Tag Archives: trail runs
Christmas Morning on the Incline: an adventure in snow hiking.
Before we delved into the presents, food and general laziness of Christmas morning, my brother and I headed up to the Incline for a quick early morning workout. The Incline is generally full of icy patches and packed snow from … Continue reading
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TWW Daily Feed for November 30th
Happy Monday everyone! I hope that the long Thanksgiving weekend treated you well. Mine involved a lot of bonding time with friends, some intense food, drink and exercise action and numerous moments of questioning my masculinity as I ordered yet … Continue reading
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The Waldo Canyon Run
Waldo Canyon is located West of Manitou Springs, in the foothills of Pikes Peak. The canyon contains one of the more challenging trail runs in the area. The trail’s long climbs and overall altitude gain have the Waldo Canyon run … Continue reading
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Golden Leaf Half Marathon
The Golden Leaf Half Marathon embodies everything we look for in a race: it’s challenging, it is well organized, it has a great goody bag, it showcases the best attributes of a town and the scenery is unbelievable. Aspen is … Continue reading
Siamese Twin/Balanced Rock Loop
A combined road and trail run that loops around the Garden of the Gods Park, passing numerous formations and vistas only accessible via trail. A great trail to being exploring trail running in the Garden. Continue reading
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Red Rocks Canyon
Red Rocks Canyon was created from a mosaic of features that don’t typically scream “State Park destination!” It is a park built around the remnants of a rock quarry, landfill, illicit climbing walls and abandoned ranch sites that has somehow … Continue reading
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Mount Sanitas
We here at TWW do not often recommend going from 0 to 60 in the first five minutes of a workout, but unfortunately for our legs there are just some routes that are worth destroying them for. We count Mount … Continue reading
Filed under Boulder, Cities and Towns, Colorado, endurance hikes, routes, urban features
Eagle Creek
Incredible views, almost always perfect running weather, a good mix of hills and flats and numerous “I can’t believe I am seeing this on a run” moments makes Eagle Creek the best trail run we have found so far. Try to keep it on the down low. Continue reading
Paul Intemann Memorial Trail
Running along the southern rim of the valley in which Manitou Springs resides is the Paul Intemann Memorial trail, a 5+ mile trail built by a completely volunteer force that winds from the western edge of town into the eastern … Continue reading
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The Incline
The Manitou Springs Incline is immediately apparent when driving into the hamlet of Manitou Springs, CO (home of witches, geode shops and Clayfest). It is a vertical scar up the front of Mt. Manitou, once hosting train tracks for a … Continue reading
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