COLORADO HALF MARATHONS BLOG

100 Half Marathons - Club Challenge of Fifty States Half Marathon Club - Colorado Running Clubs

2016-10-06T23:51:00.001-06:00

Colorado half marathon runners and walkers! Join a great club with lots of challenges to work on, as well as lots of discounts and great members. Many half marathon runners and walkers out there can’t alway afford to travel around to all 50 states. The 100 Half Marathons Challenge™ is a perfect alternative! Join Fifty States Half Marathon Club and work toward your 100 half marathons, and take your time on the other challenges. All members can work toward all the challenges.

Fifty States Half Marathon Club hosts a big annual meet up in a new state every year, which includes the big annual awards night for all the club members that finish a challenge. From the 100 Half Marathons Challenge™ to the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™, or 50 States Endurance Challenge™, runners and walkers will enjoy a great group of members, with lots of opportunity to meet members at races. Paint your journey on the cool 100 Half Marathons shirts, designed by Fifty States Half Marathon Club, or the map back design as you work toward 50 states.

Additionally, there is the 500 Endurance Challenge™, the 7 Continents Endurance Challenge™, and the new Canada 10 Provinces Half Marathon Challenge™. A description of each challenge can be found at the official website of Fifty States Half Marathon Club.

Beautiful, classy awards when you finish a challenge!

Join the club and start working toward your 100 half marathons, or 50 states, at www.50stateshalfmarathonclub.com

Steamboat Stinger Half Marathon in Steamboat Springs Colorado

2016-07-30T08:30:00.000-06:00

The August 14th, 2016 Steamboat Stinger Half marathon in Steamboat Springs, CO is a challenging backcountry trail singletrack half marathon course. This appears to be a no frills trail running event. There is no mention on the website of a finisher medal, no mention of a race shirt, no mention of any post race food, so with the lack of information on their website, I'd expect nothing and just go have a great trail run with great singletrack and great scenery. The elevation of Steamboat Springs is 6732' ft. For a direct link to event, visit the Colorado Half Marathons calendar page.

Mt Sneffels Half Marathon in Ouray Colorado

2016-07-29T07:30:00.000-06:00

The August 13th 2016 Mt Sneffels Half Marathon in Ouray, CO is a downhill point to point course, extremely scenic half marathon running along the Uncompahgre River on a dirt road. Tech shirt and race hat for all, and a finisher medal as well. Very walker friendly and welcoming. Ouray, Colorado is at 7700' ft elevation, and is a beautiful area to travel to, as well as a great destination for hiking and biking. For a direct link to event, visit the Colorado Half Marathons Calendar page.

Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon in Colorado

2016-07-28T08:05:00.000-06:00

The August 13th, 2016 Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon is a downhill point to point course, starting at approximately 8500' ft elevation in Georgetown, CO, and finishing at around 7500' ft elevation in Idaho Springs, CO. Tech shirt, no frills medal, and a post race beer at the finish hosted by West Bound & Down Brewing Company. Walkers are welcome, but not promised any post race amenities past 3 hours, by the event sponsors. For a direct link to event, visit the Colorado Half Marathon Calendar page.

Beaver Creek Half Marathon in Colorado

2016-07-27T08:30:00.000-06:00

The August 7th, 2016 Beaver Creek Half Marathon in Beaver Creek, CO is a moderately challenging trail half marathon with 1400' elevation gain, but not extremely technical. The course is a combination of single track and dirt road trail. It's a fun course with a decent amount of shade throughout the course. Always a nice post race, with good food. Fantastic race organization with well run events. For a direct link to event, visit the Colorado Half Marathons page.

Hunky Dory Half Marathon in Breckenridge Colorado

2016-07-26T08:00:00.000-06:00

The August 6th, 2016 Hunky Dory Half Marathon in Breckenridge, CO is a small, scenic, trail half marathon, limited to 200 participants, starting at Vista Point Park, approximately 9600' elevation. Race t-shirt included, as well as a post race lunch. For a direct link, visit the Colorado Half Marathons page.

