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Champions Lorraine Moller and Colleen Cannon provide fresh approach to fitness

Boulder, Co – Champion athletes Lorraine Moller and Colleen Cannon provided a “Heroines Approach” to fitness at the Boulder Athleta store in January.  Their free presentation “Skip the New Year’s resolutions and go for self-revelation,” is the first in a five part series on Fitness Alchemy presented at the store.

                The Heroines approach is an in depth way of looking at personal transformation through fitness, explains Moller, winner of the Boston Marathon and the Avon women's marathon. She also set world records on the road; and placed fifth in the inaugural women's Olympic marathon in 1984. In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics she won a bronze medal in the women’s marathon.  Currently she is President of The Lydiard Foundation, providing endurance training education globally. Cannon is President, CEO and founder of Women’s Quest, a multisport fitness retreat providing athletic and holistic training for women worldwide. Prior to founding Women’s Quest, Colleen was a professional triathlete competing with over seventy career victories including world champion.

                The two friends and competitors explain that the Heroines Approach is defined as going into the unknown and finding a path for yourself which has previously been hidden and underutilized in the conscious self.  “A fitness goal is a fantastic way to undertake the Heroines Journey,” Moller explains.  The two reminded the 35 enthusiastic attendees about empowerment and challenges. “And that when things seem to be going wrong, it is usually the precise  opportunity to put us right going forward. It is all a matter of perspective,” she says.

                                The public is invited to join the remaining  free sessions that are held on Tuesdays  from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.:

Session Two:

 Tuesday,  February 5:  Common Misconceptions about Fitness that Keep You Stuck

Session Three:

Tuesday, February 12: Your Vitality Quotient

Session Four:

Tuesday, February 26: Who’s Running Your Show: Simple Techniques to Beat the Saboteur

Session Five:

Louisville, Colorado – On Friday, February 1^st, Dental Aid will participate in Give Kids A Smile – a national day of free oral health care for uninsured children.  While Dental Aid provides reduced-fee dental care for low-income and uninsured Boulder residents every day, Give Kids A Smile is a great way for uninsured children to receive care that their families may not be able to afford.

Uninsured children 0-20 are eligible for free services during Give Kids A Smile.  Anyone interested in participating should call to make an appointment at one of Dental Aid’s clinics in Boulder, Louisville or Longmont.  Dental Aid’s clinics are open from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Dental Aid’s 2011 Give Kids a Smile day provided over $47,000 in free care to 181 children while performing 678 procedures.  The procedures performed ranged from initial exams and cleanings to applying sealants and filling small cavities.  Dental Aid also partnered with other local dental providers – referring children and teens to orthodontists, endodontists, and other dental specialists for free care during Give Kids A Smile.

Founded in 1974, Dental Aid is a private, nonprofit dental health care provider for low-income and uninsured Front Range residents with clinics in Boulder, Louisville and Longmont.  In 2012, Dental Aid provided 7,873 individual children and adults with high-quality, preventive and restorative dental care. 

Provisional patent awarded, company exhibits this week at Outdoor Retailer Show

Denver, Colorado – Outdoor Girl, a Colorado-based manufacturing company, has introduced its first product in the Outdoor Girl Rack System (OGRS) line. The company’s lift assist system for stand-up paddleboards (SUPs) was designed by women paddle enthusiasts who grew tired of struggling to load heavy, unwieldy boards onto a vehicle roof-top carrier. The OGRS’s hydraulic lift assist allows the average woman to easily load and transport her equipment by herself. The board is loaded at waist level, then hydraulics aid in lifting it up onto the vehicle’s roof.

Two gals, two paddle boards, two cars, zero racks and two fast-paced lives. Outdoor Girl is the brainchild of two busy single women who are executives and moms, Alicia Svaldi and Heidi Hostetter, who bought paddleboards during the summer of 2012. They fell in love with the sport, and started spending more and more time on the water. They also discovered the trials and tribulations that come with transporting large, awkward equipment like paddleboards.

