All Videos Tagged company (Pikes Peak Sports) - Pikes Peak Sports 2024-05-03T08:15:15Z http://pikespeaksports.us/video/video/listTagged?tag=company&rss=yes&xn_auth=no Start of the 5K on St. Patrick's Day in Colorado Springs tag:pikespeaksports.us,2012-03-17:5021591:Video:305349 2012-03-17T20:30:47.599Z Tim Bergsten http://pikespeaksports.us/profile/TimBergsten <a href="http://pikespeaksports.us/video/start-of-the-5k-on-st-patrick-s-day-in-colorado-springs"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2780487635?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>The St. Patrick's Day 5K smashed its attendance record with 3,449 runners registering for the popular race in downtown Colorado Springs. Event organizer John O'Donnell said there were a ocuple of big contributing factors.<br></br> "The weather was perfect today, so that helped," O'Donnell said. "And with the St. Patrick's Day parade following the race, a lot… <a href="http://pikespeaksports.us/video/start-of-the-5k-on-st-patrick-s-day-in-colorado-springs"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2780487635?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />The St. Patrick's Day 5K smashed its attendance record with 3,449 runners registering for the popular race in downtown Colorado Springs. Event organizer John O'Donnell said there were a ocuple of big contributing factors.<br /> "The weather was perfect today, so that helped," O'Donnell said. "And with the St. Patrick's Day parade following the race, a lot of folks come down. It's the biggest free event in Colorado Springs."<br /> The Boulder Running Company's Tommy Neal outran everybody to win with a time of 15 minutes, 26.88 seconds. He was followed by BRC teammates Adam Rich, who was registered, but ran without a chip and was not given a finishing time, and Sean Brown, who clocked 15:45.06.<br /> Colorado Running Company runners swept the women's race. Amanda Ewing took the win in 19:07.95. She was followed by Elizabeth Watkins (19:20,57) and Rochelle Persson (19:25.70).