Rocky Mountain Half Marathon in Estes Park Colorado

2016-07-25T09:00:00.000-06:00

The July 30th, 2016 Rocky Mountain Half Marathon is a beautiful scenic course, with mountainous views, approximately 3 to 4 miles of uphill throughout the course, but the views will be worth it. The course is a mixture of paved roads and paved paths, which includes a nice waterfront portion around Lake Estes. The course is walker friendly with a 4 hour time limit. No post race food other than the typical post race replenishers (a banana and chocolate milk for each runner). This half marathon is a cup-free event; hence, participants will need to carry a water bottle or a hydrapouch. For a direct link to event, visit the Colorado half marathons page.

Black Hawk Trail Half Marathon in Colorado

2016-07-24T08:00:00.000-06:00

The July 31st, 2016 Black Hawk Trail 1/2 Marathon just outside of Black Hawk, CO is a challenging, but exceptionally scenic trail course, held at Golden Gate Canyon State Park. Fabulous race organization and well run events. Tons of climbing and very technical trail running course, with 2900 elevation gain throughout the course, with course starting at around 8537' ft elevation. ERS (Endurance Race Series), always does a good job of having some sort of good food at the finish as well. For a direct link to event, visit the Colorado Half Marathon Calendar page.

Fort Collins Human Race

2016-07-23T16:45:00.002-06:00

The July 30th, 2016 Fort Collins Human Race Half Marathon is a scenic half marathon through the streets of Fort Collins, and winding along the Poudre Bike Trail along the river, with lots of shade. A fabulous race for runners with fantastic race organizers, but non-walker friendly race to the extreme, and a time limit that excludes back of the pack joggers, with a 3 hour time limit, restricting runners to a maximum 13:44 time limit per mile pace. Yikes! Maybe in my younger days. Great post race party with a pancake breakfast and Odell Brewing Beer Garden. For a direct link, visit the Colorado Half Marathons page.

Race Review for Half Marathons in Colorado

2015-05-30T20:04:00.000-06:00

Do you have a race review for a half marathon in Colorado? If so, feel free to submit a half marathon review for consideration! Here are some great topics runners like to read about in your half marathon review:

Was the race well organized? Packet pick up, expo, start time, timing, support?

Did this race have an expo, or just a small packet pickup?

Were enough volunteers recruited? How was on course support? Enough food? Enough water?

How was the post race party? Good food? Music? Enough food? Enough refreshments & recovery food or drinks? Describe.

How was the medal? below average? average? excellent? beyond excellent, pretty cool?
Do you have a photo to share of your bling to include?

How was the swag? Any awesome swag? Brand of shirt?

How was the cost of the race compared to most half marathons? about average, a great deal, way too expensive for the swag, bling and support that was provided, well worth the cost for the swag, bling, post race party and support received?

Was this a small race, a medium sized race, or large race?

Was the course scenic? What was the highlight of the course (or highlights of the course)?
What made the course fun (or totally boring)?
Do you have any good scenic course photos to send us?

Describe the course. Was it flat? Rollers the whole way? Flat with one big monster hill? All up? All down? All up then all down? etc. Was it shaded? Trees, dessert, mountainous, city streets, all neighborhoods, through a park, etc?

We love to hear from our half marathon runners about all the half marathon races out there that you love, like, or didn't care for, and appreciate your feedback. We may share your review in multiple locations such as our half marathon blogs, or possibly even on Halfmarathonsearch.com. You can ask to be published anonymously if you'd like, but we do need your information in order to publish.

Happy Running!

Half Marathons in Colorado March 1st 2015

2015-02-17T00:27:00.000-07:00

Half marathons are a wrap for February in Colorado. Next up is the 1st weekend in March, the Dam Run13.1 half marathon will take place March 1st in Denver. For more info visit Colorado half marathons http://www.halfmarathonsearch.com/#!half-marathons-colorado/cw22

Colorado going into 2015 with About 112 Official Half Marathons

2014-12-07T21:30:00.000-07:00

Over the past year, Colorado has had at least one half marathon discontinued, but new ones keep coming! A couple new half marathons have already been added to the half marathon calendar for 2015, including a new trail half marathon, and a new road half marathon kicking off in Denver. The Colorado half marathon calendar is going into the new year with approximately 112 official half marathon distance events. Official half marathon events are 13.1 mile or 21k distance events.

