Details
Who's it for?
For runners wanting to be a part of marathon weekend, festivities, and fervor! Runners love the downtown Denver course, but not everyone wants 26.2 miles. The individual start means runners will be chip timed and enter the marathon in progress one by one. Runners only, please- no walkers. Yes, you get big, substantial medals, too.
Welcome
A warm welcome and bagel breakfast awaits Urban 10 Mile runners at the race start at Rocky Mountain College of Arts and Design at 1600 Pierce St Lakewood, CO. We will send you specific location and parking details so watch your email!
Runner’s Goodies
Tech shirts you’ll wear. Awesome keepsake finisher medals. And Goody Bags with great offers from sponsors, plus Colfax Goody Bags with deals on food, drink, clothing, services, classes.
RTD
Urban 10 Milers get a free RTD bus ticket - after the party in Denver's City Park, Catch RTD on 17th Avenue back to RMCAD and your car!
Easy Packet Pick Up
The Sports & Fitness Expo will be at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium! Free parking - and plenty of it. Enjoy the view from the Club Suites and visit all the awesome running vendors and race sponsors.
Glory & Awards
Awards for top 10 overall (male, female) and top 3 overall masters (male, female) - based on chip time. Going for glory? You can say you ran 10 fast miles. At 5,280 feet altitude. With a smile. Bucket list material.
Bag Check
New in 2013! Bag check will be available at the start of the 10 Miler with bag claim at the finish line in City Park. Please recognize there will be a time delay getting bags to the finish. The 10 Miler bag check is presented by UPS.
Aid Stations Every 2 Miles
Maybe you’ve heard about hydrating. It’s important. We have awesome volunteers manning aid stations every 2 miles - with water and Gatorade. Oh yeah, lots of porta-potties, too.
Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q After Party
Denver favorite The Hazel Miller band is headlining the Jim'N Nick's Bar-B-Q Afterparty! Playing their signature mix of blues, rock, soul and pop at the finish line - add barbecue, beer, 12,000 of your friends and spring sunshine... and we've got a party!
8:30 am-12:30 pm at the Race Finish Line at Ferril Lake, Denver’s City Park.
Run for Charity
We have one of the largest charity partner races in the country. Be a part of it. Check out the
DaVita Charity Partners Program here, and pledge to raise money and awareness for a cause.
Photo Tour
The race starts in an 'individual wave start' at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design campus, where outdoor art mixes with great architecture under the majestic views of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Runners pass Lakewood Steam Baths, and wonderful street art such as the barber pole man and the gigantic gorilla face, with terrific panoramic views of Denver's skyline. Runners head straight into Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium for an epic stadium run through, then cross over to run on the Platte River by Elitches and Confluence Park. Then the course rejoins the Cherry Creek Trail, passing "Venice on the Creek" punting. Exiting at Lawrence takes runners on a fun tour across the 16th Street Mall, under the Tabor Center, and then uphill out 17th Avenue until they enter Denver's City Park at 21st, with the grand finale between beautiful Ferril Lake and the vast meadows next to the Museum of Nature and Science.