A Bolder Future

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A BOLDER FUTURE Annual 10K brings in new technology to enhance race experience

Cliff Bosley honored

Bobo’s becomes race sponsor

Official course map

Bruce Benson named starter

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Kaufman’s dedication to race was unmatched Daily Camera executive editor passed away on Feb. 10 due to cancer

By Pat Rooney Staff Writer

A cold winter’s night alone in a Sioux Falls hotel room is about as far thematically from the (often) sunsplashed Memorial Day festivities surrounding the annual Bolder Boulder. But that’s exactly where I was when I got the email from KK. KK would be Kevin Kaufman, the roundly respected executive editor of the Daily Camera who died on Feb. 10

due to cancer. Getting emails from Kaufman certainly wasn’t unusual, particularly when I was in the thick of my daily beat covering the Colorado Buffaloes men’s basketball team.

This was an unusual circumstance, however.

Though it was the middle of the winter a number of us already were forced to be in Bolder Boulder mode, as Kaufman was overseeing the Daily Camera’s production of “40 Years Bold, Oh Yes You Can!” a commemorative book published last year celebrating 40 years of the Bolder Boulder. I was tasked with contributing a couple of the stories compiled in the tome.

Which was the purpose of

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The United States Navy Honor Guard folds the American flag during the Celebration of Life See KAUFMAN, 4 Service for long-time Boulder Daily Camera Editor Kevin Kaufman.

Cover photo by Paul Aiken / Daily Camera file photo

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KAUFMAN from Page 2 Kaufman’s email. Basically his message was, regarding one of my efforts, “This looks like it was just thrown together.”

The criticism was warranted. Tunnel vision can be a problem for beat writers bogged down in the midst of his or her season. Basically, Kaufman wanted a do-over.

Such was the meticulous level of devotion the Camera’s former leader annually committed to the Bolder Boulder. Chief among those exhaustive duties has always been the Camera’s annual dedication to publishing the full results of every runner that participates. This is an endeavor that is tricky enough to execute accurately Daily Camera file at high school cross country Kevin Kaufman and his staff at the Daily Camera Pearl Street office. meets. Cataloguing thousands upon thousands of doomed to include an error otherwise, even if it meant der officials. runners accurately is a or three. some polite yet diligent “Very early on, I don’t thankless project almost Kaufman always believed haranguing of Bolder Boul- know if it was 20 years ago or

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18 years ago, the call I’d always get on race evening at midnight was, ‘Where are my results?’” Bolder Boulder race director Cliff Bosley.

“He was up making sure we were sending results so they could be in the Tuesday newspaper. He was a champion with us to accommodate that, but absolutely was a stickler about making sure it was accurate. I would frequently be at home, at 11:30 or midnight on that Monday night going to bed, and then there’d be Kevin calling because he observed this nuance that he wanted to make sure was right.

“His very nature, that perfectionism, really served the Bolder Boulder as well as the readers. He understood it wasn’t just good content for the paper, but it was good for the community.”

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Passion for running drives race director Cliff Bosley inducted into Running USA’s Hall of Champions and the Colorado Running Hall of Fame

By Brian Howell Staff Writer

Cliff Bosley can still recall the exhilaration he first felt on race day when, as a young boy, he’d show up to a running event with his father.

“I remember walking in to the start line and the music is pumping and people are stretching and there’s this wild anticipation and energy,” Bosley said. “I was sort of beside myself thinking, ‘My God, this is a really big deal.’”

The son of Bolder Boulder founder Steve Bosley, Cliff wasn’t required to develop his own passion for running, but how could he not?

“Growing up around the sport and being involved in the sport before the Bolder Boulder was created really was probably the biggest indicator I loved running,” he said. “I was never really fast, but I just loved doing it.”

Speed hasn’t been necessary for Cliff to make a significant and long-lasting impression on the sport.

Now the long-time race director of the Bolder Boulder, as well as the Fort Collins FORTitude, Cliff was honored this year with

induction to Running USA’s Hall of Champions and the Colorado Running Hall of Fame.

“It’s great,” said Cliff, whose father earned both honors more than a decade ago. “One of the things that we’ve discussed here (as a Bolder Boulder organization), at least internally, I think a lot of the credit it is due to the event and what the event is. And, how can we use these accolades, and what more can we do with that to make the event better so more people want to come be a part of it? We do need to make it better.”

The Bolder Boulder is already one of the premier road races in the world, and it’s because Cliff, Steve and others continue to seek ways to improve it.

In receiving both honors, Cliff was humbled, especially to be among prestigious inductees who were also a part of the 2019 classes. He was also humbled to have Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray announce his induction to the Running USA Hall of Champions.

“We get to be judged by the company we keep,” Cliff said. “So, those different

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Bolder Boulder race director Cliff Bosley was honored this year with induction to Running USA’s Hall of Champions and the Colorado Running Hall of Fame.

induction classes, it’s not only the people involved, but the races that are represented by those people is the humbling part for me. That the director of the Boston

Marathon would do mine was a real honor. Boston is steeped in history and tradition and a habit of doing it right, so to get that award from the man that’s leading

that endeavor for that team there is very humbling.”

