We are hoping for a good "Randalling" at the 2013 Boston Marathon

So, RunColo.com has a prediction contest as to what Glenn Randall will go through the 10k at the Boston Marathon on Monday April 15, 2013. This came about when Randall broke free of the leaders in the 2012 edition of the Boston Marathon and proceeded to gap the field, which included world class runners, leading a lot of people to say "this guy is just trying to get a bit of fame". 

This was nothing out of the ordinary.

What most people that haven't raced against him don't know is that Glenn is no fluke. No, Randall's race tactics are very consistent: he always goes out fast and is often very successful in his tactics.

Just to name a few...

2010 Pikes Peak Ascent

  Randall leading 10 meters into the 2010 Pikes Peak Ascent                         photo: PikesPeakSports.us

A half mile into the 2010 Pikes Peak Ascent...look familiar? Christian Murdock/The Gazette

2012 Mt. Washington Road Race

Randall "Randalling it" 200 meters into the 2012 Mt. Washington Road Race, where Team Colorado established their first Team National Championship (note: Max King (the "King"), Sage Canaday (one of us now), Marco De Gasperi (6-time World Mtn. Running Champion), Simon "Gute" Gutierrez, among others, being crop dusted by GR himself)      photo: The beautiful Nora Duane

2012 Boston Marathon (where the term "Pulling a Glenn Randall" became famous)

Randall "Randalling it" at the 2012 Boston Marathon     photo: Randalling Productions

2012 World Mountain Running Championships

Randall showing some tongue en route to a 9th place finish, and first American, at the 2012 World Mtn Running Championships                photo: US Mountain Running

The Boston Marathon falls on a Massachusetts holiday called Patriots' Day, a holiday that commemorates the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. The Boston Red Sox traditionally have a home game which takes place on Patriots' Day during the marathon.

Ask Randall if he is worried about what people would say about his race tactics at the 2012 Boston Marathon and he would just quote the late, great Dr. Suess. "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

We at Team Colorado don't mind at all. Have a great race and give them a good "Randalling" out there!

We are cheering for you Glenn, take it out in 30 flat for the first 10k!!

You can take the Randall out of the Moose, but you can't take the Moose out of the Randall    

photo: Randalling Productions

You can follow Glenn and the rest of the runners at the 2013 Boston Marathon on the live stream. Watch for #35...he'll be out front!

Canaday wins Lake Sonoma 50 in CR time

In his first race as a Team Colorado member, Sage Canaday takes on a heavy field of competitors at the Lake Sonoma 50 mile. With his time of 6:14:55, he established a new Course Record, surpassing the 2012 time of 6:17:27 run by Dakota Jones.

It must have been his new beverage sponsor, Avery Brewing Co.!

Sage cleaning up in a new CR                                                              photo: iRunFar 

Team Colorado's Rickey Gates finished in 17th place with a 7:14:19, after being in 6th place at the 30 mile mark.

Nice races fellas!

Results: http://www.ultralive.net/ls50/webcast.phphttp://www.ultralive.net/ls50/webcast.php

iRunFar's race write up: http://www.irunfar.com/2013/04/2013-lake-sonoma-50-mile-results.htmlhttp://www.irunfar.com/2013/04/2013-lake-sonoma-50-mile-results.html

Photos on iRunFar's twitter page: https://twitter.com/iRunFar/media/grid

Team Colorado Welcomes Sage Canaday

Newly crowned US 100K Champion, Sage Canaday, joins Team Colorado. 

Canaday wins his first US 100K National Championship at Bandera in CR time            photo: endurophoto.com

Name: Sage Canaday

Age: 27

Hometown: Sheridan, OR

Current residence: Boulder, CO

Sponsors: SCOTT Sports, Flora Health, Avery Brewing, Ultimate Direction, Smith Optics, Strava, Drymax 

Personal Bests: 5k: 14:29, 10k: 29:47, half marathon: 1:04:32, Marathon 2:16:52, Mt. WA: 58:26

Notable Achievements: 2012 US Mountain Running Champion, USATF 100km trail champion

Goals for 2013: Become one of the best mountain-ultra-trail runners in the World

Favorite trails: Bear Peak West Ridge in Boulder

Favorite workout: Uphill Tempo Run

Favorite races: Mt. Washington, Chicago Marathon

Website/Blog: www.SageCanaday.com and www.YouTube.com/Vo2maxProductions

Favorite beer style/brewery: IPAs, Avery Brewing in Boulder

What else do you have to say about yourself: I get lost a lot while running on trails

Sage, along with Rickey Gates, will be running the Lake Sonoma 50 tomorrow--all the best! 

Oh yeah, don't get lost out there, Sage!

Reservoirs and Trails

This past weekend a few Team Colorado members took to the reservoirs and trails.

