Health & Fitness

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Apr 292013
 

When training for a race, running into pain or injury can be discouraging. With so many races around the corner in Colorado, including Tough Mudder, the Ragnar Relay and Color Run it can be easy to over train or come across injury. Here are some suggestions to get on the mend and into the zone for summer sports and activities.

 Cold Cure Wraps

Cold Cure Wraps By King Brand

Cold Cure Wraps By King Brand

The whizzes at King Brand make it easy to rehab injuries. This company shifts the focus from the “RICE” approach (Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation) to a method they have coined “RCCE.” (Rest, Cold, Compression and Elevation). By swapping “Ice” for “Cold” the company suggests healing can happen faster.

King Brand makes Cold Cure Wraps to foster the RCCE approach. A soft and moldable gel sits inside wraps that are comfortable and easy to adjust. Plus- you can wear these around the house or running errands because they stay on sturdy! The gel- called RigiGel is charged in the fridge so joints heal without applying freezing temperatures that can hurt joints and skin. Kingbrand recommends. Treatments should be cycled in 20 minutes of use followed by 20 minutes of rest.

Why Else We Like It:

- One year product quality warranty included

-Made with RigiGel- allows for a soft and moldable placement on injured areas.

- Comes with three RigiGel packs- so when you are using one two more are ready and waiting in the refrigerator.

KT Tape Pro 

KT Tape Pro

KT Tape Pro

This adhesive tape is applied directly to muscles , joints and tendons like a band aid to speed recovery and prevent injury. Because the tape lifts muscles and adds support it increases blood flow so affected tissue can heal naturally, even when activity is on the agenda. Kinesiology Tape also reduces inflammation and increases circulation, which can prevent muscle cramping and lactic acid. Invented in Japan several years ago, the tape was once only used by physical therapists, athletics trainers and chiropractors but is now available to buy online to help heal injuries including shin splints, plantar fasciitis and knee pain. KT TAPE PRO comes in 8 colors: Jet Black, Laser Blue, Winner Green, Stealth Beige, Solar Yellow, Hero Pink, Epic Purple and Blaze Orange. Each roll contains 20 10-inch “I” strips.

Why Else We Like It:

- The tape stays can be own in water and stays on for up to seven days.

- KT TAPE PRO comes in 8 colors: Jet Black, Laser Blue, Winner Green, Stealth Beige, Solar Yellow, Hero Pink, Epic Purple and Blaze Orange. Each roll contains 20 10-inch “I” strips.

- You can visit http://www.kttape.com/ to watch informative videos on how to apply the tape to specific areas that are injured.

Apr 222013
 
Rave Run, Denver

Rave Run, Denver

We never did cross the finish line at the Rave Run. But it wasn’t for lack of trying. The race experienced such an insane turnout the finish chute was clogged with runners wearing flashing lights and neon colors of every shade. No doubt- the race was a hit for people of all ages. The 3.1 mile nocturnal wonderland, decorated with sparking lights, kept racers jamming with electronic music rocking through the entire course.  If you could squeeze past crowds- the afterparty seemed to be jamming! If you love a festive atmosphere, dressing up and running with energetic people- you will want to check out this race.

Rave Run, Denver

Rave Run, Denver

Rave Run, Denver

Rave Run, Denver

Rave Run, Denver

Rave Run, Denver

Rave Run, Denver

Rave Run, Denver

Rave Run, Denver

Rave Run, Denver

 

Apr 162013
 

The Adventure Race Season is here! Catch Carri will be will be giving away a pair of entries to each of the following races. Here’s the line up.

Easy Entry!

1. Like Catch Carri on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CatchCarri

2. Email carri@catchcarri.com with your name and tell her which of the events you would like your name to be entered into for a chance at winning a pair of race entries.  (Emails kept private and are used so we can notify the winners).

Winter Park Wipeout

Winter Park Wipe Out
Winter Park Wipe Out

Winter Park Ski Resort

Saturday, April 6

Cost: $55

Racers will take on an adventure criss-crossing Winter Park unraveling mystery clues and taking on obstacles at different checkpoints. Challenges include snow mobile tows, frozen turkey shuffleboard, hammerschlagen and other wild winter games. Physical challenges include climbing icy hills, crawling through tunnels, and dodging various frozen obstacles as you race to the finish at Grand Park. After the race, stick around for the party- beer, hot chocolate, bon fires, s’mores, music and chances to win some amazing prizes.

