Tracks in Boulder??

I'm sure this animal is well known to Hudson Elite. Kara Goucher even responded to one of this creature's tweets attacking the boulder running community.

The Bottom line is I'd stay far away.

I've seen the things it's posted on social media, and it's clear this person needs help.

Hey Im a frosh at CU and have kinda been wondering the same thing. Just because its close to CU I typically use the Boulder high school track because its rubberized and usually open to the public. Centennial Middle school in north boulder has a really really nice track probably brand new because it is still shown as a concrete track on google maps ( it is now rubberized with a turf field and unlocked hurdles). Fairview HS has also has a nice rubber one. Potts field (CU's track) is actually open to the public from 7:30 -9 am on tuesdays and fridays and no spikes are allowed (honestly pretty inconvenient). Hope to see you out running in BOCO.

Coached Fitness Blogger wrote:

Boulder weirdos? wrote:

I worry about the sociopathic tendencies and the grandiose thinking.

Hopefully, this thing and its keeper-financier will soon admit that Boulder was a failed experiment. It's had three years to get its running, vocational and academic life on some sort of forward track, and the only thing it's managed to do is move up a few sizes, lie to the authorities, and blow its caregiver's family money on booze. One has to wonder how long its caregiver, who himself is obviously laden with toxic foibles of his own, will even stay in the game.

I sure hope so. I don't know how much longer it will take.

dbsquirt21 wrote:

Hey Im a frosh at CU and have kinda been wondering the same thing. Just because its close to CU I typically use the Boulder high school track because its rubberized and usually open to the public. Centennial Middle school in north boulder has a really really nice track probably brand new because it is still shown as a concrete track on google maps ( it is now rubberized with a turf field and unlocked hurdles). Fairview HS has also has a nice rubber one. Potts field (CU's track) is actually open to the public from 7:30 -9 am on tuesdays and fridays and no spikes are allowed (honestly pretty inconvenient). Hope to see you out running in BOCO.

That track at Centennial is newly surfaced but yeah, has been there a while. The track at the middle/elem school at Tenino & Manhattan is completely new, last summer is when I think it opened. Not even on Google Earth yet. That's not to terribly far from campus...well, from the SE part. I think the 225 bus goes past it. Anyway, it's never crowded in my experience, none of the elite groups seem to use it at least on summer weekday nights.

Manhattan and Potts are nice. I think training groups need a permit to use Manhattan so that's why you don't see many groups using it

I trained in Boulder this summer. My sole track workout was done at Fairview High. It was locked up, but near the 1500m start there's a gate that if you're skinny you should be able to get through. Great view of the flatiorons too, and less than 10 min from CU.

dbsquirt21 wrote:

Potts field (CU's track) is actually open to the public from 7:30 -9 am on tuesdays and fridays

Open to the general public, or open to C.U, students not on the sports teams?

Coached Fitness Blogger wrote:

dbsquirt21 wrote:

Potts field (CU's track) is actually open to the public from 7:30 -9 am on tuesdays and fridays

Open to the general public, or open to C.U, students not on the sports teams?

Pretty sure the public

TRACKY TRACK!!!!

Nevin Platt Middle School?

Nevin? wrote:

Nevin Platt Middle School?

Yes, that's the one. Fairview High School actually used to be there, believe it or not, in 1970s. The view was still "fair" from there but not like it is from the current location.

andthenigapter wrote:

Nevin? wrote:

Nevin Platt Middle School?

Yes, that's the one. Fairview High School actually used to be there, believe it or not, in 1970s. The view was still "fair" from there but not like it is from the current location.

Oh wow! Nice boulder history lesson. I did not know that.

What's interesting is that WW Reynolds has a mansion on the other side of Baseline Lake over there. Probably worth $3M I'm guessing

Also what's fascinating is that one of Boulder's "sexually violent predators" was just living in his mom's home over by there - it's about a $1.5M dollar home -when he reoffended by possessing child pornography materials (I believe). I personally don't think possession of materials carries the same risk as the ones acting on the sick fantasies. Anyway the DailyCamera (Boulder's main newspaper) posted about him getting released and his now living at a Longmont motel and everyone went ripshit and said he belongs with the bum parade, should be executed, and they then blame transients etc. What's funny is this bum parade guy may be a troubled crackpot, but he has more money and net worth than these people commenting on him at DailyCamera will ever have

Boulder is quite the interesting place

resident of co wrote:

Manhattan middle school

OMG I was just at that one a few days ago!!! There was a black and white CAT just SITTING there in lane ONE. She (he???) was he CUTEST!!!! thing. Didn't even flinch when I went thundering by only a few feet away at sub 7:00 pace, LOL!!!!

Funny, I was the only one there at 6:45 pm. I'll be BACK if it's THAT empty all the time!

Meh, plenty, you gots to be kidding me

When I was a new teenage runner, I was told by my mentors and coaches that I had picked the right sport, because so many smart, decent people were involved in running and it didn't attract weirdos and unstable types. They didn't say this in those words but the implication was that sports like football and hockey were for the dummeys and cross country and tennis were for high achievers who would never rape, steal or lie for gain. The sad thing is, I actually bought into this. It was 20 years ago but still. Look at ultra running and right there is a roving DSM-5 in lots of ways. Colorado is full of wacko runners like this now and they all seem to come from the coasts.

Interesting...in what way to the whackos affect you with their DSM-V aside from the notorious creature at the tracky track?

The scene at the Pearl st Barnes & Noble bookstore

Tracky Track!!

https://youtu.be/Uv7LwFPp3SY

Great info on here!

How about somewhere to do tempo/tempo intervals? Possibly a flat and soft loop?