The newest team member, Neil McDonagh, aka Big McD, took on some of the top Coloradan road runners in his first official race as a member of TC, placing 3rd OA in 26:03 at USATF CO State 5 Mile Championships run at the Boulder Reservoir. This race was part of the Boulder Spring Half Marathon and 10 Mile. 5k on St. Patrick's Day winner, Scott Dahlberg, placed 2nd in 25:24 and, aptly named, Andy Wacker took the win in 25:02. 

With this time, McDonagh has established a new Team Colorado 5 mile record. Nice start to your tenure, Neil!

A slimming photo of Big McD               photo: PikesPeakSports.us

5 Mile Results

Simon "Gute" Gutierrez and Tommy "One Man Wolf Pack" Manning took on the trails on Cheyenne Mountain State Park for the XTERRA Cheyenne Mountain State Park trail races.

Gute showed everyone a clean pair of Hokas on his way to winning the 5k in 24:12, while constantly thinking he was lost and off course along the ill-marked, nay, unmarked, 5K course which really turned out to be 3.6 miles. Advise to XTERRA: get a measuring wheel or at least a GPS! Eyeballing it doesn't work!

With his time, Gute has now established the slowest 5K time in the Team Colorado annals. Hey, a record is a record! You can't blame him, he is the older member of the team.

Gute leading the youngins                                          photo: PikesPeakSports.us

Manning, after battling a cold and illness for several months, has emerged from his cave to get back onto the running scene. He placed 5th OA in the 24K in 1:37:25. 

There is only one man that travels in his wolf pack!

Manning establishing his one man wolf pack                             photo: PikesPeakSports.us

5K Results (actually, 3.6 miles)

24K Results (why not 25K?)

Team Colorado Welcomes Neil McDonagh to the Team

Welcoming the newest members of Team Colorado to…well, Team Colorado!

Name:

Neil McDonagh

Age:

31 years old (LeBron’s mom minus 13)

Hometown:

San Francisco, CA

Current residence:

Manitou Springs, CO

Sponsors:

JAM!!! That’s Good

[Place your ad here]

Personal Bests:

1500m: 3:46 /5k: 14:20

10k: 30:12 / 12k: 36:45 / ½ Marathon: 1:04:19 / Marathon: 3:25 (not a typo)

Notable Achievements:

Member of the record setting 13-man centipede at the 2012- Bay to Breakers

Honor Roll – one semester in college

Goals for 2013:

Have a blast running, everything usually falls into place after that.

Favorite trails:

Barr Trail

Intemann Trail

Any trail is good long as I get home eventually.

Favorite workout:

Long fartlek workouts

Progression long runs

Being really far away from the track

Favorite races:

Bay to Breakers

Soulstice Trail Run

Any race in New Orleans

Website/Blog:

riftvalleyrunning.blogspot.com  (it’s old but kept it while in Kenya)

Favorite beer:

Anchor Steam, although CO has a bazillion awesome oat-soda options!

What else to you have to say for yourself:

I’m certain that I was the only runner at the 2012 Olympic Trials Marathon who had previously run a marathon but yet failed to have a Boston qualifier.

Had the same Timex watch for 5 yrs and went through roughly 8 replacement bands/batteries. It finally bit the dust last month, buried it in the yard.

Pikes Peak Ascent/Marathon to Test for PEDs

It has been announced that the 2013 editions of the Pike Peak Marathon and Pikes Peak Ascent will be testing for Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs, not to be confused with PEZ, the candy) by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

The sports world has been gravely tarnished with PED use, especially with such high profile cases as fallen cycling star "Hot Pants" Lance Armstrong, Olympic Champions and even the Kenyans! What, the Kenyans!? What is this world coming to when the Kenyans are doping--the sweet, soft-spoken, frail little Kenyans???

Since Team Colorado is a huge proponent of drug testing, we are happy and welcome this new policy. As Simon Gutierrez stated, "It's good for the sport because it keeps the playing field nice and level." 

It doesn't keep the terrain of the course nice and level, just the competition!

Three-time winner of the Pikes Peak Ascent, Gutierrez, takes the race out fast in 2012 with fellow TC member Rickey Gates off of his left shoulder (Gates placed 2nd in 2012)    photo: PikesPeakSports.us

Gute's juice
photo: MEDA Consumer Healthcare

With the large prize purses of the Ascent and Marathon, there will be motivation for the cheats to gain an edge. "Unfortunately, when more money is involved, the suspicion does arise and people do things in an attempt to make money," says Gute. "With the big prize money at Pikes Peak, I think most of the mountain runners will feel positive about it." Plus, the only thing Gute is on is Geritol...he's claims it's safer than pumping iron in the gym. Oh, wait, there is the Centrum Silver for Adults 50+ that he takes even though he just turned 47. He thinks the lycopene and lutein are reversing his aging process. 

