Media Request Form

PPM Media Kit

Pikes Peak Marathon, Inc. grants members of the media limited access to the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon. To be eligible to receive credentials for race events, media members must complete a Media Credentials Application and submit proper identification. A Media Member is defined as anyone who works with a news organization such as reporters, journalists, photographers, videographers, drone pilots, and/or bloggers, or anyone who wants to cover the event as volunteer photographers, videographers, and/or bloggers. Photos shared with Pikes Peak Marathon, Inc. must be high-resolution photos that can be downloaded or shared with the organization. 

Once an application has been received, the Media Member will receive an email confirming their request for credentials. Decisions on media credentials will be made within two weeks of receiving the application. Applications received within one week of the event will not be approved. If approved, Media Members will receive additional information regarding the credential and will be subject to the terms and conditions below. 

​Eligibility; Transferability; Revocation. Each requesting Media Member who wishes to obtain a Media Credential must fully and accurately complete an Application and submit a copy of their organization press credentials/headshot. The Media Credential is non-transferable, and Pikes Peak Marathon, Inc., in its sole discretion and for any reason, grant, deny or revoke Media Credentials.

1. Event Access. In the interest of safety, Pikes Peak Marathon, Inc. offers limited space on authorized vehicles. Media approved to cover the Pikes Peak Ascent summit will not be allowed to drive their personal vehicles and must receive a ride from the race organization. Approved Media Members will have access to the start area, race course, finish area (Pikes Peak Marathon only unless approved for Pikes Peak Ascent summit access), and expo. 
2. Proprietary Rights. Pikes Peak Marathon, Inc. is the exclusive owner of any and all of its intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, its trademarks, copyrights, and other proprietary rights. The Media Credential authorizes the Approved Media Member to use Event-related trademarks in its coverage.
3. Assumption of Risk and Release. Approved Media Member assumes all risk and danger incidental to the performance by the Approved Media Member of his or her services; to the sport of running, as well as any risk or danger reasonably foreseeable while on or around the Event course or venues (including, without limitation, falls, dangers of collisions with vehicles, pedestrians, participants, and fixed objects; the dangers arising from surface hazards, equipment failure, and hazards that may be posed by spectators or volunteers, and weather conditions) and releases Pikes Peak Marathon Inc., Event sponsors, Event organizers, Event promoters, Event producers, race directors, Event officials, Event staff, advertisers, volunteers, administrators, contractors, all other persons or entities involved with the Event, and each of their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, licensees, officers, directors, partners, board members, shareholders, members, supervisors, insurers, agents, employees, volunteers, and representatives (individually and collectively, the “Released Parties“), from any and all liabilities resulting from injuries or personal property loss occurring before, during, or after the Event.
4. Right to Removal. Any Approved Media Member who enters restricted areas, is deemed disorderly or fails to comply with any of the Terms and Conditions, any security measures, or any direction from any Event official, may be subject to (a) immediate removal from the Event, (b) prosecution, and/or (c) revocation of Media Credentials for future Events.​