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Colorado, meet Maeve Vancik! The Arapahoe freshmen recently had a massive breakthrough performance at the Pat Amato Classic, where she finished fourth in a personal best of 18:23.

The gut, also called the intestinal tract, includes the stomach, intestines, and colon. An amazing number of life-sustaining and performance enhancing events happen in the gut—including but not limited to digestion of the food we eat and absorption of nutrients that provide energy.

Mountain running is not for the faint of heart, no matter your age or experience level. Even so, athletes flock to the high country to challenge themselves over uneven surfaces with steep ascents and descents, while factoring in the uncertainty of variable weather conditions.