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Derek Griffiths is the owner of Colorado Runner. He is also the race director for all events produced by Colorado Runner Events. An avid runner since middle school, Derek has completed over 50 marathons with a PR of 2:41:09 set at the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon in 2003.

Issue 9 (January/February 2005)

12 Stupid Things Nonrunners Say To Runners As runners and endurance athletes, we inevitably have to listen to our nonrunning friends and family members express their horror over our training habits, our personal hygiene, and our…

Coloradans fair well at Foot Locker Nationals

West Regional Champion Ken Cormier of Douglas Ariz., and Aislinn Ryan of Bellvale N.Y., won the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals at Morley Field in Balboa Park in San Diego Calif. Beginning with a fast pace, most…

Colorado sweeps NCAA Division I cross country titles

The University of Colorado's men's and women's cross country teams swept the team titles at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center here Monday. It…

Issue 8 (November/December 2004)

Olympic Glory Two Surprise Olympic Marathon Medals Give U.S. Distance Running A Boost For any runner, the best moment at this year’s Olympics had to be when Deena Kastor began sobbing with joy 100 meters from the finish line of the…

Boettcher repeats at Imogene Pass Run

The Imogene Pass Run (IPR) is a 17.1 mile point-to-point mountain race within the western San Juan mountains of Colorado, run along a route which connects the towns of Ouray (7810 ft.) and Telluride (8820 ft.) by way of 13,120 foot Imogene…

Issue 7 (September/October 2004)

You Might Be A Triathlete If... 1. You have trouble keeping lunch under 2,000 calories. 2. You usually wake up at four in the morning but don’t get to work until after nine. 3. You have a $4,000 bike strapped to the roof of a $2,000 car.…

Paul Dewitt repeats at Leadville 100

Paul DeWitt of Colorado Springs ran through darkness, and hail and lightning on Hope Pass. 17:16:19 later he collapsed into the arms of his wife at the finish line of the Leadville Trail 100. In the end, Dewitt had repeated as champion,…