The Outdoor Girl Rack System idea was born on a lake, while paddling away while discussing business and families. What if women could transport their gear more easily? How much more quickly would the sport of stand-up paddle boarding grow, and how much healthier would society be? The Outdoor Girl Rack System empowers users to get out there and live their adventure.

This first product in the Outdoor Girl Rack System is a lightweight aluminum mechanism designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA at the company’s Arvada, Colorado facility to load and carry stand-up paddleboards. It features a hydraulic assist unit to make loading and unloading a board onto or off of a vehicle rooftop rack system safe, fast, easy, and convenient. Adapters are available to fit the product to any brand-name rooftop vehicle rack.

This is the first in the Outdoor Girl Rack System not only because of the founders’ interest in paddleboarding, but also because SUP is currently one of the fastest growing activities in the nation. Future OG products will accommodate kayaks and canoes.

Outdoor Girl was recently granted a provisional patent for its product, and will be exhibiting at the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City this week. The Outdoor Girl Rack System is coming to vehicle roofs and shorelines near you in the summer of 2013.

About Outdoor Girl

The Outdoor Girl Rack System is designed to help the average, active, outdoor girl who just wants to get to and fro, quickly and easily, confident that her equipment is safe and secure during transport. Outdoor Girl was built on the vision of: Providing women with the liberation of easily transporting their gear; manufacturing its products in the USA; and supporting efforts to cure cancer. Outdoor Girl: for the girl that cares about her rack. For more information, visit http://www.outdoorgirl.us or call (303) 517-6541. You can also find Outdoor Girl on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/outdoorgirl.us.

For the past six years, Reading Village (www.readingvillage.org) - a Boulder-based international development organization - has been empowering Guatemalan youth to eradicate illiteracy and break the cycle of poverty in their rural, indigenous communities. Combining literacy promotion, leadership development, and high school scholarships the organization has created a model of sustainable development that is slowly but surely creating a culture of literacy where there was none. "We envision these communities thriving under their own resources and creativity," said Founder & Director Linda Smith. "And we need your help to make that happen."

That's why twice a year, Reading Village leads service-learning and cultural immersion trips to Guatemala. Traveling alongside international philanthropists, organization board members, program staff, and teen scholars is the best way to understand Reading Village’s work.

Whether you’re eighteen or eighty, there’s something to learn from Guatemala. For eight days you will visit the colonial town of Antigua, explore the ancient Mayan ruins of Iximché, and tour a coffee cooperative on Lake Atitlán. What’s more, you will get to know our teens personally, the challenges they face and the impact they have. You’ll visit their homes, share a meal with their families, and have an authentic experience of Mayan traditions and rural life.  

Combining cultural immersion with experiential learning, Reading Village's Learning Journeys are a great way to experience a developing country and get off the beaten path! The safe, thoughtful, and curious environment that is fostered on these trips will change the way you look at the world.

Sign up now for the April 25th - May 2nd Learning Journey to Guatemala. Visit http://readingvillage.org/literacy-programs/learning-journey/ or email learningjourney@readingvillage.org for more information.

Christmas was a bit brighter this year for 240 local children thanks to the city’s annual Project Present, which highlights the generosity of local businesses and city employees.

Created by the Commerce City Parks and Recreation Department, the program benefits underprivileged children by providing them with gifts. Sponsors bought presents ranging from coats and gloves to bikes and skateboards.

A special thank you to the sponsors who helped make this year’s Project Present a success: Colorado Rapids, Smile 4 Life Dental, Church Next Door, Reunion Dental Care, Douglass Colony Group/One Globe Renewables, Exodus Moving and Storage, Treasured Teeth Pediatric Dental Specialist, Reunion Orthodontics, Commerce City Building and Safety Division, Commerce City City Manager’s Office, Commerce City Parks and Recreation Department and Commerce City Finance Department.

