Chocolate and Runners

Most runners love chocolate in any form: candy bars, chocolate chip cookies, squares of dark chocolate. Over 60% of all US candy sales are chocolate-based. But how good—or bad—is chocolate for our health? Is it as health-promoting as we want it to be? What about all the sugar and caffeine that comes…

Fretting about Food and Physique

Many runners feel pressure to have a perfect body, perfect diet, and ideally, perfect races. The stress-inducing trait of perfectionism often pushes runners to not only become stronger and faster, but also leaner and food-phobic. We have seen perfection play out with football phenom Tom Brady. While…

UCCS Announces New United High School Indoor Meet Series

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs Track & Field team is excited to announce the UCCS United High School Meet Series held at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on December 15, 2024, January 26, 2025, and February 16, 2025, in conjunction with their home meets.