Now in its 41st year, the Bolder Boulder is steeped in history, as well, and Cliff is pleased to have been a part of it from the beginning. He still remembers sitting at the dinner table at home and listening to his father and others discuss plans for the first few Bolder Boulders and tell stories of race day.

Hearing powerful and inspiring stories of Bolder Boulder participants still drives Cliff to this day.

“We don’t want running or the Bolder Boulder to be a well-kept secret, but we do want it to be magical in a way that people get here and they don’t realize the intensity, the passion, the magic of the day,” Cliff said. “Watching how it hits them … we are excited about that because now we’re effecting and affecting people. That’s changing lives.”

For Cliff, that magic is often as simple as going to the starting line and soaking in the atmosphere.

“Race day was always the most profoundly powerful part that really reinforced that running is really cool,” he said, “because the Bolder Boulder is really cool.”

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Runner Tracker App set to make its debut Competitors hope to experience ‘a more robust’ interactive experience

By Pat Rooney Staff Writer

It started as simply a seed of an idea, a vision of bringing a road race to Boulder that would be unlike anything else available across the countr y as the running boom crashed the streets of America in the 1970s.

That challenge always meant much more than simply getting folks lined up at the starting line.

Original organizers like Steve Bosley and Olympic marathon Frank Shorter always wanted the Bolder Boulder to be set apart from its comparable peers in other locales, whether it involved added competitive amenities like the wave start or Push Rim races, or the drive to expand the overall experience for fans with live bands and roadways bursting with food and drink vendors.

That push to make the Bolder Boulder an all-encompassing experience also has always extended to technology. A dozen years after introducing chip timing for each and ever y one of the tens of thousands of runners who take part in the Bolder Boulder ever y year, this year the 41st annual edition of Boulder’s annual running festival will debut a new mobile app — the BB Runner Tracker App — that will bring fans and

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James Harding takes a selfie at the Bolder Boulder finish line last year.

participants closer together than ever before.

“It’s a real time, real tracking app, and like other apps you can download it to your mobile device,” race director Cliff Bosley said. “In addition to our radio frequency identification training system, which provides accurate finish results as well as accurate splits, we’re able to take that data and present it through this app in a way that shows what your progress is, or what your friends’ or family’s progress is.

“The way it might be intriguing is for those folks who aren’t running, or may have friends and family who aren’t in Boulder, Colorado, it’s a way for them to

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See APP, 9 Kayleigh and Nick Matbok take a selfie before the start of the 2018 Bolder Boulder.

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APP from Page 8 connect with their loved ones and see how they do on race day. We’ve seen this technology used at other events. Because of the uniqueness of the Bolder Boulder’s timing platform that we do splits at every mile, we can now really take that information and push it through this application in order for people to see something they couldn’t see before in real time.”

According to Br yan Lauer, the Bolder Boulder’s Data Ops Manager, one of the most prevalent responses race organizers received last year through their annual post-race sur vey of participants was a desire for “a more robust” interactive experience with the Bolder Boulder app. Race organizers soon paired with RTRT (Real Time Race Tracking), which has handled similar business for ventures like the Boston Marathon and the New York Marathon. Over the next few months RTRT worked with Bolder Boulder personnel to organize the content, and the app was launched in March.

Leading up to the race, Bolder Boulder used the app to send out digital coupons and other app-exclusive offers.

“Once we started working with RTRT, Januar y is when we really started working on design, working on getting some of the data elements and map stuff,” Lauer said. “By mid-March we were able to launch and we continued to add since then.”

The Bolder Boulder always has attempted to stay on the cutting edge in terms of getting official times into participants’ hands (or, as the race evolved, inboxes).

Gone are the days when runners would have to be patient for days, if not longer, in order to see exactly how they fared, officially. The new runner-tracking app eliminates any lag time and also adds a new chapter the Bolder Boulder’s longstanding objective of making the all-around experience for runners and fans alike as expansive and interactive as possible.

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runners, the best of which are likely far more concerned with their pace and form than how their run is tracking virtually.

Since the Bolder Boulder has grown into a national and even international phenomenon, with runners flying in from across the globe to participate, the ability to check in remotely with the progress of loved ones competing in Boulder can make the Bolder Boulder’s world community a little smaller.

“There’s information about the event — parking, portable toilets location, that sort of thing — but I think the info people really are most interested in is the finisher information,” Bosley said. “Participants will still receive a finisher certificate, and they’ll still be able to on the website and look at what their results were after the fact.

But what this will provide is, now your (spouse) and kids can watch you run through the Bolder Boulder, and have a pretty good idea where you are and when you are.”

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Locally-owned Bobo’s sponsoring Bolder Boulder Bars will be included in the post-race snack bag provided to competitors

By Brian Howell Staff Writer

It began as a simple, nutritious treat for a Boulder mother and her daughter on a rainy day.

Sixteen years later, Bobo’s Oat Bars are so popular that they’ll be shared with tens of thousands of people at the Bolder Boulder. The local company, which produces home-baked oat bars, is now the official energy bar and snack bag sponsor for the race.

