Family in the Bolder Boulder

The Bolder Boulder was run Monday, on Memorial Day, and, for the first time since 2006, there were less than 50,000 entrants.  The BB is a 5 kilometer (6 + miles) race along the hilly streets of Boulder.  This year, there were 48,741 runners.  One hundred and twenty-five of those runners were treated by EMTs, either along the way, or at the finish line - most for heat related illness.  One man had chest pain and was taken to the hospital, where he was "resting comfortably" in the afternoon.
  I am very proud to say that my 69-year-old brother-in-law finished 3rd in his age group, defeating 77 other men of his age.  And my sister, Kathy, was 7th in the 63-year-old category, besting 22 other women.  I am amazed that Kathy ran at all in this year's race, because she took a bad fall on pavement Sunday night.  She ran with scraped hands, road rash on her knees, a bad wrist, and huge bruises on her legs.  I have to admit that I would not have participated, had it happened to me.
  So, here's my shout out, since I wasn't at my usual spot:  "Way to go, Snow! Go, go, go!"

Pike's Peak Ascent Race

Brother-in-law Jim Snow ran in the Pike's Peak Ascent Race yesterday.  That race is 13.32 miles long, and has a 7,815 foot vertical gain - you are running up the mountain.  Jimmy finished 5th in his age group (65 to 70) in a time of 4 hours, 44 minutes and 43 seconds.  .... At the moment, he is competing in the Pike's Peak Marathon, and the course for that goes up the mountain and then back down.  The usual joke is that the race peaks at 14, 115 feet, but trees stop growing at the 12,000 foot mark... Why? because they can't  get enough oxygen.  Most runners take 60 minutes or more to run that highest mile, just because the air is so thin....   Keep on running, Jim!!