Kind of. The thing with measuring health these days is that everyone is grading on a curve. For example, people in the United States are by-and-large fat, but Coloradans are less fat than most. Something to be proud of? Sure, …
Okay, so it’s not really a secret, but it’s not exactly common knowledge either. Turns out there is a merry band of earthy custodians who play a sort of collective Robin Hood to the land. They sift through the soil, …
We live in a technical, “connected” world. Whether or not a digitally tethered populace is a good (and collectively healthy) thing in the big picture is a post for another day. But the reality is that technology isn’t going anywhere …
After a head-clearing, spirit-lifting, blue-sky Colorado run Wednesday morning, I opened my newspaper to a headline which took my breath away — and left me keenly appreciative of how far female athletes in the United States have come: “U.N. cancels marathon …
Over a Happy Hour beer with a friend, I recently confessed to something I have told no one: I’m addicted to the Biggest Loser. So is my husband. So are my kids. There, I said it. Each Monday night for …
Love is in the air. On perhaps the Hallmarkiest of holidays, full of little candy hearts, flowers and chocolates, people tend to have their heads in the clouds. We speak, of course, of Valentine’s Day. We plan romantic dinners and …
With Christmas season right around the corner, health talk always seems to turn to those holiday binges, whether it be eating, drinking or both. Thanksgiving is tough, of course, but it’s one day vs. a series of X-mas parties with …
For many people, especially older individuals, the body can take a beating while training on land. The constant repetition of running on pavement, for example, can wreak havoc on knees and joints. And now that the weather is colder, it …
With school and fall sports in full swing, kids are at it again. Not that the kids who are involved in sports get much downtime these days. Usually if they play football or soccer or anything else starting in September, …
We are in the midst of the American version of the Tour de France, a seven-stage trek that began Monday in Durango and culminates in Denver on Sunday, August 26. It pits the best of the best in the cycling …
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