Search here for Colorado Half Marathons 2015

Half Marathon Growth and Community - 2015 Annual Awards to be Held in Colorado

2014-11-11T21:08:00.002-07:00

Half Marathons continue to grow around the globe and across the USA. The current totals of half marathons in the USA equal well over 2000 events, with recent industry leaders’ claims of close to 2 million half marathon finishers over the past year. The number of half marathon events, and the number of finishers continue to increase annually. In Colorado alone, there are over 100 half marathons! The 13.1 mile distance is perfect for the traveler, allowing the ability to enjoy a weekend destination with little recovery time, contrary to the full marathon distance.

In 2008, Fifty States Half Marathon running club was founded, and has now grown to become a central bonding ground for bringing half marathon runners together from all over the USA, and even some from other countries. The club also has members from Canada, and as far away as UAE. The club features over 300 running event discounts (mostly half marathons), and a fabulous high end gold cup trophy for members who finish a 50 states journey, or 100 half marathons. The challenges also allow for ironman distance and half ironman distance triathlons to count in totals of various challenges. The 500 endurance challenge and a 7 Continents endurance Challenge was added as well over the past year, an enticer to go above and beyond 50 states or 100 halfs. Members meet up for dinner and race photos all over the USA throughout the year, and enjoy an unprecedented camaraderie! The bonds of the members seem to get stronger every year, and more keep joining due to the positive energy the club and members spark amongst others! The annual meet up and awards, which is held in a new destination every year, has also been an exciting event. Members drive and fly in from all over to see one another, celebrate membership and awards for challenge finishers, and enjoy a weekend of socializing. The half marathon group is a welcoming organization with both walkers and runners of all abilities, and is a fabulous running club to meet other likeminded individuals, from some just normal everyday folks, to some with amazing inspirational stories of overcoming adversity.

In 2015, Fifty 50 States Half Marathon Club will hold their annual meet up event at Kooky Spooky Half Marathon in Golden, Colorado (a suburb west of Denver), with expectations of close to 200 members attending. Join the club and mark this Colorado event on your calendar! The weekend will consist of a planned light group hike up the scenic Table Mountain, social night of mingling, a Coors Brewery tour, an evening of dinner and awards to be presented to all the 50 States and 100 Half finishers, a race day with mingling at post race tent upon finishing half the half marathon, and another final social gathering the last evening of the weekend. Join the challenge and a great half marathon group!

Search for Colorado Half Marathons 2014 and Colorado Half Marathons 2015

2014-07-06T01:55:00.000-06:00

Search Colorado Half Marathons 2014 and Colorado Half Marathons 2015. Colorado now has over 100 half marathons!

Colorado Half Marathons is on Facebook

2014-02-23T02:37:00.000-07:00

Colorado Half Marathons is on Facebook. Come on over and "Like" Colorado Half Marathons on Facebook! Another place to stay up to date on information regarding half marathons in Colorado, such as inaugural races, discounts, upcoming Colorado halfs and sometimes descriptions of half marathon events in Colorado, and more. Plus, interact with other Colorado half marathon runners with your posts as well.

Prairie Dog Half Marathons - One for Every Season

2014-02-15T16:56:00.000-07:00

Prairie Dog Half Marathons have a 1/2 marathon for every season in 2014. The Arctic Prairie Dog Half Marathon has come and gone for 2014, but has already announced a 2015 half marathon date of 1/18/2015! Next up, comes the 'Spring Time' Prairie Dog Half, set to take place April 13, 2014 in Arvada, Colorado. The 'Summer Time' Prairie Dog Half will take place in July, and the 'Autumn' Prairie Dog Half will wrap up their half marathon season in September.

Additionally, Fifty States Half Marathon Club members receive 15% off each of the 4 half marathons in the series.

Inaugural Fort Collins Trail Half Marathon Kicking off in Colorado

2014-01-30T22:50:00.000-07:00

Another Inaugural half marathon kicking off in Colorado! Fort Collins Trail Half Marathon was just recently added to the Colorado Half Marathon Calendar, set to take place April 26, 2014. This half marathon is not quite a true "trail half marathon", as it is 90% dirt road and 10% single track, with a difficulty level at about 3 out of 10, so a nice half for those maybe wanting to get their feet wet with trail running. This race is put on by the Endurance Race Series.

