Rhonda Blanford-Green

  • 18X All American, U. of Nebraska
  • Member, WR Shuttle Hurdle Relay Team, U. of Nebraska
  • Competed in ’84 & ’88 US Olympic Trials
  • Captained the USA Sports Festival Gold Medalist Team
  • 1stAfrican-American Executive Director/Commissioner of a State Association & CHSAA’s first female Executive Director

Lisa Mills

  • First female XC runner at McClintock HS (Tempe, AZ)
  • First female 4-year letter winner for track & XC at ASU
  • Ran in inaugural women’s US Olympic Marathon Trials
  • Won North Fork 50-mile
  • Ran a marathon with her daughter (who won it!) at age 61
  • Has worked at Runners Roost Lakewood since 1988
  • Coaches at Smoky Hill High School

Dan Pierce

  • Member of the LOC of the 1984 Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials
  • Qualified for three Olympic Trials
  • Officiated eight Olympic Trials
  • Started “All-Comers” track meets in Boulder
  • 38 years on USATF Rules Committee (current Vice Chair)
  • 100k Race Walk American Record

Born to Run

Born to Run – 5280 Magazine, May 2009, Christopher McDougall>

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Long-distance running legend Joe Vigil followed a reclusive tribe of Mexican ultramarathoners into the Rocky Mountains hoping to find the secret of its success—and discovered a way of life. Excerpted from Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, by Christopher McDougall, published by Alfred A. Knopf in May 2009.