The streets and trails of downtown Colorado Springs are not exactly the "Frozen Tundra of Lambeau Field" but on Super Bowl Sunday more than 1,000 runners will race for paydirt in the annual Super Half Marathon™ and Game Day 5K. School bands and cheerleaders will also be there to ramp up the festivities.
Pick your race, burn some calories, celebrate your accomplishment with your friends, then head home and catch the big game!
Schedule:
Race-day packet pick-up: 8:30am, Plaza of the Rockies
Race-day registration: 9:00am, Plaza of the Rockies
Super Half Marathon start: 10:00am
Game Day 5K start: 10:15am
Course Closes: 1:00pm
Super Bowl Kickoff: 4:30pm (you will have plenty of time to run and celebrate with us at Jack Quinn's)
Course Information
Game Day 5K Course
This is an out-and-back course. The start line is on Colorado Ave, west of Tejon St. Runners head west, past the Antlers parking garage, then north behind Antlers to the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail. Turnaround is north of Uintah and the finish is just south of the Bijou Street bridge, along the trail. The course is very slight incline on the way out and a very slight decline on the way back.
Super Half Marathon Course
This is an out-and-back course. The course begins on Colorado Ave in downtown Colorado Springs, west of Tejon St. Runners will head west, past the Antler's Hotel garage. At Antler's Park, they will turn right and head north onto the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail. They will go north, with the turnaround just south of where the trail proceeds under I-25 (mile 6.8). The course is mostly downhill back to the finish, 6.3 miles to just south of the Bijou Street bridge along the trail.
Awards:
The following applies to both the Super Half Marathon and the Game Day 5K. There are separate award categories for males and females.
Award Categories & Depth
Overall - Top 3
Masters (40+) - Top 1
Age Groups - Top 3
Age Groups: 0-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70+
The race is chip timed. All scoring is based on chip time, except the top 3 overall (male and female) are scored by gun time. The masters and age-group awards are based on chip time.
No duplicate awards. That is, overall award winners are not eligible for masters or age group awards. Masters award winners are not eligible for age group awards.
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