PIKES PEAK MARATHON !!!! I got registered this morning for the Pikes Peak Marathon. Two weeks ago the Active.com web site melted down trying to handle the volume of traffic, so they did a re-do registration today, and I got in. This will be my 3rd year in a row doing Pikes Peak.
Today the marathon registration filled in 15 minutes!! Last year it filled in one day. Two years ago it filled in 4 days. Prior years registration filled in a few weeks or months.
Outside of Colorado Springs, the most runners who do Pikes Peak Marathon come from down here in Austin, TX. A bunch of flat landers that love to run up the mountain and back down. The running community here in Austin is out of this world. For Pikes Peak training we have the Barton Springs Green Belt and the Hill of Life. Great training for Pikes Peak.
First we need to get Boston out of the way in less than 5 weeks. Then hit the trails and the treadmill on maximum elevation setting for Pikes Peak training. |