Athlete Profiles

Ultrarunning phenom Dakota Jones is only 21 years old, and yet he still has a handful of prestigious ultrarunning race wins under his belt.

Colorado Runner recently caught up with elite distance runner Tera Moody.  This speedy 31-year old who hails from St. Charles, Illinois but now resides in the Colorado Springs and Boulder areas is not only one of the top female distance…

Art Siemers is the Head Coach of cross country and track & field as Division 2 Colorado School of Mines.  Coach Siemers has coached numerous National Champions and All Americans during his tenure, as well as consistent top 5 finishes…

Thirty-two year old Peter Maksimow hails from California, but his heart is in the mountains of Colorado (and perhaps, Europe). Maksimow has been hitting the national mountain running trail circuit with impressive finishes at Mt Washington…

Boulder, CO - Joe Bosshard had not yet reached his teenage years, but he believed he'd discovered a path to national exposure, perhaps even fame and fortune. Born in La Crosse, Wis., Bosshard gravitated toward one of the local pastimes -…

Boulder's Katie Blackett will run in her third Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, January 2012.  She qualified at this month's Eugene (OR) marathon. In this CRM athlete profile, the 34 year old CEO shares lessons learned in the span of her…

Ryan Hafer has experienced his share of injuries, often due to overtraining. Months before last year’s Bolder Boulder a lower leg injury kept him from running for 12 weeks. Hafer found Dr. Jeff Mathews who “wouldn’t give up” on treating it,…

A relatively unknown runner at the time, Kim Dobson burst onto the running scene in 2009 with a sub-3 hour marathon in Fort Collins and a shockingly fast first-time Ascent on Pikes Peak. The 26-year-old is a second grade teacher, passionate…

Patient persistence, affection for the trails, and a strong endurance gene: descriptors that are otherwise known as traits that makes a ‘good’ ultra-runner. And if one combines ‘good’ traits with aggressive goals, a drive to leverage his…

Melody Fairchild is arguably the best American high school female distance runner of all time. She was born September 10, 1973 in Boulder and began running in the city’s foothills at age nine. Melody won eight Colorado track and cross…