'The day I ran my first Bolder Boulder 10K was the day I fell in love with Colorado.'
It was Memorial Day of 1982, and I had moved to Denver six months earlier. When I had accepted a job at the Rocky Mountain News the previous November, I had no idea I was moving to the best place in the world to be a runner. But it began to dawn on me the day of that race, and the feeling has been reinforced every year since then.
I was blown away by the ingenious stadium finish at Folsom Field, and it was immediately apparent that running was honored in Boulder, which was becoming an international mecca for elite distance runners. For someone as passionate about the sport as I am, this was incredibly exciting. I can still remember my finishing time in that first race: 43 minutes, 8 seconds.
For many of us in that era, Shorter was a hero. I can still recall the excitement I felt when I ran my first road race in 1978, a 15K in Tampa, Fla., and saw Shorter on the starting line with Bill Rodgers, another icon of that time. This year’s Bolder Boulder is honoring Shorter with a celebration of the 50th anniversary of his Olympic gold medal.
There are many reasons we love the Bolder Boulder. There is the spirit of the town that produces champion runners, world record holders and other world-class endurance athletes. At the 2016 Summer Olympics I got to see two products of the University of Colorado track and cross country program, Jenny Simpson and Emma Coburn, become the first American women to medal in their respective track events.
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