“We’re ecstatic,” Bobo’s brand manager Mike Mackay said. “It’s just a great way for us to get in front of the same loyal fans that have always known us in Boulder, but there’s so many people

that come up from Denver (for the race) that haven’t heard about us.”

The partnership seems to be tailor-made: a Boulderbased company built on baking healthy snacks teaming with one of the country’s largest road races, bringing thousands of runners to town.

“It was a no-brainer,” said Mackay, who grew up Boulder. “It’s not just another Boulder event. This is a massive race. Being a Boulder brand, being a Boulder local and with the energy and nutrition of our bars, pairing up with the need for all these racers through training and race day.”

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What to know for race day

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BARS from Page 12 made the first batch of the bars for her daughter, nicknamed Bobo, on a rainy day in 2003. Bobo loved the bars so much she brought them to school with her for a snack.

Bobo’s friends tried them and loved them. Not long after that, Stafford began selling them at local bakeries and grocery stores.

Over the years, the company has grown, and it’s really boomed in recent years.

“We’ve been on a great growth trajectory over the last three years,” Mackay said. “We took on additional investment to help us grow and get into that level where we can do more things to raise awareness, like sponsor the Bolder Boulder.”

Bobo’s products are available locally at Whole Foods, King Soopers and Safeway.

During the weekend of the

Bolder Boulder, Bobo’s will be at Pearl Street. On race day, there will be a Bobo’s tent by the registration tent and at the post race expo.

Bobo’s bars will also be included in the post-race snack bag provided to competitors.

To prepare, Bobo’s will dedicate two full days before the race to bake enough goods for the competitors and spectators.

“It’s a pretty serious investment on our end,” Mackay said.

For Mackay, who grew up in Boulder and has competed in the Bolder Boulder several times, it’s not only a big investment, but an exciting time for Bobo’s.

“It’s going to be awesome to be representing Boulder in this way and being involved Matthew Jonas / Staff Photographer in it as a Boulder local,” he From left, Christine Dixon, demand planning manager, shares a laugh with Kyle Hooks, central said. director of sales, while packing activity bags at Bobos’ Bakery offices in Boulder

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Bolder Boulder tweaks motto after four decades #OhYesIWill slogan looks to engage more with runners

Bolder Boulder race director Cliff Bosley felt a motto change could engage people more.

By Pat Rooney Staff Writer

Cliff Grassmick Staff Photographer

For the entirety of four decades, the Bolder Boulder has encouraged the people of Boulder — and beyond, as the race grew into an annual national attraction — to lead a healthier life.

If that means training for something one has never done before, say, for instance, a 10-kilometer run, all the better. Yet the spirit of the race’s longstanding motto “Oh Yes I See MOTTO, 17

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TRANSPORTATION MAP

Getting to the race Catch a ride with Lyft

Memorial day schedule 5:00 a.m.

30th St. closed from Pearl to Arapahoe 6:00 a.m.

All other road closures established 6:55 a.m.

First wave launched 12:00 p.m.

Final pro runner finish 12:30 p.m.

All streets reopened

To get a ride to the start, catch a Lyft to runner drop off. If you need a ride home, go to our designated Lyft pick up location at lot 434.

Catch the RTD bus Whether you live in Boulder, Denver, Longmont or anywhere in between you can catch an RTD bus to the race.

Check the RunRide schedule at http://www.rtd-denver.com/bolder-boulder.shtml

Bike to the Start Both the start and finish areas are close to the Boulder Creek Path and biking to and from the race is a great option.

Google will host BOLDERBoulder Bike Parking at their offices on 30th/ Pearl. Bike parking at the Google bike racks is firstcome, first-served and you must bring your own lock.

The two entrances to Google Bike Parking are located just north of 30th/ Walnut on the west side of 30th, and on 30th/Pearl across the street from Whole Foods.

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Parking near the finish line is available on the CU campus south of Colorado Ave. and Regent Dr. Prepaid parking is also available, rates and purchasing can be found at colorado.edu/pts/event-parking/bolderboulder-parking-permit.

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MOTTO from Page 15 spacing between words.

The change of phrasing is subtle yet significant. “Can” is a motivational call-toarms, a reminder of what may be possible with a little effort and diligence. “Will” is a declaration that regardless of any hurdles, the job is going to get done.

“At the onset in 1979, the battle cry of the race — and it’s still very central to the Bolder Boulder — is ‘Oh yes I can,’” said race director Cliff Bosley. “That existed at a time when the first running boom was going on and racing was coming out of the ground and people were finding road races to run. The thought was if you haven’t done this before, you can do it. It was as much an invitation as much as anything. Come out and run. Come out and walk.

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Runners cross the finish line during the 2018 Bolder Boulder.

Come out and be a part of it.

“After doing this for four decades, the thought was you can, but let’s try to engage people with ‘I will.’ I will start a training program. I will endure. ‘Oh yes I will’ is a statement of I’m

planting my flag, and I’m going to do this.”

