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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.

3 Useful Exercises Every Runner Should Know

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A total of 6,228,326 runners participated in various races within the US in 2018. Based on the RaceTrends Annual Statistical Report, the number of runners registered in different events increased by 23.1 percent from 2017. Most of these…

Four Alternative Forms of Transportation to Use on Rest Days

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Runners have to maintain a healthy lifestyle to participate in marathons and other races. For the most serious runners, everything is controlled from their diet and exercise to their sleep schedules. But no matter what skill level you are…

Hammer and Wilbert win Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon

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More than 7,500 registered participants from age 12 to 81 took to the beautiful downtown of the Mile-High City this weekend to run in the 10th running of the Humana Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Half Marathon. With a continued focus on great music…

Kipchoge becomes the first human to run a sub-2 hour marathon

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Saturday morning, on a flat, straight, tree-lined avenue in the heart of Vienna, Eliud Kipchoge become the first person ever to break two hours in a marathon. He finished in 1:59:40, averaging 4:34 pace per mile. The time trial, dubbed the…