Spring Training
by Patrick Rizzo on April 9, 2013
There are months at a time where I swear my biggest nemesis is the weather. Overall, Boulder has excellent weather year-round. Our winters are mild; our summers are sunny and dry; spring and fall are short but beautiful! I really can't complain as this has spoiled me since leaving the midwest 3 years ago.This training buildup has been a real weird one. I haven't been able to get my long runs in as hard as I want and my longer workouts keep getting cut short due to lack of dry pavement (non-icy pavement really) for any real distance. Until last week, I had only done one workou...
Mizuno Athlete Weekend Update
by Ron Wayne on April 8, 2013
Caroline Rotich Wins The Cherry Blossom 10 Mile
Clara Grandt Finishes 10th In USA Women's 10 Mile ChampionshipsMizuno International Athlete, Caroline Rotich, who lives and trains in Albuquerque, New Mexico, won the prestigious Cherry Blossom 10 Mile in a time of 52.46. This race, which had over 17,000 finishers (over 10,000 were women) was also the women's USATF Women's 10 Mile Championships. Mizuno Racing Team Member, Clara Grandt , placed 10th in the US Championships in a time of 56:40. In the men's ...
Remember
by Serena Burla on March 27, 2013
I find myself running the wrong way from the starting line when the gun goes off. I am frantically trotting with one foot in my Mizuno Wave Ronins and the other in my Nirvanas. I am not even sure if they are tied. Somehow I catch up to the field only to find myself running through a stairwell. My legs get so tired that I have to pull myself up with a rope, andseveral times I stop to talk to people I have never seen before. Even though I am going up stairs I eventually find myself on a grassy field. Huh? I open my eyes briefly, shake it off, and realize it was a...
The Starting Line
by Clara Grandt on March 19, 2013
My racing season is opening this weekend in Virginia Beach at the Towne Bank 8k. I'm looking forward to getting on the starting line in a competitive setting again and seeing the masses of runners who will be there for the marathon that it is associated with it the next day. Something about seeing all the enthusiastic race goers preparing to conquer a goal they've set probably months ago motivates me to be an example as one of the leaders in the race of putting everything you've got into a race.The setting of a road race, and especially one centered around a m...
Serena Burla and Clara Grandt Kick Off 2013 Racing Campaigns With Strong Performances
by Ron Wayne on March 19, 2013
Mizuno Racing Team Member, Serena Burla, placed 13, 4th place US Woman, in the New York City Half Marathon this past Sunday. In cold and windy conditions. Serena's time was 1:11.24. This was Serena's first race in 2013 and was a good tune up for the Boston Marathon next month. Also, competing for the first time this year, was Clara Grandt, who placed 5th in Shamrock 8K (4.97 miles) in Virginia Beach on Saturday. Clara's time was 28:03 (5:39 per mile). Next up for Clara is the USATF Women's Cherry Blossom 10 mile Championship in Washington DC on ...