CopperMan Winter Adventure Race (3k)

CopperMan Winter Adventure Race (3k)
CopperMan Winter Adventure Race (3k)

Sunday, April 14th

Copper Mountain Ski Resort

Cost: $25 by registering here, $30 Day Of

Race Entry with lift ticket $104

Endless frozen obstacles include a Hot Chocolate Pit Cross and Human Luge. The CopperMan winter adventure race is geared towards thrill-seeking snow-lovers ready to tackle the snow and sun during Copper’s Sunsation weekend. Racers will suit up in costumes (each of the four heats will sport their own theme) and embark on the ~3K course through Copper’s base areas, finishing in Center Village where live music, a beer garden and outdoor food will ensure an eventful finish line celebration!

The Rave Run (5k)

The Rave Run
The Rave Run

City Park

Price: $60

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Experience a nocturnal wonderland with 3.1 miles of stunning lights and music. This race is much more than running- it also creates a night of fun and an electronic atmopshere. Following the run stick around for the afterparty!

Run Ugly Fitathlon

Run Ugly Fitathlon
Run Ugly Fitathlon

Sunday, April 21

Stapleton’s Central Park, 8999 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Denver, CO

Cost: Adults $35, Seniors, 17 & Under $25

This race is a boot camp style run. Start out with a 1-mile run, and then complete 8 fitness stations before running one more mile to finish. At the fitness stations you have 30 seconds to complete as many reps of exercises-, which include push-ups, sit-ups, burpees, box jumps and mountain climbers. Each participant will receive performance points for each fitness segment to determine scoring. Proceeds benefit the Jack H. Marston II Melanoma Fund.

Vampire 5k

Vampire 5k
Vampire 5k

 

Friday, April 26

Location TBD

Cost: $60

Starting at dusk and ending under a full moon- the Vampire 5k is citizens vs. vampires. Citizens (dressed in all white) start in one location and Vampires in another. The paths converge at an unknown location and then the hunt is on! Vampires will try to “convert” citizens by pulling both white garlic flags they will be carrying while running through fog and red powder zones. Stay around for the post-run Red Dusk after-party with music, red colored beverages, fun awards, and make-up artists on-hand ready to “transform” you to a vampire.

SHAPE Diva Dash (5k)

SHAPE Diva Dash
SHAPE Diva Dash

Saturday, May 4

Bohn Park, 219 2nd Ave, Lyons, CO

Cost: $55

Join thousands of Divas ready to duke it out on this three-mile course. The women’s only race is filled with obstacles that will test strength, agility, balance and speed. Choose to compete in a timed wave or an untimed head allowing you to take the course at comfortable pace. Costumes are encouraged so don’t forget the boas, tutus and bling.

Rugged Maniac 5k Obstacle Race

Rugged Maniac 5k Obstacle Race
Rugged Maniac 5k Obstacle Race

Saturday, May 11

Thunder Valley Motocross Park

Cost: $83, Before April 19 then price increases to $88

This race is filled with more than 20 obstacles that will test your limits. Expect to climb over walls up to 20′ high, slide down a 100′ water slide, jump over fire, crawl through tunnels of mud and face a host of other challenges all while running through a combination of forests, fields, motocross tracks and ski slopes! Make sure to stick around for the daylong after party.

Lyons Outdoor Games

Lyons Outdoor Games

Lyons Outdoor Games

Friday, May 31st – June 2nd 2013

Bohn Park
219 2nd Ave
Lyons, CO

Cost: varies based on activities but the games are free to the public

In it’s 12-year history the Games have evolved into a world-class celebration of
mountain sports and all around fun. In addition to a full compliment of kayaking, biking,
fly fishing and even dog events, the 2013 Games will feature numerous clinics and
exhibitions put on by some of the world’s most elite professional athletes. Look for
these as well as several exciting new events that are in the works for 2013. With such a
myriad of activities, the 2013 Lyons Outdoor Games promises to be our best event yet!

The Dirty Dash

Dirty Dash
Dirty Dash

Sunday, June 16

Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield

Cost $40 until 4/3, $45 until 4/24

The Dirty Dash is a mud run obstacle course inspiried by military boot camp moves. You’ll need endurance to trudge up mountains of sludge, courage to overcome uncompromising obstacles, a complete lack of shame to wallow in pits of mud and a smile to show through at the end!

