Running

Professional Sports

Hardrock 100 canceled for second time in as many years

Avalanche debris in 2019, COVID-19 in 2020 wipe out world-famous ultra-marathon

May 23, 2020

Sports

Two Bagger: Introducing Sports Editor John Livingston’s mailbag column

For the past nine weeks since sports went away because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been mostly shut inside…

May 15, 2020

Professional Sports

Hardrock 100 holding off decision on 2020 race

Organizers hope COVID-19 doesn’t lead to second consecutive cancellation

May 1, 2020

Sports

Beat the buzzer to nominate Durango Athletic Hall of Fame candidates

Deadline for inaugural nominations sent to selection committee is April 30

April 28, 2020

Sports

Russian man runs around bed for more than 10 hours

A bedroom 100K ultra

April 22, 2020

Sports

Steamworks Half-Marathon canceled

A previous edition of the Steamworks Half Marathon begins near Baker’s Bridge.Durango Herald file The Steamworks-Animas Valley Half-Marathon, originally set…

April 22, 2020

Sports

Steve Ilg delivers a virtual running challenge for Durango

5K and 11K races this weekend

April 17, 2020

Sports

Math teacher runs 102 miles in 21 hours to support food bank

Injuries prevent 24-hour effort

April 12, 2020

Sports

A triathlete was doing well in a virtual race – until her ‘idiot’ husband unplugged her bike

Suddenly, Carfrae, a former triathlon world champion, was no longer second in the inaugural Ironman VR Pro Challenge women’s race,…

April 5, 2020

Sports

Workout with world’s running stars through iRunFar.com’s Operation Inspiration Virtual Race

Proceeds go directly to World Health Organization

April 3, 2020

Sports

Narrow Gauge 10 Mile running race postponed by coronavirus

Longest continuous road running event in Colorado on hold

April 3, 2020

Sports

British man runs backyard marathon during lockdown

James Campbell, a former professional javelin thrower, spent his 32nd birthday on Wednesday doing 20-foot shuttles from one end of…

April 1, 2020

Professional Sports

Durango ultrarunners turn fitness into challenges instead of races

conquers ‘Everesting’ of Hogsback; Guterl changes pace

April 1, 2020

Sports

Time has come for Durango Athletic Hall of Fame

In 1971 when Tom Mayer made a candy bar bet to his brother Jim, a brakeman on the Denver &…

March 29, 2020

Sports

For the marathon runners, what’s best in the long run isn’t great for long runs

The scrubbing of marathons from the spring calendar was to most people just another tiny shard in the virus-triggered implosion…

March 29, 2020

Professional Sports

Thweatt: Don’t rerun U.S. Olympic Trials for marathon

Durango High alumna may switch gears to 10K in second effort for Tokyo

March 25, 2020

Professional Sports

Durango running community not slowed down by virus

Durango Running Club events, Steamworks Half Marathon still a go

March 16, 2020

Professional Sports

Boston Marathon postponed until Sept. 14 amid virus concerns

was pushed back from April 20

March 13, 2020

Professional Sports

Galen Rupp wins 2nd straight U.S. Olympic marathon trials

Tuliamuk wins women’s race

February 29, 2020

Professional Sports

Thweatt denied Olympics with fifth-place finish at marathon trials

Durango woman misses out by two spots again

February 29, 2020

Sports

Yeshaneh sets world record in half marathon in Nike shoes

The Ethiopian runner won the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in 1 hour, 4 minutes, 31 seconds, knocking 20 seconds…

February 21, 2020

Sports

The Durango Herald’s top sports stories of 2019

Simmons steals top spot with stunning start-to-finish season

December 28, 2019

High School Sports

Durango High’s Madeleine Burns to run at Princeton

to compete for Tigers next fall

December 27, 2019

Sports

Durango runners faced tough conditions in Turkey Trot

Yount repeats as women’s champion

November 28, 2019