There is also the Old Spice, he swears by Old Spice.

Mountain runners are a tightly-knit group of like-minded people and are involved in the sport mainly to be out in the mountains and on the trails, to enjoy the beauty of the great outdoors, to pee freely when nature calls. "Bring on the testing!!!" Peter Maksimow, who will be running the Pikes Peak Marathon, states, "I can't wait to pee in a cup! Peeing in a cup is a sign of success because that means you have placed high enough to get tested. I would be honored to pee in a cup...I'm just worried that I will be so dehydrated after the marathon that I will have to sit for hours while they force feed me water. Hell, I would even be willing to give a stool sample if they want that!"

Maksimow disguises himself by shaving his facial hair       photo: Christian Murdock/The Gazette

Team Colorado member and the 2010 Ascent Champion, Glenn Randall, ran one of the fastest ever debut Ascents, clocking a 2:09:28, stated, "In skiing, I won an NCAA Team Championship, won an individual NCAA Championship, and was top 3 a few times at US Nationals. I was not tested for any of these races. When I won Pikes a few years ago, I was tested. I did not realize that testing was as rare in mountain running as the articles made it out to be, but the fact that Pikes is now testing every year almost makes me want to change around my race schedule to fit it in again."

Randall "Randaling" the field only a half mile into the 2010 Ascent   photo: Christian Murdock/The Gazette

Randall literally lead the 2010 Ascent from start......                   photo: PikesPeakSports.us                   

....to finish                   photo: Christian Murdock/The Gazette

Randall's ideas of mountain and trail running fit into the stereotypical thinking of a mountain runner. "One of the great things about mountain running is that you can do it au naturale." Plus, "just look what steroids do to cajones and then consider the type of cajones you want to compete in endurance athletics with."

True, you need balls to be ballsy!

There has been some question around how Axel Nichols has such nice hair. What is he using? "My hair always looks this beautiful," Nichols states. "I don't have to take anything for it...there is no secret to it. I just do a lot of hard training and the sun's rays keep it nice and blond."

"My hair always looks this beautiful" states Nichols, en route to a 2nd place finish in the 2012 Pikes Peak Marathon    photo: PikesPeakSports.us

Multiple-time top-3 finisher, Rickey Gates, uses a tonic to grow his mustache, but "it's all natural spirits, man!" he claims. "Drugs are bad, mmmkay." 

You are such a hippie, Rickey!

Gates bringing sexy back to facial hair                                    photo: Scott Markewitz

Team member and 2-time veteran of the Ascent, John Tribbia, says "I support drug testing in the sport, especially in races that offer prize money. It will be enlightening to see how this changes (or doesn't change) the make-up of competitive fields. My hope is the people we race against are clean. I just hope there is a test for helium composition in the blood stream and helium in shoes."

Tribbia laments, "Would white compression socks be considered doping? I hope not, because I wore those once."

As long as the white compression socks do not contain helium,Tribbia (#65) is happy

photo: PikesPeakSports.us

Tommy Manning has no tolerance for doping. "There's no money in mountain running so nobody has the need for PEDs. If somebody wants to take PEDs to be a big fish in a little pond and then die young, go ahead."

Manning does the Team Colorado Harlem Shake and Gute, Gates, Maksimow and Nichols follow suit
photo: PikesPeakSports.us

It would be a huge shock and disappointment if a top placing trail or mountain runner did test positive for PEDs, but the precedence is in now in place and will hopefully only reinforce the legitimacy of the sport that a growing number runners enjoy. 

So, test on, USADA, test on!!!

Pikes Peak Marathon and Ascent Results

PikesPeakSports.us write up

RunColo.com write up

Randall 3rd at Dallas Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon

Glenn Randall headed down to yet another Rock 'n' Roll half marathon, this time in Dallas, TX, where he continued to chip away his time over the past few months with a 1:06:21, good for a 3rd place OA finish. Despite the windy conditions, Randall really got some motivation from the Dallas Cowboys' cheerleaders and also experienced a bit of history when he ran over the spot where JFK was assassinated on November 22, 1963.

Randall...not in blue and white           photo: Glenn Randall

Randall was leading the field through the first half of the race and continued battling it out with eventual race winner and 2012 race champion, Sammy Kiplagat, and and 2nd place Enoch Nadler, until a few miles to go, when Kiplagat made the final move to solidify his win in 1:05:56.

And for his podium finish, Randall was given an large moose antler! 

Strange things happen down in Texas.

Note the orange hat so he doesn't get shot in good ol' Mesa, CO (not gang related) photo: Glenn Randall

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