(PIKES PEAK, Colo.) — With just days away from the Pikes Peak Marathon and Ascent, many may be wondering how the weather is shaping up for the popular races. While America’s Mountain was coated in a ...

Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon legends pose for picture at Memorial Park in Manitou Springs on Sept. 19, 2025. From left to right: Scott Elliot, Dominic Gauchupin, Matt Carpenter, Donna Messenger, ...

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - This year, the Pikes Peak Marathon is celebrating its 70th anniversary, and to mark the occasion, they are waiving the qualifying race requirement. The Pikes Peak ...

The Pikes Peak Marathon, founded in 1956, is the oldest continually held marathon in the United States, taking runners from Manitou Springs, Colorado, to the summit of Pikes Peak at 14,115 feet, and ...

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. — Over 900 runners registered for the Pikes Peak Marathon, determined to test their limits against one of Colorado's most challenging races. Quiet anticipation built as ...

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Hundreds of runners participated in a race to the top of Pikes Peak on Saturday, the Pikes Peak Ascent! The Saturday schedule: 7 a.m. – Start of the Ascent 9 a.m. – ...

Pikes Peak Marathon course record-holder Matt Carpenter vividly remembers the first time Scott Elliot beat him up Barr Trail. “That first race, I didn’t know who Scott was,” Carpenter, 61, said. “He ...

I was an average runner with no marathon experience. In addition, I had been living in Illinois at 700 feet above sea level, while Pikes Peak projects upward to 14,115 feet, more than 2.5 miles above ...