Nearly 48,000 end up winners as 26th Bolder Boulder concludes

There will be friends who say I walked my first Bolder Boulder this past Memorial Day to just get closer to the belly dancers on the race route.

Not true, even though I˜ admit to adding a few minutes to my official finish time of 2:01:29 for some digital photos of those colorful, swirling race cheerleaders.

No, the real reason I entered the Bolder Boulder was to see the Blues Brothers. No, no that˜s not being honest either.

Truth be known, I broke my long tradition of watching the race on TV from the comforts of my cozy couch to join friends…