Run for Your Lives 5k

Run For Your Lives
Run For Your Lives

Saturday, June 29

May Farms, 64001 Colorado 36
Byers, CO 80103

Cost: $87 from March 16, 2013 – May 24, 2013, 11:59PM EST

$97 from May 25, 2013 – June 25, 2013, 11:59PM EST

Zombie Passes are $35, with the option to purchase a discounted Runner Pass for an additional $45.

Spectator Passes are $15 with advanced purchase online and $25 at the door. Children 10 and under are free!

Trudge through 10 to 12 manmade and natural obstacles – including a blood pit, zombie-infested maze and smokehouse, all while being chased and dodging professionally made up zombies.  You can sign up as a runner, zombie or both, or choose to stand on the sidelines as a spectator and watch participants run for their lives. The inaugural race, which launched in Darlington, Md. in 2011, attracted more than 10,000 participants and spectators.

Rocky Mountain Triathlon:

Rocky Mountain Triathlon

Rocky Mountain Triathlon

July 28th, 2013

Silverthorne, CO

Cost: $75 for both Sprint & International – $85 on day of race

This triathlon showcases the best of the Rocky Mountains and is located in the
beautiful mountain town of Silverthorne, Colorado.

The event offers two distances:

Sprint: 400m Swim, 10 mile Bike, 3.1 mile Run

International: 800m Swim, 20 mile Bike, 6.2 mile Run.

Both courses enjoy an open water swim, an epic and relatively fast bike course in
the shadows of the Gore Range and a beautiful run along the Blue River. This is
one of the most beautiful triathlon courses in the country.

Join hundreds of triathletes from around the state and country for the 3rd Annual
Rocky Mountain Triathlon at Silverthorne July 28th, 2013.

Run Drenched (5K)

Run Drenched
Run Drenched

Saturday, August 3

City Park, Denver CO

Cost: Early Bird $40, Before Jun 4 $50, Before Jul 20 $55

Drenched is all about bringing everything you love about summer into one wild and crazy event. Be on alert! You can expect water balloons, water guns and water obstacles along the 5k course. And a signature water slide right to the finish.

Warrior Dash (5k)

Warrior Dash
Warrior Dash

Saturday, August 17

Copper Mountain Ski Resort

Cost: $60 until May 22; $65* until June 19; $70 until July 17; $75 until August 7; $90* until Aug. 13

This is a fire jumping, cargo net climbing, mud-crawling extreme race. You never know what obstacle is going to sneak attack next during the demanding 5k course running up and down the hills of Copper Mountain. The finisher’s party and furry warrior hats are a big draw for racers. The race is challenging but still leaves runners with enough energy to rock the house down at the music stage and cheers with a beer.

Color Me RAD 5k

Color Me Rad 5k
Color Me Rad 5k

Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield

August 17

Cost: $30 until 4/12, $35 until 5/17

Start out as clean as a newborn babe, and throughout the run, you’ll coat yourself with Color Bombs of blue, green, pink, purple, and yellow until your face, shirt, and body come out silkscreened like a tie-dyed hippy on the other side.Each section of the run adds a new explosion of color to your clean, painter’s palate until you cross the finish line into a final blitzkrieg of color.

The Dirty Dash

Colorado Springs at the Pikes Peak International Raceway

August 24

Cost: $35 until 4/17, $40 until 5/15

Dirty Dash
Dirty Dash

The Dirty Dash is a mud run obstacle course inspiried by military boot camp moves. You’ll need endurance to trudge up mountains of sludge, courage to overcome uncompromising obstacles, a complete lack of shame to wallow in pits of mud and a smile to show through at the end!

Oktoberfest Denver and Das Hustlehoff 5k.

Denver Oktoberfest

Denver Oktoberfest

Two weekends: September 20-22nd & September 27-29th

Located in Downtown Denver between 20th and 22nd street on Larimer Streets.

Cost: Free

Germany heads to Denver with the 44th annual Oktoberfest Denver…Grab
your stein, throw on your lederhosen and get ready for the nation’s largest Oktoberfest! This event takes place in Downtown Denver on 20th and Larimer and is FREE to the public. Enjoy music, food, beer and, of course, the Long Dog Derby and Das Hustlehoff 5k.

The Ugly Sweater Run 

The Ugly Sweater Run

The Ugly Sweater Run

Held during the Holiday season, exact date TBD

City Park in Denver

Cost: $35

The Ugly Sweater Run is an event for ALL AGES. If you want to wear spandex under your sweater and race fast, that’s cool, but you’re missing the point. If you’ve never run a 5k before, this is a great way to burn some calories before slamming hot chocolate and Winter Lager.

