Author: John Meyer
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Springs triathlete leaves hospital after serious crash
Five weeks after suffering serious injuries in a bicycle accident that could have left him a paraplegic, Lukas Verzbicas walked out of a Colorado Springs hospital Tuesday with hopes of resuming his career as an elite triathlete. Verzbicas broke six ribs, his right clavicle and two thoracic vertebrae – and punctured a lung – when…
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Springs triathlete leaves hospital after serious crash
Five weeks after suffering serious injuries in a bicycle accident that could have left him a paraplegic, Lukas Verzbicas walked out of a Colorado Springs hospital Tuesday with hopes of resuming his career as an elite triathlete. Verzbicas broke six ribs, his right clavicle and two thoracic vertebrae – and punctured a lung – when…
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Success of 2 young Springs triathletes is entwined
When Lukas Verzbicas won his first triathlon as a professional this month, it marked a breakthrough for a teenager blessed with exceptional talent and for USA Triathlon, which created an academy in Colorado Springs a year ago to develop prospects like him.But when Verzbicas won the Dallas ITU Pan American Cup on June 2, beating…
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Olympian Kastor back for Memorial Day’s Bolder Boulder
Motherhood has been a blessing for Olympic marathon medalist Deena Kastor, although she readily concedes that her 16-month-old daughter can be a “pistol.” For that she is happy to share the blame with husband Andrew Kastor, a former Adams State runner she met while training in Alamosa with legendary coach Joe Vigil. “She was a…
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Manitou grad wins Colfax Marathon, sets course record
Trent Briney nearly made the Olympic team in the marathon eight years ago, and he broke the Colfax Marathon record Sunday, claiming a $1,000 bonus on a perfect morning for running. But in a lot of ways he was like the thousands of ordinary runners who were just out doing what they love. They might…
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Manitou grad wins Colfax Marathon, sets course record
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Trent Briney nearly made the Olympic team in the marathon eight years ago, and he broke the Colfax Marathon record Sunday, claiming a $1,000 bonus on a perfect morning for running. But in a lot…
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Gastric-bypass patients to run Colfax Marathon
Richard Kalasky was overwhelmed with emotion after his first Ironman triathlon in early May, but it wasn’t just the achievement of swimming 2.4 miles, biking 112 miles and running a marathon that filled him with joy. Members of the support group he created for gastric-bypass patients were there to cheer him on. Kalasky used running…
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Lindsey Vonn, husband in process of divorcing
ASPEN — Lindsey Vonn skipped Sunday’s World Cup slalom to let a tender back heal, but that’s not the only pain the three-time World Cup overall champion is feeling. She is in the process of divorcing her husband of three years, Thomas Vonn. “It is with great sadness that I announce that Thomas and I…
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Vail 16-year-old takes eighth in World Cup slalom
ASPEN — Mikaela Shiffrin of Eagle-Vail made a spectacular breakthrough today in front of a delighted home crowd, finishing eighth in just her second World Cup slalom start.On one of the circuit’s most challenging hills, the 16-year-old who began racing with Ski Club Vail was the only U.S. racer to qualify for the second run…
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New start for Bolder Boulder
BOULDER — The Bolder Boulder has had three finish lines in its 33-year history as one of America’s biggest and most celebrated road races, but it has had only one starting line — until this year. In a major departure from the course that had remained essentially unchanged since the first Folsom Field finish in…