Dan England has worked for Colorado media for 25 years, including 20 at the Greeley Tribune. He's won more than 100 state and national awards, including Best of Show from the Colorado Press Association in 2015. Dan loves to write about the outdoors, as they are not just a job but an adventure. He has completed more than 20 marathons and 20 ultramarathons in addition to climbing more than 200 peaks, including all the 14ers in Colorado and Mount Rainier in Washington. He is a running coach, specializing in ultramarathons, and is certified by the UESCA. Dan is married to Valerie Vampola, a professional singer, and has three children, Jayden and twin girls, Andie and Allie, and a heeler, Pepper, who ran her first trail marathon last year in western Kansas.