Memorial Day 2018
- Today we REMEMBER. Honoring those who Serve & Protect.
- Today we CELEBRATE our democracy/our freedom. USA – Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.
Midnite arrival from Buffalo, early start in the a.m.
Public Parked: S Boulder & Hwy 36 – 6:30am RTD Bus to the Start. First time I’ve run the Bolder Boulder since 2014, event’s 40th anniversary. Running the day after an East Coast marathon finish, not the best prep for a great finish time – but knew that in advance. Today, hangin’ back at a jog pace & enjoying everything Boulder. (BIG thanks to my neighbor Larry for the PUSH to register).
Bolder Boulder’s a mighty unique race; just never slowed down & enjoyed the ride. Mid-race slip-n-slides, beer chug, flaming Doritos, BACON, an AMAZING VIEW of the Rockies – and that FINISH, a 200-meter lap in CU Stadium. FAAAANNNNTASTIC!
Only THREE people win money. I’ll run fast next year. Today: ‘Snapshot’ Monday, gonna enjoy the ride – Air Force fly-over, belly dancers, dancin’ Cows & that STADIUM FINISH. Pics of every ‘K’ – kilometers one thru 10.
Of the SEVEN times I’ve run the Bolder Boulder, TODAY the funnest 😊
BolderBOULDER Results
Congratulations on breaking the tape on Memorial Day!
FB501 KEENAN HAGA LOUISVILLE, CO 1:14:29.24
Your bib number is FB501, and the best race of your life will begin at about 7:27 am.
- 50k runners STRONG!
- B-A-C-O-N
- 8am STOP: Flaming Doritos
- mile-high SUMMIT
- dancin’ COWS
- giraffes too
- final push into CU Stadium
- my kilometer journey
- Part 2
- BEST 10k EVER!
- all SMILES, all DAY
Bolder Boulder 2018
2018 FB501 KEENAN HAGA 1:14:29.24
2014 DA255 K R HAGA 48:26
2013 DA218 K R HAGA 51:24
2009 H721 Keenan Haga 53:51
2007 JC370 Keenan Haga 57:34
2002 CA217 Keenan Haga 51:28
2001 CC373 K R HAGA 49:38
2017 – another year of thanks!
…but first, made room for turkey with an ABSOLUTELY FREE 5K in my hometown. Four years ago, ran this event – super happy to be back! This year, drug along Stephen (here on a holiday visit). Whatta sport. Prep time? None.
Walk, run, got it done – AND with a smile on our face.
May have found my new run partner. LOL>
Warm breezy walk with Ro ‘round Waneka. Plenty of time for Thanksgiving prep. Feasting & football at 1pm, Ash & Tom’s in Westminster. Our Colorado tradition ❤
An ABSOLUTELY FREE 5K benefitting those in need!
• When: November 23rd, 2017
• Race Start: 9:00 a.m.
• Where: Downtown Louisville, CO – 951 Spruce Street Louisville CO
• What: THIS RACE IS FREE (but you have to bring a donation – non-perishable food or winter clothing please). Thank you for participating in the 2016 Turkey Trot. Because of you and the support from our generous local businesses this event continues to be free. In 2016 our runners donated over 20,000 pounds of food to the Sister Carmen Community Center and enormous trucks full of winter clothing.
• Who: Thousands of your closest friends and family looking to get some exercise before Thanksgiving feast.
• Benefitting: Community members in need!
We hope you can make it!
Project Louisville LLC & Events LLC
- feeding our neighbors
- WinterSkate, Louisville
- Walk, run, got it done
- another year of thanks!
- Turkey Day 2017 ❤
Turkey Trot 2017
National Ice Cream Day is observed each year on the 3rd Sunday in July and is a part of National Ice Cream Month. This day is a fun celebration enjoyed with a bowl, cup or cone filled with your favorite flavor of ice cream.
It is believed that ice cream was first introduced into the United States by Quaker colonists who brought their ice cream recipes with them. Their ice cream was sold at shops in New York and other cities during the colonial era.
1813 – First Lady Dolly Madison served ice cream at the Inaugural Ball.
1832 – African American confectioner, Augustus Jackson, created multiple ice cream recipes as well as a superior technique to manufacture ice cream.
1843 – Philadelphian, Nancy Johnson, received the first U.S. patent for a small-scale hand-cranked ice cream freezer.
1920 – Harry Burt puts the first ice cream trucks on the streets.
1984 – President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July as National Ice Cream Month and established National Ice Cream Day as the third Sunday in the month of July.
How best to celebrate Nat’l Ice Cream Day? Running a 5K, duh…then afterwards, enjoying a premium dish at Sweet Cow.
Wasn’t MY idea, honest. Credit my blog buddy Sarah. Thanks friend 🙂
Miles (& countries) apart – celebrating the ‘holiday’ together. YUM!
- marathon’d yesterday in Iowa, today along scenic Boulder Creek
- matched my distance in Ontario
- “ET Phone Home” (peanut butter w/ Reese’s Pieces)
- countries apart, celebrating the ‘holiday’ together — YUM!