Of course, a popular and readily recognizable catchphrase like “Oh Yes I Can” is difficult to improve upon, especially since it’s a slogan that helped cultivate the

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Bolder Boulder’s resounding success. Race organizers are quick to clarify #OhYesIWill has been unleashed as a reinforcement, not a replacement. “’Oh Yes I Can’ is still a big underpinning of the place. It hasn’t gone away,” Bosley said. “After all these years, four decades, running still continues to be something that profoundly impacts people. Not only physically, but mentally and emotionally. I suppose if you look at it, the more people that are running, the better it is.

“One of our missions is, ‘How do we continue to grow running? How do we reinforce the paradigm that running is fun?’ Running isn’t punishment. Running is the backbone of everything.”

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Can” always meant so much more.

If that same person had neither the means nor the fortitude for that particular challenge, there were other ways to get off the couch and get involved. While the Bolder Boulder made its reputation as the biggest road race in America, the event always features any number of other endeavors, from volunteering on race day to just coming out on Memorial Day to support the runners, that could always fulfill the “Oh Yes I Can” pledge.

After 40 years, that mantra is getting tweaked.

For 2019, the “Oh Yes I Can” vow has a new running mate in the motto #OhYesIWill, complete with such modern contrivances as a hashtag and the lack of

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McCandless ready to tackle Pro Team Challenge 32-year old won citizens race in 2018

By Brian Howell Staff Writer

Tyler McCandless will never forget the peak moment of his 2018 running season, when he crossed the finish line 26 seconds ahead of anyone else to win the men’s citizens race at the Bolder Boulder.

“I was very excited to have come away with the win,” he said in reflecting on his victory. “It meant a lot on that day.”

McCandless, 32, is hoping the Bolder Boulder experience is even better this year.

Selected to Team USA for the International Team Challenge, McCandless is eager for a bigger stage and a more competitive race.

“It’s an honor to be back on the team, being able to have ‘USA’ on your bid on Memorial Day,” said McCandless, who competed for Team USA in 2014 before four consecutive years in the citizens race. “It’s very special to have that honor and having to earn it last year by winning the citizen’s race.”

Although the competition will be tougher, McCandless said he’s more confident and in better shape than he was a year ago.

“How I executed last year really showed that I have the confidence and understanding on how to run the Bolder Boulder course well, which is not easy to do,” he said. “It’s not a forgiving course. By wining last year, I’ve given myself that higher level of confidence that on Memorial Day Monday I can compete with a lot of the

Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer

Tyler McCandless, who won the citizens race in 2018, was selected to Team USA for the International Team Challenge this year.

best guys in the U.S. and in the world.

“I’ve been training really well and I’ve been executing workouts and in better shape and faster than last year. I feel good about making an even bigger splash this year in the pro race.”

To make that big splash, McCandless knows he likely can’t run the same type of race he ran last year, when he grabbed the lead early and pulled away throughout the race. The pro race is often much more aggressive at the start, so McCandless will have to balance starting fast with maintaining a good pace and never losing contact with the leaders.

“There’s definitely a different dynamic, even though you’re running nearly the exact same course,”

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he said. “Those initial miles are just very important; maybe even more important than in the citizen’s race.”

This year, McCandless, who works at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, will experience another new dynamic. He and his wife are expecting their first child, a son, in July, and that’s impacted his life already.

“From the moment we found out, there’s been a higher level of my running,” he said. “It’s like running for a greater purpose. We feel very fortunate and blessed and excited for this next stage in our lives. I think it’s empowered the work I do in the office at NCAR, I think it’s empowered my ability to be a good husband and my ability to run fast and train hard.”

Tyler McCandless competed for Team USA in 2014 before four consecutive years in the citizens race.

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Maria Merten to continue legacy in race 80-year old set walk race for 32nd time

By Brandon Boles Staff Writer

Nothing will stop Maria Merten from competing in the Bolder Boulder for a 32nd time this year. Not her current fight with dementia and not her bad fall she said she suffered recently as well.

Her pace may be slower this year because Merten will have to walk the race, but she will be at the starting line and raring to go yet again for this year’s race.

“I’m just walking it now, but I figured ‘so what?’,” Merten said. “I’m doing

the right thing now.”

The Bolder Boulder has become a favorite event for Merten to take part in since she moved to the city to begin a new chapter in her life.

Merten grew up across the globe in Switzerland, and one time she wanted to take a trip to visit to the United States. She managed to finally make her way over and see the new countr y. That trip would lead to her making a big change to move across the sea to a new home.

“I grew up in Switzerland and when you become a member of another countr y, you never lose citizenship there,” Merten said. “I used to fly Lewis Geyer / Staff Photographer down there ever y year but Maria Merten, 80, has ran the Bolder Boulder for 31 years in a row. Despite suffering a fall and See MERTEN, 21 having dementia, she will walk the race this year.

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Gold Star Families will be honored at tribute Anderson family from Longmont set to be part of Bolder Boulder

By Brad Cochi Staff Writer

At this point in its evolution, the Bolder Boulder has grown into many things including a gigantic road race, a world class competition, a family and community event, and pretty much anything else you want it to be.

At the heart of the annual event, however, is the largest Memorial Day celebration in the United States.

