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“Circle of Stoke”: Colorado CEO attempting 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days

by Dan England 3:40 AM MST on Feb 4, 20239:31 AM MST on Feb 4, 2023

Ben Wright, founder of Velocity Global, a Denver-based human resources company, has raised $1 million to benefit young adults with cancer

Posted inOutdoors

“Fat, Black and Gettin It”: The unexpected influence of Colorado’s outdoor TikTok star Nelson Holland

by Dan England 4:21 AM MST on Jan 15, 20238:12 AM MST on Jan 15, 2023

The Aurora transplant is earning million of likes by showing that Colorado trails aren’t just for the wealthy, white, musclebound bros

Posted inOutdoors

Colorado’s pioneering content creator Ryan Van Duzer finds success guiding the world to outdoor adventure

by Dan England 3:26 AM MST on Dec 28, 20224:58 PM MST on Dec 28, 2022

Ryan Van Duzer is a YouTube star on mission to inspire people to “get off the couch and get out there.” More than 165,000 people subscribe.

Posted inOutdoors

Colorado biologists hope their Poudre River fish restocking efforts don’t go up in smoke

by Dan England 3:50 AM MST on Dec 2, 20227:11 AM MST on Dec 2, 2022

Volunteers hope planting tiny fish in a 40-mile stretch of the river fouled by fire and mud will restore the Poudre River’s status as one of the best fisheries in Colorado

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Rocks? Sweet. Let’s roll in 4WD chairs designed to get people with disabilities deep into the Colorado forest

by Dan England 3:10 AM MST on Nov 10, 20229:48 PM MST on Nov 9, 2022

Track-chair program in Staunton State Park gives users a rare opportunity to experience the wilderness. Now the state park wants to push it across Colorado.

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A desire to row, and grow: Colorado rowers host the state’s first sanctioned regatta

by Dan England 3:59 AM MDT on Oct 27, 20225:33 PM MDT on Oct 27, 2022

With inaugural event in the books, Rocky Mountain Rowing Club looks to make waves in sport as it expands in Colorado.

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A woman was dismissed by the endurance community — until she climbed 14 of Colorado’s tallest mountains in less than 45 hours

by Dan England 3:40 AM MDT on Oct 7, 20223:53 PM MDT on Oct 7, 2022

Andrea Sansone was an elite endurance athlete, but it took crushing a women’s speed record for climbing 14 of Colorado’s tallest mountains to get her out of the shadow of her partner, legendary athlete Andrew Hamilton.

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Colorado has an outsize share of national triathlon champions. Their training is like a second job.

by Dan England 3:59 AM MDT on Sep 13, 20229:36 AM MDT on Sep 13, 2022

Colorado’s amateur age-group triathletes — people who compete in triathlons against people within a few years of their age — win national titles by balancing careers with training

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Colorado’s outdoors offers a kind of therapy. But it’s not a magic pill.

by Dan England 3:50 AM MDT on Aug 12, 202211:49 AM MDT on Aug 30, 2022

Spring, a time when the bluebirds sing — maybe on your shoulder — and the sun cracks the worst of winter’s cold and the air smells like life, can be a time of darkness for Kylie Bearse.  Spring means muddy trails and slushy slopes, a time when both hiking and skiing are difficult and, quite […]

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Meet Colorado’s ultrarunning, Coors-chugging, self-described “rave twink”

by Dan England 4:14 AM MDT on Jun 24, 202212:42 PM MST on Jan 14, 2023

When you go through his TikTok account, Michael Mitchell could be held up as an example of what happens when you spend too much time at high altitude.  The videos show him carrying his slim, tan figure and wholesome, golden haircut up steep trails as fast as most of us walk a sidewalk in downtown […]

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