Click here to view ALL 2014 Colorado Half Marathons

Heart & Sole Half Marathon Moves to Downtown Boulder and a June Date

2014-01-20T01:42:00.001-07:00

More changes for the race community in Boulder for 2014. In addition to the Boulder Ironman 70.3 triathlon being moved to June, along with the new full Ironman Boulder kicking off in 2014, the Heart & Sole Half Marathon has moved their race to downtown Boulder location, in addition to moving their event date to the month of June. This means more hectic parking arrangements for runners, and more competition for the Heart & Sole event with other popular half marathons in Colorado being held the same weekend. The popular Slacker Half Marathon in Georgetown, Winter Park Half Marathon, Castle Rock Half Marathon, and Epic Mountain Challenge Half Marathon in Pagosa Springs, all fall on the same weekend as Heart & Sole. The positive aspect of the change could mean it may draw in more local "in town" residents to run, in retrospect to distracting the out of towners who don't care to deal with the nightmare parking arrangement, similar to the Boulder Boulder event, which surprisingly still draws in a great amount of runners. The other big plus for Heart & Sole is the race is very walker friendly, allowing 4 hours and 50 minutes of fully supported aid stations and traffic control, which will be a big advantage. The half marathon walking community is growing quickly and can always be a great way to attract larger participation numbers to an event.

Colorado Surpasses 100 Half Marathons and Has Largest Growth of Any State in the USA

2014-01-03T23:59:00.000-07:00

Colorado surpasses a total of 100 half marathons, and appears to have had the fastest growth in half marathon additions over the past year of any state in the United States. After evaluation, totals appear to reflect Colorado even surpassed total growth over Texas and California, of total half marathons added over the past year! With Colorado being such an active community, it is no surprise when it comes to growth in running events amongst the giant playground of trails and mountains in Colorado.

The most up to date, complete and accurate listing of Colorado half marathons on the web is the Halfmarathonsearch.com half marathon calendar, featuring search by state and search by month capabilities. The calendar of Colorado half marathons also features a symbol for trail running half marathon events, and has been working on implementing walker friendly symbols throughout the calendar, which will continue to roll out through 2014. The walker friendly races adhere to the new standard in the half marathon industry, supporting a 4 hour / 18:32 minute mile minimum to be officially considered walker friendly. The races must be fully supported the full minimum of 4 hours, including the same road support and aid station support that the fast runners receive, to be “official walker friendly”. Colorado is also leading the way with the biggest ratio of half marathons stepping up to support the walker friendly community and is currently one of the top states with walker friendly half marathons, including the trail running community!

Trail running half marathons have definitely been a popular addition to the growth of Colorado half marathons, which may be one of the leading factors in the increase. Colorado is a popular destination for locals, as well as tourists, to take on some of the most challenging trail events. Over the past year The Endurance Race Series, Colorado’s largest trail running series, added numerous trail half marathons to Colorado, and are also a supporter of the walker friendly community. The Endurance Race Series offers several of the easiest trail half marathons, to the most mountainous, difficult, beautiful and brutal trail half marathons. There are far too many great trail half marathons to list, but the trail symbol can help runners easily identify which half marathons are a trail event at Halfmarathonsearch.com.

Colorado offers a range of flat city half marathons, to the most scenic mountain half marathons, in addition to quite a few very popular downhill half marathons in the mountains, some even within an hour drive of Denver. From the big annual Rock’n’Roll Denver, to some of the best run small to mid-size half marathons in Colorado communities, Colorado is gaining attention as a popular half marathon vacation land, even amongst clubs like Fifty States Half Marathon Club and its members. In September or October of 2015, Fifty States Half Marathon Club is holding its annual member meet up and awards in the Denver / Boulder region at a “to be determined” half marathon event, and expects to have a turn-out of likely at least 200 of it’s members from all over the United States. Colorado half marathon community is only starting to heat up!

Colorado Half Marathons 2014 - Colorado Half Marathon Calendar

2013-12-20T02:22:00.000-07:00

Just a note to our readers, letting everyone know Colorado half marathons are up to date for 2014 at the Halfmarathonsearch.com Half Marathon Calendar!

Search for half marathons by state OR search for a half marathon by month.

Click Here --> COLORADO HALF MARATHON CALENDAR 2014

The half marathon calendar is managed by Fifty States Half Marathon Club and is a free resource to the public.