The theme for the Memorial Day tribute at year’s Bolder Boulder is honoring Gold Star Families — the immediate family members of a fallen service member who died while serving during a time of conflict — and the Anderson family in Longmont is one of the families to be honored. The Anderson family lost their oldest son Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Christopher “Doc” Anderson during the mortar attack on the Al Taqaddum Air Base in Iraq on Dec. 4, 2006.

The Bolder Boulder is a lot of things to a lot of people. For Christopher Anderson’s parents, Rick and Debra Anderson, a former Navy Seal himself, this year’s Bolder Boulder is all about raising awareness for veterans.

“This is not about us at all,” Rick Anderson said.

“It’s about remembering Christopher and carrying on Christopher because he would always tell us when he was in Iraq that he was out there to win the war one Band-Aid at a time. He want-

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Christopher “Doc” Anderson, left, was killed during the mortar attack on the Al Taqaddum Air Base in Iraq on Dec. 4, 2006.

ed to help people so we try to find whatever ways we can to help other veterans, and that’s how we honor Christopher. Hopefully this will help create some exposure and some awareness, and that will hopefully help somebody else.

“If we can get the civilians who don’t have any exposure to it to just stand for a minute and recognize the men and women and what they sacrifice for our freedom. That’s what Memorial Day means to us and it’s a privilege to do this at the biggest Memorial Day celebration in the country.”

Christopher Anderson enlisted at age 23 and was in the military for just 16

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months.

The medical instructional facility at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio where corpsmen now learn the same life-saving skills Chris Anderson practiced in the field was named Anderson Hall after him in 2011.

Two other families will be honored during this year’s Memorial Day tribute, which will take place after the International Pro Team Challenge.

The Falkel family from Highlands Ranch lost Christopher Falkel, a U.S Army Special Forces Green Beret who was killed on Aug. 8, 2005, during a recon mission.

The Wyckoff family lost

their its patriarch Charlie Wyckoff, an infantryman with the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division who was killed in action on June 6, 2007, while his unit was on patrol in the Helmand Province in Afghanistan. He was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart, a Silver Star and the Distinguished Service Cross, which is the second-highest military award given by the U.S. Army.

“The goal is to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service of our country,” Bolder Boulder marketing and communications manager Stephanie Winslow said. “This year we’re honoring three families. We are one of the

nation’s largest road races but at the heart of it all is the Memorial Day tribute. It’s important to us to honor those who we’ve lost and who paid the ultimate price for our country, and that’s why it’s so important for us to do the Memorial Day tribute.”

In addition, this year’s Bolder Boulder will also hold one of Colorado’s largest enlistment ceremonies for every military branch.

There will be a flyover. Seven skydivers trailing the flags of every major military branch, the American flag and the POW/MIA flag will land in the stadium. There will also be a national anthem, a 21-gun salute and taps will be played.

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MERTEN from Page 19 I don’t anymore. I don’t think of myself as a Swiss as much since I’ve lived in this countr y for so long.”

Her new home ended up being in Boulder, a spot she says she is comfortable with and has enjoyed being a part of the community that fit her lifestyle.

“Ever ything is close, so

don’t have to go so far to get to where you need to be,” Merten said. “If you want to go for a nice run, you can do that as well.

There are a lot of trails around you can go to.”

Merten never calls herself a runner. In fact, she will be the first to tell you that she does not enjoy it.

And yet, she decided to participate in the Bolder Boulder and has been coming back ever y year since then to take part in the experience.

“The camaraderie is special and you get to meet some new people that you talk to after wards,” Merten said. “It’s fun for

me. My favorite part is getting to the end and running in the stadium. It is a nice finish line when you come up to it.”

Even with some challenges today, Merten plans to continue running — or walking — the Bolder Boulder for many more years to come.

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Stepfather and stepson bond at Bolder Boulder Brian Bergquist and stepson Mason Brown started running race seven years ago

By Brent W. New Staff Writer

It starts out like one of those yarns runners often spin, something of a first-date story that turns into how the mistress of running kept pulling them back for more.

Brian Bergquist and stepson Mason Brown frame their introduction to the Bolder Boulder seven years ago much like this, a chaotic dance of weave and dodge through slower racers. And then they end it with a punch — on the lines of, ‘you ever go back?’ ‘Eh … only every year since!’

To them, though, the nation’s most glamorous 10K race isn’t so much about the love-hate predicament run-

ners deal in. It’s a chapter into a discernibly more complicated relationship between a stepfather and stepson.

Today, Brown recalls how running became a strength in his relationship with Bergquist.

“We didn’t really have that much in common,” said 19year-old Brown, whose mom, Angela, married Bergquist a decade ago. “We never really hung out that much. But then we did the Bolder Boulder and it was such a fun race to do. And since we did it that first time, we got more and more into running.”

When Brown first tagged along with Bergquist on a training run some seven years ago, Brown was running the mile in middle

school but wasn’t fully invested into it. Bergquist, meanwhile, was a relative newbie to the sport after he started running around the age of 40.

On long runs, they connected. A chance for them to talk while conquering trails along the Highline Canal or through Cherry Creek State Park was a fun proposition.

