Colorado State alum wins Bolder Boulder citizen's race
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- Created on Monday, 30 May 2011 18:43
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By DANIEL PETTY, THE DENVER POST
BOULDER — Jeremy Freed spent much of his collegiate running career at Colorado State struggling through injury, so he largely stayed away from racing longer distances like the 10K.
That didn't matter much Monday at the 33rd Bolder Boulder for Freed, who won the citizen's race in 30 minutes, 29 seconds after breaking away from a lead pack about a mile and a half into the race.
Bolder Boulder 10K results
"I was sitting about third, fourth, fifth," he said. "I didn't picture leading that early, but it happened. I thought, 'Well, this group will probably stay pretty packed for four or five miles of the race.' But the pace started to slow down, and I took it."
Freed, originally from Evergreen but now living in Broomfield, graduated from CSU
in 2010 with a degree in business, marketing and finance and now works for Newton Running Company doing both retail and marketing.
He last competed in the Bolder Boulder as a sophomore in high school, and so far hasn't raced much this year. He mainly trains on Boulder's trails.
"Today to come out here and run healthy for the first time in a long time and get some healthy training in is fantastic," he said. "I knew I was a talented runner, I just never had the chance to prove it."
Manitou Springs' Peter Maksimow finished 20th.
Crossing as the first female finisher was Japan's Akane Mutazaki, 25, who finished in 36:09.80.
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