Milestones Icon: The Bolder Boulder

The BolderBoulder started as a 2,700-person road race in 1979.

Today more than 50,000 people compete in the yearly event.

Olympic gold medalist Frank Shorter approached Steve Bosley, then president of the Bank of Boulder, about hosting a road race in Boulder. Bosley agreed, and the first annual BolderBoulder – won by Ric Rojas – was up and running.

The race quickly gained popularity, and the next year the finish line had to be moved from North Boulder Park to Boulder High School’s track to accommodate the 5,280-person field.

These days, the race ends at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Folsom Field –…