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    THE 5280 BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO TRAIL RUNNING

    Jul 30, 2021 5 minutes
    BY SARAH BANKS & SPENCER CAMPBELL
    PHOTOGRAPHY BY SARAH BANKS

    DREAM STATE

    ■ Elite off-road runners flock to the Front Range, and it’s easy to see why: A quick scroll through Instagram finds Boulder’s Scott Jurek, who once held the speed record for the Appalachian Trail, bounding up Mt. Bierstadt; Leadville’s Courtney Dauwalter, 2018’s Ultra Runner of the Year, dangling her running shoes over a snowy peak; and a shirtless Anton Krupicka, a two-time winner of the Leadville Trail 100 Run, balancing on the edge of the First Flatiron. ■ Every year, the epic images inspire a growing number of Coloradans to follow in these world-class athletes’ footsteps; the allure of reaching our most majestic and peaceful places solely on their own power is seemingly irresistible to the state’s outdoor-recreation-happy populace. The problem? Newbies may know how to run, but they don’t know how to run. “People get these big summer dreams and

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