Denver Personal Training from Jason Stone

Are you going to finish strong??

It is time to step up to the plate

I train some serious endurance athletes.  They have done marathons, triathlons, and other extreme endurance runs.  I even trained someone that competed in the Leadville 100.  It is time for me to step up to the plate myself.  This year I have decided to do a 1/2 marathon in the late spring followed by my first sprint distance triathlon later in the fall.  

Here is the information if anyone is interested in joining me.

Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon & Half Marathon

Event Details 

More than 5,000 runners and an estimated 30,000 spectators thronged the streets of this suburb of the Denver metropolitan area at the spring 2008 running of Aurora's Colorado Colfax Marathon & Half Marathon, whose 13.1-mile race features a long, straight out-and-back course that starts and finishes at Denver's City Park and takes runners along two long parallel straightaway runs from the park to the turnaround and back, including some steady elevation climbs.

From the starting line at Denver City Park, a 330-acre urban park located in the east-central part of the city and home to both the Denver Zoo and the city's Museum of Nature and Science, the race takes runners around City Park Lake, past Duck Lake and out onto Colorado Boulevard for the first mile or so of the race. After the turn onto Colorado, runners head south for three blocks and then turn left onto East Colfax Avenue, which they follow for the next five and a half miles to the turn at Ursula Street.

As runners follow the course east, they also hit a long, slow and steady climb in elevation, rising from roughly 5,250 feet above sea level at the start to about 5,400 feet above sea level at the highest point in the race, which occurs between the sixth and seventh mile markers (just as runners are nearing the half-way turn). After the high point, the course follows the turn along Ursula and then onto East 17th Avenue, which runners take west all the way back to the Denver City Park, encountering a number of small hills along the way.

Runners finish the race just a stone's throw from where they started, as the last mile or so of the race takes the field from 17th back into the park. As they're heading back toward the heart of Denver through Aurora along 17th, runners also can enjoy the city skyline, marked by the downtown skyscrapers as well as Invesco Field, home of the NFL's Denver Broncos. The terrain for the race is paved surfaces throughout the course, and there is also a wheelchair marathon and a full marathon team relay event.


Race Weather & Climate 

Located near the Colorado Rockies and just to the southeast of downtown Denver, Aurora typically experiences warmer but often still cool weather conditions in the mid-spring, with occasional wet weather. In May, average monthly temperatures range between 71°F and 40°F, while precipitation totals average around 2.85 inches for the month, making May the area's wettest month of the year on average. 


Fees 

N/A


Registration 

Online registration is not yet open for the spring 2009 running of the Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon & Half Marathon. Please check back later for updated information on how to sign up for the race. 


Website 

www.coloradocolfaxmarathon.org 

  

Bob's freak out from Biggest Loser, might be me some day, better do your cardio

30 Day Fitness Challenge

I am challenging everyone for the next 30 days.  The challenge will consist of a few principles to help everyone reach their goals.  Here are a few simple rules.  Before you begin this challenge I want you to weight yourself to get your starting weight.  If you can, also take measurements of your (neck, chest, biceps, forearm, waist, hip, thigh, and calf)

Rules for 30 Day Challenge

• 1.  Food Journal (all food will be tracked and include total calories for each day)
• 2.  Drink at least 1/2 ounce of water for every pound body weight
• 3.  Get a least a minimum of 8 hours of sleep every night
• 4.  Do at least 10 cardio sessions consisted of 30 minutes or more of cardiovascular activity
• 5.  Do at least 10 strength training workouts
• 6.  Get a massage or some for of body work at least once every 10 days
• 7.  Set a GOAL!!

If you complete this challenge you will now have made fitness a life changing habit.  Congratulations!!

Jason Stone Fitness