About Us
Simon Escorcia is the owner and founder of Colorado Race Timing, LLC. He grew up in Nauvoo, Illinois and in Burlington, Iowa where he graduated from Notre Dame High School. Simon then attended Luther College in Iowa where he ran track and cross country for the Norse. After obtaining his BA, he earned his MBA from Iowa’s St. Ambrose University.
In 2007, Simon realized that the corporate world was not for him and started planning his escape. The two things that he knew and loved most were entrepreneurship and running, he just had to figure out how to combine the two. Simon launched RunColo.com in January 2007 and it has now grown to be Colorado’s most popular running website. His next venture was Colorado Race Timing, LLC, which he established in 2008.
Simon balances race timing with running and competed in 20 races in 2011, including a 2:43:50 PR at the 2011 LA Marathon where he was 46th out of 19,887 finishers. He also completed the 2011 TransRockies Run, a 120 six-day stage race in the Rockies, where he and his teammate finished sixth in the open men’s division.
Nic Borneman has been working with Colorado Race Timing since September 2010. He grew up in Indiana and attended the Kelley School of Business: Indiana University Bloomington where he obtained a BS in Marketing and Operations Management. He currently works as an operations production manager for a mortgage-backed securities firm downtown Denver. In 2011, Nic completed the Tough Mudder in Beaver Creek, Colo.
Lori Walker has worked for Colorado Race Timing since October 2010. She is a Colorado native and attended Broomfield High School where she was one of the state’s top track athletes. After high school, her running talent took her to Western State College on a cross country and track scholarship. As a collegiate, she earned All-American recognition.
Lori is now one of the top women runners in the state of Colorado and is a member of the prestigious adidas/Boulder Running Company race team. When she is not out helping Colorado Race Timing on the weekends, she’s likely out competing in a local road race.
Ryan Kircher started with Colorado Race Timing in March 2011. He grew up in Boulder and attended Fairview High School before spending eight years at the Colorado School of Mines where he earned a Metallurgical Engineering degree. He currently resides in Evergreen, Colo. and makes titanium implants for a small medical device company in the Golden.
Despite living in one of the best running cities in the country, Ryan only recently began distance running. He has always enjoyed spending time in the mountains and if you add up all of the nights he’s spent camping and backpacking in the Rockies, it is well into the 100s. For the past three years, Ryan would label himself a “trail runner,” but periodically ventures onto the roads to test his legs in a marathon.
Ryan’s notable running accomplishments include a 2:50 at the 2011 Boston Marathon, a 21:24 at the 2010 Leadville 100, and a 5:20 run from the South Rim to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon while wearing a hot dog costume on Halloween weekend, 2011. Ryan’s goals for the future are essentially to enjoy running in the mountains as much as possible and he is very excited to have been selected to run the 2012 Western States 100-mile Endurance Run this summer.
Luke Crespin has been with Colorado Race Timing since October 2010. A Denver native, he found the joy in running in the 3rd grade. Luke attended Mullen High School where he helped the track and cross country team win four state championships. He attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Penn. and then the University of Colorado where he studied architecture. Luke currently works as an architect in downtown Denver.
Luke is still active in the road and trail racing scene. He was fourth at the 2010 Denver Marathon in 2:44, has run as fast as 1:11:01 for half marathon, and finished the 2011 Leona Divide 50 miler in Calif.
Courtney Schwartz is new to Colorado Race Timing, starting in August 2011, and also relatively new to running. She grew up in Houston, Tex. and now resides in Highlands Ranch with her fiancé, Luke Crespin. Courtney ran 15 races in 2011, including the Portland Marathon (her first marathon) in 3:53:43. She’ll be running the Colorado Marathon this spring and then her first 50 miler. Courtney will surely be dropping off big chunks of time!
Justin Mock has been assisting Colorado Race Timing since May 2009 and is the reason RunColo is the number one Colorado running website – no one knows the ins-and-outs of Colorado running as well as him. Justin grew up in Ohio and attended Miami University (Ohio) where he was a triple major. Justin is a now CPA and works as an accountant in downtown Denver. Justin’s PRs are 16:05 (5k), 26:23 (5M), 33:18 (10K), 1:11:11 (half), and 2:29:29 (marathon).