If you have been following the news over the past week, you have likely heard about the bad forest fire that has been burning just west of Boulder. Almost 170 homes have been destroyed, making it the most destructive wildfire in Colorado ever. To make matters worse, a second fire ignited yesterday west of Loveland (which is northeast of Boulder).
Unfortunately the fire continues to burn and the start/finish line for the Boulder Marathon has been turned into a tent city and staging area for the 1,000+ firefighters working on the fires. The entire Boulder Reservoir is closed to the public, and the race has been postponed. The earliest possible date that the race could happen is the weekend of October 3 - one week before the Chicago Marathon. I'd really like to run Boulder (I'd be running the 1/2), but I'm going to have to decide if running a 1/2 marathon a week before my marathon is such a good idea (I'm scheduled to run 8, so an easy 13 may not be that bad).
I hope things improve for the thousands of people living in the fire areas. For now, I'll be running 14 miles this weekend somewhere in Littleton, and hopefully I'll get a chance to run the Boulder 1/2 sometime this fall.
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