They’d do this for years until Brown eventually grew into becoming a Division-I runner now at Colorado State.

“It’s something we have in common and it gives us something to talk about all the time,” said Bergquist, still an avid runner himself and a member of the BOLDERBoulder run club. “It’s really a cool dynamic to a stepfa-

ther-stepson relationship that I don’t know would be there if we didn’t have that connection.

“Now, no matter what’s going on in each other’s lives — whether he’s busy with school or I’m busy with work or whatever — we can have conversations about training or how you’re feeling with your running and nutrition. It gives us a lot of topics to talk about it.”

As per tradition, the two will meet up again for their seventh Bolder Boulder this Memorial Day. Bergquist, now 46, admits he can’t keep up with his stepson — and really hasn’t been able to in quite some time as Brown quickly transformed into one of the best high

school runners in the state at Eaglecrest.

In this year’s race, both are slated to be in faster waves — far ahead of where they started their tradition. Brown will run with some college buddies ahead, while Bergquist will be with friends from his own running community.

More to talk about at the finish line.

“It’s perfect timing-wise that it’s after he’s out of school and on a Monday with an off-day,” Bergquist said.

“My wife comes up and watches us cross the finish line, which we really thought was cool finishing in the CU stadium.”

“It’s something I look forward to every single year,” Brown said.

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Beyond Limits makes impact on adult runners Organization ready for 18th year with race

By Brandon Boles Staff Writer

Running has given Henr y Guzman much for his life, from a passion to his career and more.

He wanted to use it as a way to give back and make an impact in the community he lives in as well.

“I looked at it as a great need to give back to the sport that gives back to me, my career and my life,” Guzman said.

When he moved to Boulder, that meant working with the Bolder Boulder to do something special. His first idea came in 2001 to

work with adults with disabilities and give them an opportunity to compete in one of the largest sporting spectacles in the state.

“It occurred to me tr y to create a group of mentally challenged people that could run a 10K in under 40 minutes,” Guzman said.

“I started thinking about it and reached out to Imagine, a group in Boulder that is now EXPAND. I reached out to know if they knew anyone that could do it. I started with six athletes and three to five coaches.”

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BEYOND LIMITS from Page 24 Numbers were small in that first year of the program, but the impact felt by that group was what caught Guzman’s attention. What stood out was how much the group enjoyed running the race and how it made them feel. So instead of focusing on finding fast talent with the specific group, his focused changed to give all adults with special needs a chance to take part in the race.

As the years have gone by with his new mission, the numbers have grown. This year, Guzman says the group of adults who will take part in the Bolder Boulder is expected to be around 70.

“It’s an idea and concept that the Bolder Boulder is the biggest athlete event in Colorado, and instead of sitting on sidelines, I wanted to see how these people would do when they were told they can do it,” Guzman said. “They are included and a part of the tradition. They can say they ran it.

That’s where I come from, to cre-

ate something that people could draw inspiration from.”

Beyond Limits today works with EXPAND, which works to enhance the lives of people with disabilities through recreational activities. In March, the people with EXPAND who will run the Bolder Boulder begin a 10-week training program that includes practices twice a week. For that stretch, running the Bolder Boulder is their top priority, and they work on that all the way up to race day.

What started out as a simple idea has grown into one that has made an impact on Guzman’s own life, along with many of his athletes who will race.

“You want them to compete and be a part of something that excites them,” Guzman said. “When they get into (Folsom Field), it’s emotional. Any coach in this community wants to see you do well, and we are fortunate enough to see all these athletes succeed every year.

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Bruce Benson to serve as official starter CU president’s tenure in Boulder will end in July

By Brian Howell Staff Writer

Bruce Benson isn’t really retiring, he said. He’s just moving on to different activities in his life.

Before Benson completes his tenure as University of Colorado president, however, he’ll enjoy the honor of being the official starter of this year’s Bolder Boulder.

Benson, whose tenure as CU president will come to a close in July, was officially announced as the starter by race founder and CU regent emeritus Steve Bosley.

“Steve Bosley is a great friend and he was a great regent and we’ve worked together for many, many years, so I feel very honored that he would ask me to do it,” Benson said.

While not a runner himself, Benson has been the CU president for 11 years – the longest tenure by a CU leader in more than 60 years – and he has long appreciated the relationship between the Bolder Boulder and CU. “This is a great partnership,” Benson said. “You take the Bolder Boulder, the University of Colorado, the city, all of us working together. The more collaboration, the more partnerships you have, the better off you are.”

That partnership dates back to 1981, when Bosley worked with former CU athletic director Eddie Crowder and president Arnold Weber to move the

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Colorado president Bruce Benson will serve as the official starter for the 2019 Bolder Boulder.

finish line of the race to Folsom Field, the home of the CU football team.

Since then, Folsom has annually welcomed each competitor to the finish line, with often more than 50,000 people running or walking around the stadium to complete their race.

All told, more than 1.3 million competitors have crossed the finish line at Folsom.

Add in the non-participants who fill the stands to support loved ones, and CU hosts tens of thousands of people every Memorial Day. The significance of that has meant a great deal to Benson.

