Tag: pikes peak ascent and marathon
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Scott Elliot, Matt Carpenter reflect on Pikes Peak rivalry ahead of 70th anniversary
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 won his first of six. The next year, I tried again to get better. I remember wearing pink shorts, and he told me…
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Results of the 2025 Pikes Peak Ascent
Here are the results of the 2025 Pikes Peak Ascent. Top 20 Male: Top 20 Female:
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Pikes Peak Marathon and Ascent celebrating 70th anniversary with festive-filled race weekend
With Pikes Peak legends such as Matt Carpenter and Rick Trujillo present at the race expo on Friday, the energy was different for this year’s addition of “America’s Ultimate Challenge.” The 69th annual Pikes Peak Ascent and 70th Pikes Peak Marathon will take place this weekend, beginning with the 13.32 mile Ascent up the mountain…
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Tracing 100 years of Barr Trail history and the man who helped make Pikes Peak a destination
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pikes Peak’s most extraordinary trail was born 100 years ago. To thank for it is “in many respects an ordinary man.” That is how historian and author Eric Swab refers to Barr Trail’s visionary in the book “Fred Barr: Pikes Peak Entrepreneur.” Fred Barr “was…