It’s finally upon us, the Inaugural XTERRA Marathon of Trail Races at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado on October 3rd, 2009! Why is Colorado just getting an XTERRA Trail Race Series now? I’m not sure. Maybe XTERRA was waiting until they got the right group of people to put this trail race series together or maybe XTERRA isn’t as extreme as we all thought they were. Hopefully that is not the case. Obviously there is a lot of great Trail Running in Colorado, SeriousRunning.com alone has over 100 Trail Runs listed in Colorado! It looks like now we can list some pretty sweet trail races in Colorado too.
This exciting course will be run at the brand new Cheyenne Mountain State Park which is nestled in the landscape that inspired the song “America the Beautiful.” Maybe the beauty will inspire you to run faster…hopefully not to look at it all. You better register for the full marathon just to make sure you don’t run too fast past the beauty. The Cheyenne Mountain State Park XTERRA Trail Run will have a full marathon, half-marathon, and 5K option. The full marathon will be two loops of the half-marathon course so you don’t miss any of the diverse nature in this prairie to peak eco-system.
Don’t just run this race for the beauty though, run it to win. The Inaugural XTERRA Marathon of Trail Races and earn points for the overall XTERRA Colorado Trail Run Series champion which will include races through 2010. Your race age is your age on December 31st of 2010, pretty sweet if you want to move up to the slower age category. There will be at least 3 races in the series and you must run 2 to qualify. Only the longest distance in each event will count for points, so you better run the full marathon on October 3rd if you want to win the regional series title. Be the hero of your region!
In addition to being able to say you ran the Inaugural XTERRA Colorado Trail Race Series you also will receive a Zorrel technical race T-shirt, Inaugural finisher medal, good food, and an entry into the raffle for swag items. Remember, you can’t buy running swag so this is could be a great way to gain some swag. You can purchase an entry into this awesome race online from now until September 30th. Marathon is $65, Half-Marathon is $45, and the 5K is $25.
So be a part of history and run this great new race! It’s going to be a great time. Stop learning about history and make it!
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