“We have 50,000 to 60,000 people doing this,” he said. “That’s an awful lot

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of goodwill ambassadors that are going out there.

This is a big deal for us. So many people don’t know anything about the University of Colorado and it’s just another way for people to hear more about us.”

Benson joins a distinguished group of people who have represented CU as the official race starter over the years, including men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle, former athletic director Mike Bohn, radio announcer Mark Johnson, former head football coach Gary Barnett and chancellor Philip DiStefano.

Every year, the Bolder Boulder also includes a CU wave of participants, featuring administrators, coaches and student-athletes.

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Colorado head coach Tad Boyle is regular participant in the Bolder Boulder and has served as the official starter in the past.

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Bolder Boulder race presents another opportunity for determined push-rim racer Joey Gibbs will compete at Memorial Day 10K for first time

By Brent W. New Staff Writer

Wheelchair athlete Joey Gibbs has always been infatuated with speed — and that’s even after a hasty jump on a motocross bike left him paralyzed at the age of 11.

The University of Illinois athlete has taken his threewheel racer anywhere from the Boston Marathon to the US Track and Field

nationals. He hopes it can lead him to the 2019 Pan American Games, and perhaps even the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo after that.

“I just tr y to live life to my fullest capabilities,” he said.

On Memorial Day, Gibbs will add the Bolder Boulder to his racing resume as he’s entered into the men’s push-rim pro race. The 22year-old who started racing in high school in Ocala, Fla., sent his desires to run the famous 10K in an email to the race’s coordinator, who said if he could get to Colorado, the rest would be catered.

Gibbs, who didn’t remember the last time he’d raced a 10K, has since studied the course map and is embracing for the effects of the altitude. In 2017, he told his hometown paper at a Turkey Trot run that he can finish a 10K in around 27 minutes. Today, he is dealing with a shoulder injur y and thinks more like 28.

Last year at the Bolder Boulder, former University of Illinois athletes swept the men’s and women’s push-rim races. Aaron Pike, a four-time Paralympian, won the men’s race in 22 minutes and 47 seconds — 2 minutes and 3 seconds faster than anybody else in

the field for his third win since 2011.

Amanda McGror y won the women’s race in 26:44.

The Illinois school has produced some of the best wheelchair athletes in the nation, coached by legendar y Paralympian Adam Bleakney.

Bleakney, who injured his spinal cord crashing his mountain bike in Breckenridge in 1995, had an immediate connection with Gibbs when recruiting him.

“For me, I was looking for something to replace my competitive drive,” said Bleakney, who was an avid wrestler before his injur y.

“There’s a lot of similar stories of athletes making that transition from whatever sport they were involved in prior to a wheelchair sport, whether it was marathoning or basketball or whatever the case would be.”

Gibbs isn’t looking back.

“I’ll tell anybody that I wouldn’t change this injur y for anything,” Gibbs said. “This injur y has led me to a whole lot of different things, a whole lot of new people. It has presented me a lot of opportunity.”

The push-rim races are scheduled to start at 6:50 a.m. The beginning of the citizen’s race will follow five minutes later.

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Bolder Boulder becomes group affair for Lutz family Three family generations will be part 2019 race

By Pat Rooney Staff Writer

Just before winter struck in late 2006, Steffen Lutz made the globe-trotting journey from his native Germany to land in Westminster.

Lutz essentially made an 8,000-mile or so transfer for Trimble, Inc., a global positioning tech company with offices across the world.

Lutz had never been a devoted runner, competi-

tively or otherwise, but the newcomer to America had no idea just how thoroughly one particular race would become an annual gathering point for a family that stretches across two continents.

In 2007, Lutz’s first spring in Colorado, he completed the 10-kilometer course at the annual Bolder Boulder and found the experience surprisingly appealing. The 2019 race will mark Lutz’s 13th consecutive Bolder Boulder. It perhaps is a modest streak compared to other Bolder Boulder devotees, yet along the way Lutz has added a wife, a daughter and,

for the first time this year, his parents, who scheduled their annual trip to visit their granddaughter specifically to take part in Boulder’s annual running extravaganza.

“I’d never been in any running or racing before, but that was the starting point,” Lutz said. “Since then, I’ve done all the Bolder Boulders and it became a tradition.”

As the Bolder Boulder became an annual ritual for Lutz, he added his wife Anne to the mix as well as a daughter, Lea. Lea Lutz will experience her fourth consecutive Bolder Boulder this year, having completed

one in a baby carrier, another in a stroller and, last year, splitting time between a toddler’s uneven walk-run and dad’s shoulders. This year?

“Hopefully a little less on dad’s shoulders,” Lutz said.

This year, the Lutz family will be joined by Steffen’s parents, 72-year old Helga and 77-year old Erich. The couple typically visit their Colorado family earlier in the spring but have slightly altered their annual trip to remain in Colorado through Memorial Day weekend. Lutz reports his parents are regular bikers who will be well-acclimated to the altitude come race

time, and it will be stirring to have three generations of his family taking part in something that has become an annual affair for Steffen Lutz in his adopted home.