The run is approximately 3.1 miles long on city streets. Runners and walkers dress up in their worst holiday sweaters, maybe have some holiday drinks before lining up at the start line. The start line will have snow machines, reindeer games and awesome holiday music. Once you’re on the course, you’ll find holiday themed aide stations every mile – EG – Sled hills (weather permitting), Hot Chocolate aide stations, Christmas Trees
lining the streets and more snow (Yes, even you Las Vegas, we’re bringing the snow!)
Strollers and dogs are welcome!

After you’ve completed your 3.1 jog (sounds like yawg, it’s a new thing that people are doing now, yawgging), join us at the post run festivities. Awards for best real mustache, best fake mustache, best beard, worst sweater, best sweater and general amazing holiday fun. Oh yea,Sam Adams will be pouring adult beverages for the oldies and the kiddos can get all hopped up on Hot Chocolate.

We ask that every participant brings a new toy to donate under our huge Christmas Tree (yes, we just said Christmas Tree. If you can find us a ‘Holiday’ Tree to buy, shoot us an email). All toys will be donated following the run to Toys For Tots.

Apr 112013
 
Winter Park Wipeout

Winter Park Wipeout

We held on tight as a snowmobile towed us through fresh powder, rushed through a snow maze and practiced our aim by shooting pinto beans at targets. To find such whacky and outlandish fun, look no further than the Winter Park Wipeout. The first year event didn’t lack when it came to organization. Racers took off in crazy costumes and criss crossed Winter Park completing challenges you likely haven’t seen before. From Jenga, to eating pancackes without hands and hammerslaugin’ a nail into a board, our group was laughing the entire way.  Since the race isn’t about competition, you are sure to make a few new pals along the way.  After sledding down a hill, running past a snow making machine and jumping into a potato sack  to hop across the finish- it was about s’mores, music, hot chocolate and beer from Avery Brewing Company. I have never experienced an event quite like the Winter Park Wipeout and can’t wait for year number two! 

 

Mar 162013
 

 

Ready to kick up your gear to the next level? Here’s a camera that will capture your adventure, a heart rate monitor that will track it, and headphones that will keep you jamming!

1. Sony HD Action Cam with Wi-Fi  ($249.99)

Sony HD Action Cam with Wi-Fi

Sony HD Action Cam with Wi-Fi

Sony HD Action Cam with Wi-Fi

Sony HD Action Cam with Wi-Fi

Made for the adventure photographer, this action cam is designed to capture those breathtaking moments. Whether on the slopes, underwater or on rugged trails, you are sure to come home with exceptionally smooth HD video thanks to the steady shot image stabilization.  Then combine the built in stereo microphone and ultra-wide angle Carl Zeiss Lens  (170° viewing angle) and you have yourself an unbeatable camera! And nearly no areas are off limitless for shooting- including water, mud, snow and rain with the included Action Cam Waterproof Case. And once you get your adrenaline fix you can show off your footage within seconds with WI-Fi enabled phones using the PlayMemories Mobile app.

2. Polar RCX3 GPS ($339.95)

Polar RCX3 GPS

Polar RCX3 GPS

Made with the multi-sport athlete in mind, this heart rate monitor allows you to input what kind of workout you are gearing up for so you have even more accurate readings. Whether you are running, cycling or snowshoeing, you can customize the settings through the 4 sport profiles. (Running, Cycling 1, Cycling 2, and Other Sport). During your workout, you will also receive feedback about which zones you should be training in- whether you need to push harder or take it down a notch. This allows you to train more effectively and also avoid overtraining.  This heart rate monitor also keeps tracks of, pace, average pace, time, zone, calories and distance. Post-workout you can track your route, sped and distance with the GPS sensor. Keep track and analyze your workouts to Polar’s online site polarpersonaltrainer.com 

 

3.  DJ Slims – Wireless Bluetooth Headphones ($69.95)

 DJ Slims – Wireless Bluetooth Headphones

DJ Slims – Wireless Bluetooth Headphones

If you are out on the trails the last thing you want to mess with is tangled wires, which is why Outdoor Tech DJ Slims are worth the buy. Experts at Outdoor Technology are hitting all the right notes- these are blue tooth enabled, wireless, lightweight, comfortable and durable. The built in control panels allow you to easily scan music, answer calls and control volume. The 30-foot range and 8-hour battery (listening) will make sure you are jamming to hi-fi sound in the backcountry.