Order in which state was admitted into the union: 38
The
flag consists of three alternate stripes of equal
width and at right angles to the staff, the two outer stripes to be blue of the
same color as in the blue field of the national flag and the middle stripe to
be white, the proportion of the flag being a width of two-thirds of its length.
At a distance from the staff end of the flag of one fifth of the total length
of the flag there is a circular red C, of the same color as the red in the
national flag of the United States. The diameter of the letter is two-thirds of
the width of the flag. The inner line of the opening of the letter C is
three-fourths of the width of its body or bar, and the outer line of the
opening is double the length of the inner line thereof. Completely filling the
open space inside the letter C is a golden disk, attached to the flag is a cord
of gold and silver, intertwined, with tassels, one of gold and one of silver.
Flag adopted 1911.
Date: August 11, 2007
Race: Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon
City: Idaho Springs
Cost: $32.55
Race: Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon
City: Idaho Springs
Cost: $32.55
Georgetown to Idaho Springs was a race with a 1000 foot net drop in elevation going from 8500 down to 7500 feet. I was somewhat worried about sore quads after a mostly downhill race like this one. My quads were not an issue at all as I pulled a hamstring around mile 4 of this race. At that point, I did some run/walking until I felt a pop around mile 10. I then just walked it in from there. This was my first injury that occurred during a race.
After dealing with nagging Achilles tendon injuries for most of my running time, the hamstring injury was a much different experience. With treatment, I was back running within a couple of weeks and actually came within a minute of my PR at my next half.
The injury and a rental mini van (I actually reserved a compact car but mini vans were all they had left) that was sluggish in cranking really limited my post race scheduled hiking in Rocky Mountatin National Park.
I returned to Colorado to run Bolder Boulder 10k the day after I ran my Wyoming half.
Up next: Pennsylvania
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