

JQRC 14 March (Pi Day)

Quinnian’s!

 

Happy Pi Day! Set a new PR and run 3.141592653 miles (that’s 5.05590329 km) this week AND get your Kilt On and sport your Irish best as it’s our St Paddy’s Run as well J

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Added by Michael Yowell on March 12, 2017 at 6:20pm — No Comments

JQRC 07 March 2017

Hope your running roared into March like a lion after an awesome Fat Tuesday run.

 

Joining us this week at Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub and Restaurant:

- Boulder Running Company

- BSNA Build-a-Bear (UCCS Beth-El chapter of the national…

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Added by Michael Yowell on March 5, 2017 at 11:48am — No Comments

Jellyfish

So around Christmas time, I had the very excited revelation that my Demons had “come out of hibernation,” so to speak, and that I was thus hopping back into the saddle to gallop forth into the glorious sunset to set PR’s, run better than ever before, and CRUSH all races (but only uphill ones, and only at certain grades, and preferably nothing technical. I’m a bit persnickety…

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Added by Shannon Payne on February 26, 2017 at 9:30pm — No Comments

JQRC Fat Tuesday 28 FEB 17

Quinnian’s!

 

It’s Fat Tuesday this week so “Laissez les bons temps” (Let the good times roll)…get your Krewe together and run with us for “joie de vivre” (joy of living).

 

Joining us this week at Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub and…

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Added by Michael Yowell on February 26, 2017 at 9:20am — No Comments

JQRC 21 FEB 2017

We LOVED seeing so many of you last week and congrats to everyone earning their milestone shirts….we’re very proud of our runners.

 

Be sure to mark your calendars for our annual Fat Tuesday run on the 28th and “Laissez les bons temps” (Let the good times roll) as we celebrate “joie de vivre” (joy of living).…

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Added by Michael Yowell on February 19, 2017 at 10:17am — No Comments

JQRC 14 FEB 2017

Happy Valentine’s Day Quinnian’s!

 

We know you LOVE to run so meet your Valentine and join us for a LOVELY run in downtown Colorado Springs J

 

Be sure to mark your calendars for our…

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Added by Michael Yowell on February 12, 2017 at 9:17am — No Comments

JQRC 07 FEB 2017

What a great weekend to run in Colorado…..AWESOME seeing so many Quinnian’s running the Super Half Marathon and Game Day 5K or volunteering!!!!

 

Joining us this week at Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub and Restaurant:

- Boulder Running Company…

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Added by Michael Yowell on February 5, 2017 at 7:43pm — No Comments

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