Gutierrez Runner Up at Black Mountain Ascent 6 Mile

Veteran mountain runner, Simon Gutierrez, had a strong performance at the Black Mountain Ascent 6 Mile Run on May 12th. He placed 2nd in 41:11 behind 2010 Pikes Peak Ascent winner Glenn Randall.

Gute says about the race:
"Black Canyon Ascent summary...41.11. 2nd overall behind Glenn Randall who broke my course record from 2008. I'm only a scant min from my time in 2008 but 1:38 faster than a year ago. Nothing but good feelings with 5 weeks to go until Mt Washington Road rAce...the metamorphosis
Begins :)"

Race Results.

Maksimow Wins Greenland 50k in Record Time

Team Colorado's Peter Maksimow took to the trails this Cinco de Mayo with his eye on the course record of the Greenland Trails 50k.  As the temperature rose, Maksimow stayed strong to win with a time of 3:22:09!

PikesPeakSports.us write up.

Meet the Team: Simon Gutierrez

Name: Simon Gutierrez

Age: 46

Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Current Residence: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Sponsors: HOKA One One Run Shoes/Sport Hill /Elliptigo

Personal Bests:
3000m- 8:07.
5km- 14:11
10k- 29:17
Half Marathon- 63:46
Marathon- 2:18.36

Notable Achievements:
3x Pikes Peak/ Mt Washington / World Masters Mountain Champion.
10 x La Luz trail winner

Goals for 2012: Ascent PR's. Qualifying for USA national mountain running team.

Favorite trails: Barr trail to the Peak...Fountain Creek...old north Santa fe trail ..Rampart Range road...

Favorite Workout- Time Trials......uphill. Long runs....uphill. Hill repeats....uphill...recovery day's on the flat roads

Favorite races:
Challenge Stellina, Susa, Italy
Kitzbuehel Horn Lauf Austria
Mt Washington Road Race
Pikes Peak Ascent

Meet the Team: Mark Misch

Name: Mark Misch

Age: 39 (will turn 40 on November 14th, looking forward to competing as a masters runner in the year ahead)

Hometown: Grew up in Coffeyville, Kansas USA

Current residence: Colorado Springs

Sponsors: Me, myself and I

Personal Bests: From what decade? Ha :)

Notable Achievements: Just a guy who really enjoys to run and coach, has been blessed to see a lot of the world through the sport and meet a lot of wonderful people.

Goals for 2012: A) Just enjoy the process everyday B) compete as a masters runner is a few USATF Championships if possible.

Favorite trails: Gold Camp Road

Favorite workouts: Gradual hill repeats, long threshold efforts or fartlek.

Favorite races: In recent years probably the Vail Hill Climb.

Website/Blog:

The Colorado Springs FREE City-Wide Cross Country Camp
http://cospxccamp.webstarts.com/

UCCS Men's Cross Country
http://www.gomountainlions.com/bio.php?id=896

Meet the Team: John Tribbia

Name: John Tribbia 

Age: 30

Hometown: Boulder, CO

Current residence: Boulder, CO

Sponsors: 2XU; Alta Physical Therapies; Moriarty Leyendecker Law Firm

Personal Bests:
10K- (road at altitude) 32:40
5K- (track) 15:31
8K- (cross country) 25:49

Notable Achievements:
1st 2012 America’s Uphill (Aspen, CO)
3rd 2012 Teva Winter Games Vail Winter Uphill

3rd 2011 Barr Trail Mountain Race

2nd 2011 Catalina Marathon
3rd 2010 and 2011 USA Trail Marathon National Championships
1st 2010 Imogene Pass Run
12th 2010 Thyon-Dixence (Switzerland)
10th 2010 USA Mountain Running Championships

4th 2009 XTERRA World Trail Running Championships
10th 2009 USA Mountain Running Championships
6th 2007 Pikes Peak Ascent
7th 2007 USATF Trail 10K Championships

7th 2006 USATF Trail 10K Championships

Goals for 2012: Learn to speak French better

Favorite trails: Fern Canyon in Boulder, CO

Big Mountain Trail Half Marathon

Team Colorado's Tommy Manning, Peter Maksimow, and Justin Ricks showed up in North Cheyenne Canon on Saturday for the Big Mountain Trail Half-Marathon and took three of the top 4 spots.

Tommy Manning placed 2nd OA in 1:24:19, Peter Maksimow took 3rd in 1:25:28 followed by Justin Ricks coming in 4th with a 1:28:34.

Results here.
Start video.

Tommy (big beard) 

Peter (bigger beard)

Justin (clean shaven)

RunColo.com Highlights Team Colorado

With Mt. Washington quickly approaching, team members aim for a new course record.  Read about it here.