Health and Fitness

In many places in the US, road cycling is a cult. Members have Internet coaches, obsessive training schedules, matching branded Lycra biking uniforms and regularly organized group rides of ten or more riders. In Telluride, it’s not like that. Folks are lone wolves; they’re not...

When Jenny Rowe set out to create Xercise Lab, she did so with this goal in mind: get sweaty. A busy mom of 3 young boys, Rowe wanted to create an intense workout that could be done in 45 minutes. Thus, BurnLab was born: a...

Our wounds from the Imogene Pass Run may still be fresh but it's no time to slack off on the couch in Telluride. Next weekend, September 19th-22nd, there are two exciting fitness events happening in town. Mountains to Desert, a 118-mile road ride from Telluride to...

The funny thing about Telluride is that after you accomplish your personal, most challenging, athletic feat, there is always someone to tell you a story about those who are way harder core than you. You raced the Iron Horse Bike Classic from Durango to Silverton; they...

New campaign launched to advocate awareness and tax on sugary drinks Kick the Can Telluride is a local initiative, which aims to raise awareness about childhood obesity and to create a funding stream, via the Sugary Drink Tax, for programs that promote active healthy youth. The tax on...

The San Miguel Resource Center celebrates our 20th Anniversary this year. As your local non-profit working to end domestic violence and sexual assault, we have come a long way since 1993, when a small group of concerned community members created Tomboy House. In its first year...