Casper Star-Tribune city reporter Christine Robinson, right, and features editor Kristy Gray think they are running a marathon. But how will they train with work to do, e-mails to check and those pesky personal lives to manage? Track their progress as they train for the Estes Park Marathon on June 15. If these two working women can run it, anyone can. Photo by DAN CEPEDA, Star-Tribune.
Neil Short, 60, runs up a sand dune behind the Casper Events Center Friday afternoon while training for the Atacama Crossing in Chile. Short will compete in the 7-day, 155-mile footrace across the driest desert on Earth beginning Sunday because, well, it's there and because he can. "Sometimes, I read things that treat aging as though it is an inevitable and rapid decline. In fact, we do see that with a lot of people. They stop activity and find excuses," Short said. Photo by CHRISTINE ROBINSON, Star-Tribune.
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Becky Wheeler reads a book to her daughter, Ally, 2, one afternoon recently at their home in Casper. Wheeler competes in ultra-marathons and finding balance between her kids and the rigors of training can be difficult. (Kerry Huller/Star-Tribune)
Becky Wheeler negotiates a tough stretch of the course at the Leadville Trail 100 mile race in Leadville, Colo. (Photo courtesy of Becky Wheeler)
Becky Wheeler pushes through exhaustion at the Leadville Trail 100 mile race in Leadville, Colo. (Photo courtesy of Becky Wheeler)
Casper's Leo Maddox, right, runs with the crowd of about 350 runners at the start of the Casper Marathon Sunday. Photo by Ryan Soderlin, Star-Tribune
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