Last Half Marathon in Colorado for October - Kooky Spooky

2013-10-23T22:41:00.000-06:00

One last Half Marathon in Colorado during October 2013.

Kooky Spooky Half in Golden Colorado Saturday Oct 26th!

Who's all coming out to run in their Halloween Costume?!

Colorado Half Marathons

Colorado Walker Friendly Half Marathons

2013-09-28T14:41:00.001-06:00

Half Marathon walking is a growing sector of the half marathon community and we would like to show support by identifying half marathon events that are "walker friendly." Halfmarathonsearch.com Colorado Half Marathon Calendar is currently updating the calendar to now show "Walker Friendly" half marathons for all of Colorado.

Halfmarathonsearch.com Half Marathon Calendar has set a new industry standard of 4 hours minimum to be considered officially "walker friendly" for a road half marathon, and 5 hours minimum for a trail half marathon.

If you know of an event that allows at least 4 hours to complete their half marathon event, please reach out to us and let us know and we will add a "W" next to their event. Contact our Half Marathon Calendar staff

If you are truly trying to fully support the walking community, I suggest allowing 4 hours 15 min to 4 hours 30 min to really attract the Half Marathon Walkers to your event, and this means that your aid stations stay open and stocked until that very last walker passes through the aid station.

I think it's great that the Half Marathon walker community has been growing. There are so many people that can't jog or run any longer due to injury or knee issues, or other complications, or simply just don't enjoy running, and I commend them for still getting out there and becoming such a growing share of the half marathon community.

Colorado Adds 15 New Half Marathons over the Past Year PLUS an Ironman - Leading the Way as one of the top 3 Half Marathon Growth States

2013-08-04T13:11:00.001-06:00

Every year, our staff at Halfmarathonsearch.com analyzes the growth of half marathons in the United States. We recently completed our annual calculations and report Colorado as being one of the top 3 growth states for half marathons over the past year, following California, which usually leads the growth rate year after year due to the state size and population, and a significant year for Oregon as well, leading with 21 half marathon additions to last years total. Colorado added 15 half marathons since last August 2012, and I'm aware of several more coming. ALSO, Boulder added a new full Ironman! It is with no doubt, the beautiful scenery in Colorado attracts both tourists and active residents to these awesome events. Half marathons and other active events like Ironman also bring revenue to small towns and cities, which can be great for businesses. Great job Colorado for leading the way in the Active Community!!!

TOP 10 HALF MARATHON GROWTH STATES IN PAST YEAR

California Half Marathons - over 50 half marathons added

Oregon Half Marathons - 21 half marathons added

Colorado Half Marathons - 15 half marathons added

Michigan Half Marathons - 12 half marathons added

Virginia Half Marathons - 12 half marathons added

Missouri Half Marathons - 11 half marathons added

Washington Half Marathons - 10 half marathons added

Tennessee Half Marathons - 6 half marathons added

Nebraska Half Marathons - 5 half marathons added

Arkansas Half Marathons - 5 half marathons added

Inaugural Prairie Dog Half Marathon Series to Kick Off in Colorado

2013-07-16T11:12:00.000-06:00

This is the first year for the Prairie Dog Half (and 10k) and the course will cap out at 300 racers to keep the race intimate AND well run. You'll want to get in on this one, since Peedy the Prairie Dog and his collectable CUSTOM medals will be popping out of other prairie dog holes in 2014! (Westminster, Stapleton, Arvada, Colorado Springs....)

The Westminster Prairie Dog Half Marathon 2013 will be held September 21st in Westminster, Colorado (a suburb of Denver / Boulder).

Additionally, Fifty States HALF Marathon Club members will receive a half marathon discount to this event.

To view ALL Colorado half marathons, visit the Halfmarathonsearch.com Colorado Half Marathons page

Half marathons 2013 and Half Marathons 2014

Happy National Running Day to all you Colorado Runners

2013-06-05T08:01:00.000-06:00

Wishing all you Colorado runners out there an extra special National Running day! Runners united like never before this year, and we are so grateful to be a part of such an awesome community full of all you awesome runners.

All the best, From your Running Friends at Fifty 50 States HALF Marathon Club and Halfmarathonsearch.com Half Marathon Calendar USA!

http://www.halfmarathonclub.com