As many of you know, RMRR member Jim Chow is on his way to the Sahara Race, a seven-day, six-stage, 250-kilometer footrace across the Sahara Desert of Egypt. It’s part of the 4Deserts series of races organized by Racing the Planet — a press release describing the event is available here. Jim has detailed his preparation on his blog at http://chifaburritto.blogspot.com/ The race begins Sunday, October 26th and lasts until November 1st.

If you want to follow along with Jim from the comforts of your own home, the Sahara Race has a daily update site. Also, if you want to send Jim an email during the competition, you can do so at this link – emails will be delivered to competitors at the end of the each day. Jim would love to hear from his fellow Road Runners.

Good luck, Jim!

The 2008 Denver Marathon was held on a GLORIOUS fall day that was nice enough to make everyone forget the torrential downpour of the 2007 race. Over 60 Road Runner members raced in either the marathon or half-marathon, and several members were speedy enough to place in age group categories. Even better, RMRR members and friends staffed the all-important aid station between miles 22 and 23, providing water, Gatorade, and especially much needed encouragement to the runners.  From the runners to the volunteers: Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Race results and more below.

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Rocky Mountain Road Runner member Kevin Glodava recently competed at the International Triathlon Union World Championships held September 26-28 in Remini, Italy. Here’s his report on the event.

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Here’s the “Races in Other Places” results for the week of October 5th through October 12th, 2008. As always, let me know if there are any mistakes.

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