Get ready for another great stadium finish If you loved the stadium finish for the Spring Runoff last month, you’ll get to enjoy the experience once again Saturday when the Spank Blasing 5K/10K Run/Walk is held at the Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl on the Colorado State University-Pueblo campus. Registration is ongoing this week and […]

Terry Cathcart retiring as Spring Runoff director It may not take a village to conduct a Spring Runoff road race but that’s not much of a stretch. One who knows all about that is Terry Cathcart, a realtor who has served as the Runoff’s race director for the past 11 years and is running the

Time to prepare for another Spring Runoff It’s time to start getting in shape for the biggest Pueblo road race of the year. The Pueblo Chieftain-sponsored Spring Runoff is just around the corner, with the 33rd annual rendition set for Sunday, March 6. The venue remains the same – Dutch Clark Stadium. But there will

Ricks shoots at qualifying for Olympic marathon Trials When 500+ runners test their endurance Saturday in the 24th annual Rock Canyon Half-Marathon in Pueblo, defending champion Justin Ricks won’t be among them. Instead, the Pueblo West distance machine will be taking aim at a much bigger target the following day. Ricks is entered in the

$3 purchase leads to a lifestyle change Marilyn Vargas never realized that a $3 garage sale purchase could transform her life. It was the summer of 2006 when Vargas, looking for a possible “deal” at a garage sale, discovered a Weight Watchers beginner’s packet among the treasures. Then 42 years old, overweight basically all of