About Douglass Colony Group

Servicing Metro Denver since 1947, Douglass Colony Group (www.douglasscolony.com) specializes in roofing, metals, solar, waterproofing and so much more.  From project planning to completion, Douglass offers knowledgeable, friendly staff, and quality materials to help you get the job done right.  Douglass Colony Group has you covered from the ground up!

For more information, please contact Christy Maraone at 303-288-2635x1229 or visit www.douglasscolony.com.

Running pain-free can be an ongoing challenge for runners, and can also be a challenge for physicians, physical therapists, trainers, and coaches when working with runners. Nicole Haas is a physical therapist at Alta Physical Therapy & Pilates who spends a large amount of time and effort sorting through the research and evidence in order to help runners enjoy mile after mile while avoiding injuries. Alta is pleased to announce that she will be speaking on the topic at the American Physical Therapy Association's annual conference in San Diego this year. "Staying on the Right Track: Current Concepts in the Care and Prevention of Running Injuries" will focus on teaching physical therapists how to incorporate the best evidence in to practice to keep their runners injury-free. Nicole offers run analysis and injury prevention screens locally in Boulder at  Alta Physical Therapy & Pilates by appointment.

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Wolcott and team win at 25 Hours of Thunderhill

Young driver wins E2 class at country’s longest sports car race

Race car driver Travis Wolcott finished off his season with another win in California, finishing 1^{st in his class at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, December 8-9th. He and his co-drivers raced a Mazda MX-5 specially prepared by Atlanta Motorsports Group in the country’s longest endurance sports car race.}

This was Wolcott’s endurance sports car racing debut, and an important race for his career. Endurance racing requires much more stamina than sprint racing. Winning at Thunderhill is a challenge. The technical course and long hours took a toll on all competitors for over a full day of racing nonstop.

"I knew that if we could keep mistakes to a minimum, stay out of trouble, and run consistent, fast laps we had a car that could win. It’s a difficult race for everybody. There are so many cars of varying speeds and so many opportunities to lose focus. The most important thing is to stay sharp, " said Wolcott.

Wolcott shared driving duties with three other drivers in the #79 Mazda MX-5. Guy Laidig, Beau Borders, and Todd Launchbaugh each took stints in the car and together the whole team drove from 4th place in class all the way up to the race win, a full 20 laps ahead of their nearest rival.

"I’m thrilled to win the 25 Hours of Thunderhill on my first attempt. These are the kinds of challenges I like to set for myself as I progress. It was critical that I prepare for it properly and find myself with a crew that could get the job done. This is invaluable experience as I continue towards my goal of winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans," said Wolcott.

Wolcott was coached through the course at Thunderhill by one of his Pirelli World Challenge competitors, Todd Lamb, who was driving another of Atlanta Motorsports Group’s MX-5s that weekend in a different class. Lamb has won at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, has competed in Grand-Am, and is a past Playboy MX-5 Cup Champion.

"We had six drivers entered in the 25 that had never seen Thunderhill before. It's a daunting track with blind corners and significant elevation changes. Travis stood out among the six as a true talent, soaking up information that I gave him on the proper lines and getting up to speed quickly on the 15 turn circuit. He and his co-drivers never put a wheel wrong over 25 hours, and it paid off with a win at a very challenging event," said Lamb.

Adding this win to his impressive first professional season in the Pirelli World Challenge, Wolcott is talking to sponsors, partners and others who have taken notice of his strong contention in different cars and conditions. 

About Travis Wolcott

Travis Wolcott is a professional race car driver based in Boulder, Colo. He competes in the Touring Car Class of the Pirelli World Challenge in a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI. He received his SCCA Competition license in late 2009 and won his first divisional Championship in 2010. He races with 3ZERO3 Motorsports and Emich Volkswagen in Denver. Wolcott currently offers opportunities for corporate sponsorship, event appearances, private coaching, and product endorsements and distribution. For more information on Wolcott, please visit his website at

^{www.Traviswolcott.com.}

This is a link to a youtube video of Travis driving day and nightime laps at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill

http://youtu.be/Jt2ibCGI8y0