Simon Gutierrez is an American runner. At the

1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stavanger, Norway, at the Scanvest Ring on March 19, 1989. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald ''The Herald'' is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783 ...

he finished 83rd in the senior men's race. He is a multiple-time winner of the

Mount Washington Road Race The Mount Washington Road Race is a road running event that follows the auto road going from the base of Mount Washington in New Hampshire nearly to the mountain's summit (located at above sea level). The race was first held in 1936, and has be ...

. Gutierrez was the 2005 U.S. Mountain Runner of the Year. He was the initial inspiration for Joseph Gray. He is a member of the

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

Running Hall of Fame.

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