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Race Week

Race Week Information

Our crystal ball isn’t working so well this year!  We aren’t entirely sure what the 2021 race week will look like.  Please check back here regularly, and watch your email for updates, regarding our plans for the 2021 event!

Tentative Race Weekend Schedule
Thursday, August 19th
  • 3:00pm - 7:00pm - Bib Pick-Up
  • 3:00pm - 7:00pm - Merchandise Sales

Friday, August 20th
  • 9:00am - 6:00pm - Bib Pick-Up
  • 9:00am - 6:00pm - Merchandise Sales

Saturday, August 21st
  • 5:30am - 7:00am - Bib Pick-Up - Ascent Only
  • 5:30am - 7:00am - Sweat Check - Ascent
  • 5:30am - 7:00am - Pre-Race Staging - Ascent
  • 7:00am - START of the 2021 Pikes Peak Ascent
  • 9:00am - 9:30am - Approximate time of first male and first female finishers
  • 9:00am - 6:00pm - Bib Pick-Up - Marathon Only
  • 9:00am - 6:00pm - Merchandise Sales
  • 11:00am - Awards Ceremony - Top 5 Overall and Top 3 Masters, male and female
  • 1:30pm - Ascent Finish Line Closes

Sunday, August 22nd
  • 5:30am - 7:00am - Bib Pick-Up - Marathon Only
  • 5:30am - 7:00am - Sweat Check - Marathon
  • 5:30am - 7:00am - Pre-Race Staging - Marathon
  • 7:00am - START of the 2021 Pikes Peak Marathon
  • 10:05am - 11:15am - Approximate time of first male and first female finishers
  • 1:00pm - Awards Ceremony - Top 5 Overall and Top 3 Masters, male and female
  • 5:30pm - Marathon Finish Line Closes

The following details will be made available as the race gets closer:
Parking
Expo
Bib Pick-Up
Press Conference
Wave Start
Runner Tracking
Awards Ceremony
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Fun Fact!

In 1972 Peter Strudwick did the Ascent in 4:20:29 and the Marathon in 7:02:28. What is so incredible about that you ask? Well, soon after his mother had caught rubella, commonly called German measles, Peter was born with legs that ended in stumps just past the ankles, a left arm that had only one thumb and a finger, and a right arm ending at the wrist.
When Zebulon Pike tried to ascend the mountain that would later be named after him he was turned back by the harsh weather. Many claim he said that no one would ever reach its summit. However, it is generally accepted that he meant on that day, under those conditions. The snow was waist deep and his men were not dressed for it and were out of food.
“Militant tobacco-hating physician” Dr. Arne Suominen from Delray Beach FL, became the founder of the modern day Pikes Peak races when he wrote a letter to the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce in 1956 and challenged cigarette smokers to race him up and down Pikes Peak. 1956 Results
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