Creigh Kelley is synonymous with running in Denver and well beyond. Starting a few years before I arrived in the Mile High City more than 40 years ago, this graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Vietnam War Army veteran (where he was awarded two Bronze Stars), Colorado Running Hall of Famer, and Road Race Management Lifetime Achievement Award recipient has directed more than 1000 races through his company BKB Ltd. Creigh has been the start/finish line voice of hundreds of races, including the Walt Disney World Marathon races, the Chicago Marathon, four Olympic Trials Marathons, the Cherry Blossom 10-miler in DC, the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, the Hospital Hill Run in KC, and been a TV analyst for track and field and the triathlon at the Sydney Olympic Games. Catch your breath now, he’s also been an agent to elite runners, helped found Running USA, and is currently the race director for the Colfax Marathon, which is Denver’s only marathon, and also includes two days of races and relays of varying distances. He is also a founder and Board member of the Kipture Primary School Foundation in Kenya, which he visits every year to support the school and its students. Creigh and I talk about a lot of fun stories about the good old days of running, how he got started as a runner and in the business, how he learned to take risks and try new challenges, and the birth and genesis of the Colfax Marathon into a major event with thousands of runners through the streets of Denver. We chatted enough for two episodes, and I guarantee you’ll be entertained by both of them.

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