“Doing it with my child is great, and now they’re doing it with their child,” Lutz said. “I think that’s the exciting part. It has turned into a tradition. Over the years they’ve seen some of the pictures we’ve taken of the race, and how excited my daughter got even when she was one-year old, two-years old. They always would leave a week before it, but this year they really wanted to be part of the Bolder Boulder.”

Folsom Field’s clear bag policy The CU’s Clear Bag Policy will be strictly enforced at Folsom Field. They allow you to bring one clear bag no bigger than 12 inches x 6 inches x 12 inches (or a one-gallon resealable clear plastic bag) into the stadium.

Small camelbacks (with size restrictions 14.4 x 10 x 2.4 in / 36.5 x 25.4 x 6.1 cm), fanny packs no larger than 4.5 x 6.5, small clutches no larger than 4.5 x 6.5, flip belts and medically necessary items will be allowed. We have seven aid stations available that serve water and nuun hydration, snack bags at the finish line, as well as other food and beverages that can be purchased.

Clear bags are the norm at athletic venues across the nation. They increase participant safety and decrease waiting time to enter stadiums.

Folsom Field prohibited items

moses • Alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs (including medical marijuana) • Glass or metal bottles or cans • Full size strollers • Umbrellas of any size • Artificial noise makers such as whistles, air horns, thunderstix or any other item used to make artificial noise • Any unapproved signs or banners • Professional grade video or camera equipment (e.g. telephoto lenses), tripods, or monopods.

• Footballs, frisbees, inflatable balls • Bikes, scooters, skateboards or skates • Pets / animals (with the exception of service animals) • Any item(s) deemed dangerous or unacceptable by security

• Bags or containers larger than 12” x 6” x 12” • No bags permitted at all; includes backpacks, camelbacks, large purses, oversized tote bags, camera bags and binocular cases, diaper bags, fanny packs and printed plastic bags • Clutches and purses must be the approximate size of the hand • Hard & soft sided coolers of any size or style • Firearms or weapons of any type; including handguns carried in accordance w/ the Colorado Conceal & Carry Act • Selfie/GoPro sticks, flags on poles, other types of sticks, poles or similar objects that can be used as a weapon • Fireworks, drones or Folsom Field laser pointers • Non-factory sealed bev- permitted items erages or filled liquid con• Bags that are clear plastainers including all ther- tic, vinyl or PVC and do not

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Citizen runners finish the 2018 Bolder Boulder in Folsom Field.

exceed 12” x 6” x 12” • One-gallon (or smaller) clear plastic Ziploc/freezer bag • Small clutch bags (no larger than 4.5” x 6.5” with or without a handle or strap • Medically necessary items after proper inspection at Entrances • Non-alcoholic beverages in approved factory-sealed plastic containers; 51 oz. / 1.5 liters or smaller (one per ticket holder) • Empty non-disposable

water bottles; 51 oz. / 1.5 liters or smaller (one per ticket holder) • Umbrella strollers; if larger they can be returned to vehicle or checked in at Guest Services • Seat cushions and chair backs must be 18” or less in width (no pockets, zippers or covers) • Small personal cameras • Binoculars • Service animals • Blankets

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Entertainment will be a mix of new and old Kind Hearted Strangers will be playing in the pavilion at the end of the race

By Brad Cochi Staff Writer

As with most aspects of the annual Memorial Day road race, the prevailing theme at the Bolder Boulder has penetrated the entertainment side of the event in recent years.

“Better, and more,” has become the unofficial mantra.

There’s never a shortage of activities and entertainment at the Bolder Boulder, but it’s about to get taken

up another notch this May. “We just try to get the very best we can get each year. Hopefully, that comes across,” Bolder Boulder entertainment coordinator Dee Rohrbaugh said. “People approach me and want to be a part of the Bolder Boulder all the time. People know it, they’re drawn to it and they want to be a part of it. I think people will be really happy with the atmosphere.”

This year’s race will feature a mix of race-participant favorites and new acts.

The ever-popular Black and Blues Band, a Blues Brothers cover band, will play at the start as usual, as well Elvis! Other regulars like the Centennial State Pipes and Drums bagpipe players. Boulder County

Arts Alliance Performance artists like the elderly hula dancers will be back.

The Kind Hearted Strangers, who won a battle of the bands competition co-hosted by the Bolder Boulder and Oskar Blues earlier in the year, will be playing in the pavilion at the end of the race. Famous Men — the competition’s second-place band — will be playing in the parking lot at the Boulder Chamber of Commerce. Last year’s battle of the bands winner — Jackson Cloud — will be playing at the Conoco at Folsom Street and Arapahoe Road. Other bands will include the Catcalls, Eighty Percent Human, The Dendrites and The Simple Paul Aiken / Staff Photographer Parade, and will be spread Jackson Cloud will be playing at the Conoco at Folsom Street See ENTERTAIN, 31 and Arapahoe Road during the 2019 Bolder Boulder.

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Even Rohrbaugh himself is new to the Bolder Boulder, joining the team after helping run the FORTitude 10K in Fort Collins.

“My band played there last year and it’s so much fun,” Rohrbaugh said. “We have a ton of great bands.

They’re really good sports about it

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