Records fall at Colfax Marathon
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- Created on Monday, 16 May 2011 12:18
- Written by Dena Rosenberry
By John Meyer, The Denver Post
Nicholas Mockeridge's workload hasn't been conducive to maximizing his training as a runner, but he still managed to run the fastest Colfax Marathon ever Sunday.
Mockeridge recently graduated from an accelerated nursing program at Metro State, and in recent weeks he has been pulling 12-hour shifts at the Denver Veterans Affairs hospital.
"You're on your feet constantly for 12 hours," said Mockeridge, 29. "Trying to go run after that is pretty tough. When I was just in school, it was fine, but when you're in clinicals, on your feet, it's hard to run. So the last four, five weeks have been awful."
Except for becoming a father two weeks ago, that is.
"I've been sleeping fine," Mockeridge said. "My wife does everything. She's great."
Mockeridge finished in 2 hours, 34 minutes, 27 seconds, which was more than three minutes ahead of runner-up Erik Grumstrup. The previous Colfax best was set by Matt Kempton in 2009 on a slightly different course, was 2:41.
Nicole Chyr claimed the women's race record in 2:59:01. The previous best was Heather Utrata's 3:07:13 in 2010.
Despite a cold mist at the 6 a.m. start in City Park, plus a sprinkling of snow in Lakewood and gloomy conditions all morning, the event attracted 1,001 in the marathon, 4,857 for the half marathon and 2,635 in the marathon relay.
Read more about the race and this year's runners and see a photo gallery.
PHOTO: It was a bit wet and dreary for this year's Colfax Marathon. Helen K. Richardson, The Denver Post
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