Here are some official race pics from the 2025 Bolder Boulder. The photo above is my favorite because it captures the gray mist of the early morning. Ideal race weather.

With nothing planned until the fall, I’m pivoting my fitness focus from miles to strength training. I’ll continue to run, but I’ll increase my intensity and time on weights. This will be a first for me. Ever.

I’ve started by adding 20 pounds to my squats and 10 pounds to most everything else. I kept my arm curls at the same weight but slowed them down by 3 or 4 times. This is an example of increasing the intensity of my workouts. When my focus was on strengthening for a race, I would go a bit light on things. I wanted to save my strength for my runs. I figure I have two or three months before I need to shift my focus back to miles for an October marathon.

Never having done this before, it’s hard to predict the outcome. My hope is that I’ll build more strength and that strength will lead to speed. Worse case, my legs will be fresh mid summer when it will be time to amp up the mileage. I do believe it makes sense for a runner my age to begin to emphasize strength training over running. It’ll never surpass running for me and I don’t know what a good ratio is. Yet.