Last week when it became official that I will be moving to Colorado I began to google a ton of stuff about the area. The first thing I googled was not neighborhoods, apartments or anything that fell into the "absolutely mandatory" category. The first thing I googled was "Colorado marathon". (The second thing I googled was "best Denver restaurants"...I know, I have my priorities straight)
Little did I know the Colorado marathon seems like the best. marathon. ever. It is a point to point race that follows the Poudre River Canyon DOWNHILL. That's, right. A gradual 1100 foot elevation LOSS.
No wonder it has the highest percentage of Boston qualifiers in the country! As the race director says in this video about the race - a gradual down hill good enough not to hurt your knees but help your finishing time.
I'm not trying to qualify for Boston, but since my first marathon will be at the end of an Ironman (due to my ankle issues last spring when training for Shamrock), I would love to see what my stand alone marathon time could be and this is the course I want to do it on. Downhill, tailwind, cool temps, beautiful scenery- yes, please!
There is no better way to learn about your new state than by running all over it!
I have also sent many peer-pressuring emails to my running addicted friends about this race. I don't think there is a better spring marathon! Plus, you get to come to Colorado and visit Phil and I! I guess now I should start googling apartments...
Little did I know the Colorado marathon seems like the best. marathon. ever. It is a point to point race that follows the Poudre River Canyon DOWNHILL. That's, right. A gradual 1100 foot elevation LOSS.
No wonder it has the highest percentage of Boston qualifiers in the country! As the race director says in this video about the race - a gradual down hill good enough not to hurt your knees but help your finishing time.
I'm not trying to qualify for Boston, but since my first marathon will be at the end of an Ironman (due to my ankle issues last spring when training for Shamrock), I would love to see what my stand alone marathon time could be and this is the course I want to do it on. Downhill, tailwind, cool temps, beautiful scenery- yes, please!
There is no better way to learn about your new state than by running all over it!
I have also sent many peer-pressuring emails to my running addicted friends about this race. I don't think there is a better spring marathon! Plus, you get to come to Colorado and visit Phil and I! I guess now I should start googling apartments...
I WANT TO DO THIS!
ReplyDeleteIf we're living there by then, I'm totally in! I can't wait to see where you guys live and everything. But I'm also dying of jealousy obviously!
ReplyDeleteUmm, yes, please. This marathon looks AWESOME :) I want to move to CO now, too :)
ReplyDeleteI NEED to do this race!! Off to research it now :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a great marathon!! And I can't believe you are moving so soon! I am going to have to start looking for races in CO :)
ReplyDeleteWait! Me too! That's the day before my birthday and only a few days before a crazypants race I may or may not be doing on the West Coast. Warm up marathon jog in Colorado? Sounds like a plan to me...
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Work on those resistance muscles. Some say a downhill marathon is harder on the body than an uphill one.
ReplyDeleteUm, this race looks AWESOME!!! I LOVE CO. I'm so excited for you! You are going to love PT and PT + living in CO can only be even more AMAZING!! Good Luck with the move, and if you ever have any PT school questions feel free to send them my way. I have dreams of applying for jobs out west when I graduate in May. I hope CO has some openings :)
ReplyDeleteHey, I've lurked here for a bit. Congrats on PT school and the big move out west! There's a tri store in Denver that I recommend you check out. The name is TriBella and is a women only tri store. I dropped in shortly after they opened in March. They seem like cool guys who support the local women's triathlon community.
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