May 6, 2009 Boulder Wave’s founder and president Brendan Reilly will give a special BolderBOULDER 10K coaching session this coming weekend for members of Team KBCO, the running group brought together by Colorado’s world-class rock station, KBCO. KBCO is a long-time sponsor of BolderBOULDER, and each year invites its listeners to run with Team KBCO …
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Gold Medal Coach Vali Tomescu Joins Garmin’s Fitness Advisory Board
April 30, 2009 Valeriu “Vali” Tomescu, coach of Beijing Olympic marathon gold medalist Constantina Dita, has joined the Fitness Advisory Board of Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., the global leader in satellite navigation. In his role with Garmin, Tomescu will use Garmin’s line of fitness product in his training programs, and advise …
Olympic Marathon Champion Constantina Dita Signs Four-Year Deal with ASICS
March 26, 2009 Athlete management firm Boulder Wave, Inc., and ASICS Corporation have announced agreement on a new four-year sponsorship contract for 2008 Beijing Olympic Marathon gold medalist Constantina Dita. The Kobe, Japan, sporting goods company has provided Dita with her footwear and clothing since 2003, and has had sponsorship agreements with her since 2004. …
Constantina Dita Wins the AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Award
March 20, 2009 Romania’s Olympic champion Constantina Dita has been awarded a top honor in world road running, the AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Award, during a ceremony on Thursday, March 19th, in Tokyo, Japan. Dita is in Japan this week as a guest of the Tokyo 2016 Olympic bid committee, and for events …
Coach Valeriu Tomescu Reveals Gold Medal Training and Strategy
March 5, 2009 Valeriu Tomescu, coach of Beijing Olympic Marathon champion Constantina Dita, provides an in-depth account of the training behind Dita’s gold medal run in the current Winter 2008/2009 edition of Coaching Athletics magazine. In an article titled “In the Spotlight: Valeriu Tomescu on Training a Gold Medalist,” Tomescu discusses his own development as …
Olympic Marathon Champion Constantina Dita to be Keynote Speaker at Sportswomen of Colorado Awards Banquet
February 26, 2009 Beijing Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist Constantina Dita of Erie, Colorado, will be the featured speaker March 8th at the Sportswomen of Colorado’s 35th Annual Awards Celebration in Denver, Colorado.. Dita, a longtime Colorado resident, will talk about her winning run in Beijing and her athletic life in Colorado. Her gold medal in …
Justin Young to chase berth on U.S. World Marathon Team at Tokyo Marathon
February 25, 2009 Justin Young of Superior, Colorado, will compete in Japan’s prestigious Tokyo Marathon on March 22nd in an effort to secure a spot on the U.S. marathon team that will compete at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics this summer in Berlin, Germany. Young, the third-fastest American marathoner of 2008, made a series …
“National Award for Sports” for Marathon Champ Constantina Dita
February 1, 2009 Beijing Olympic marathon Gold Medalist Constantina Dita was recognized on Saturday with Romania’s “National Award for Sports,” the country’s most prestigious annual sports award. In a gala ceremony presided over by Romanian President Traian Basescu at the country’s main Olympic Center in Snagov, Dita’s main competition for the award was from several …
Nine Boulder Wave Athletes Set for Beijing Olympic Games
July 22, 2008 Local residents Lidia Simon, Luminita Talpos, and Constantina Tomescu-Dita won the 2008 Bolder Boulder 10K International Team Challenge. Now, the three Romanian marathoners will try to repeat their success at the Beijing Olympic Games. The three are among the nine Beijing Olympians represented by Boulder Wave, Inc., the Boulder-based sports agency and …