Pat Rizzo Wins Colfax Half Marathon In Record Time

by Ron Wayne on May 23, 2012

May 20th, Denver, Colorado.  Mizuno Racing Team Member, Patrick Rizzo, changed his plans to race a half marathon in Chicago in favor of staying home and racing the Colfax Half Marathon that offered a $1,000 for breaking the course record.  The old course record was 1:08.59 set in 2007 by Benson Cheruiyot. Patrick, who took it easy the last half of the race to preserve himself for next weeks Bolder Boulder, ran 1:08.08, a very fast time at an altitude of 6000 feet. 

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