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Beginner Tips: Cold Weather Running

Beginner Tips: Cold Weather Running

If you’re in most of United States and the some of the Northern Hemisphere, winter has, or will be, closing in around you. Temperatures drop, days are shorter, and there may be snow on the ground. Winter running provides a challenge even to seasoned runners. It’s tough to go out in the cold, it’s the uncomfortable, numbing pain that nothing can escape. Fortunately, there are some things to make…

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Food Friday: Green PB and Banana Smoothies

Food Friday: Green PB and Banana Smoothies

This isn’t the first time we’ve highlighted smoothies. Nay, its not even the first time we’ve highlighted peanut butter and banana. Nor is it the first time we’ve highlighted a “green” smoothie.  But this time, our method is greatly different than before. What makes this smoothie green isn’t spinach, nor is it kale, it’s not even leafy. It’s actually Spirulina. If you’re unfamiliar with…

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keep at it! . . #hope #encouragement #doit #running #onemoretime

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in the face of division lets remind ourselves of the things that unify us. #uniteoutside #unity #election2016 #nature #running #outside #photography (at Pueblo, Colorado)

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#UniteOutside on Election Eve

#UniteOutside on Election Eve

In the United States, we’ve reached the end of a long road. Over the past year, our mailboxes, televisions, and radios have been bombarded by political ads. It has become quite bewildering, and frankly, annoying. Families, friends, and coworkers, have been divided along party lines and social media has disintegrated into argumentative chaos. But tonight, the culmination of all those terrible…

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more from the rimrock marathon. etched in sandstone is a memory older than miles. #runnerscommunity #runnersofinstagram #runnersworld #colorado #wanderlust #running #westslopebestslope #sharegj #gjco #running #nature #sandstone (at Colorado National Monument)

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from the rimrock marathon. the road continues even when the race is done. #sharegj #gjco #running #marathon #worlderunners #wanderlust #colorado #runnersworld #runnersofinstagram #runnerscommunity (at Colorado National Monument)

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what a fantastic time running with @david.grossmann.artist over the colorado national monument. #friends #running #marathon #gjco #sharegj #

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yet another marathon in the books! 4:12:26 was the time. #run47 #mountainaspenrunning #marathon #running #runnersworld #runnerscommunity #runnersofinstagram # (at Colorado National Monument)

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Race Recap: 2016 RimRock Marathon

Race Recap: 2016 RimRock Marathon

“You ready?” I asked hesitantly “Pretty sure. I feel like I could always train a little bit more.” He replied in earnest “Let’s do this. See you at the finish!” And so began my third running of the RimRock Marathon in beautiful Grand Junction, Colorado. This is a race dear to my heart, it is a race on home soil. I ran in 2012, 2015, and this weekend in 2016. It has been a joy to watch this…

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ready ✔ set✔ run! ⬜ tomorrow is the big say for the #rimrockmarathon #runtherock #gjco #sharegj #running #marathon #layflat #herewego #mountainaspenrunning #run47

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a little something from #halloween #startrek #pumpkin

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went on a nice little hike in arid southern colorado. some reasonably so, dislike the forlorn look of the desert. me? i like it! #colorado #hiking #desert #actuallydesertgrasslandtransitionzone #mountains #rockies #pikespeak #dry #arid #nature

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Prayerful Running

Often in modern contexts, the labyrinth is used as a representation of the Christian life: full of many turns, but ultimately leading towards right relationship with God.  I enjoy the idea of prayer labyrinths as they acknowledge they we are beings rooted in the physical; as any runner will fully acknowledge (running hurts!). That said, most will also admit that humans are spiritual creatures, of…

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Salmon Cakes w/ Cucumber Peach Salad

Salmon Cakes w/ Cucumber Peach Salad

This time of year in Colorado is just about wrapping up the harvest season – we can expect frost within a couple weeks and the crops have just about fizzled out. Our garden just gave out the last cucumber, it was small- about 5 inches in length. The last few tomatoes are ripening on the vine. This year, the peach capital of Colorado (and arguably better than Georgia-sorry Georgia!) had a…

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The Beulah Hill Fire

The Beulah Hill Fire

It’s been a couple weeks since a cloudy day here in Southern Colorado and even more weeks since a significant amount of water from the sky. That’s pretty normal here in a state the boasts more sunshine than the sunshine state of Florida – more than 300 days. However, that lovely climate comes with its problems – mainly dry air and an even drier ground. We’ve been watching a brown haze stretch…

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near the finiah @beulahchallenge #runnerscommunity #runnersofinstagram #finishline #doit #victory #running #run #colorado