The Eldora Park 8k is part of the Fort Collins Running Club’s Tortoise & Hare Series, which (with its staggered starts according to runners’ respective speeds) is a “handicapped” race. Today’s race, however, was even more handicapped than usual. Continue reading »

Fort Collins has been described as “the purplest city in the purplest state” and a swing town that could really affect the national presidential election. I used to think that was a bit of hyperbole, but maybe there is some truth to it.

“If Fort Collins didn’t matter, I don’t think Barack Obama would be here today,” said a community organizer warming up the podium at the CSU Oval for Obama today. “If we win Fort Collins, we win Colorado; if we win Colorado, we win the election,” he said. Continue reading »

I was in Denver for the second time this month. This time, however, it wasn’t to see airplanes, but rather… bicycles! Continue reading »

“The distance from my house to the Nebraska border is exactly 100 miles,” a Fort Collinser named Mike told me at the Jorge Torres presentation the other day. “If you go out-and-back, it would be 200…”

Nebraska? It sounded intriguing for my final long ride of the year, designed to be about 200 miles so as to continue a double century streak going back to 1996. Continue reading »

There were several reasons to head down to the new Runner’s Roost store by the new Super Target in south Fort Collins. First, it was to celebrate its grand opening (it actually moved from Drake Rd. to the new Front Range Village shopping complex off Harmony). My neighbor Tim wanted to go and several other runner friends were going to be there as well. Plus, Jorge Torres — a professional runner who represented the United States in the 10,000 meters — was going to make a presentation. What more could one ask for?

How about champagne and cookies! Continue reading »