Pikes

The Pikes Peak Marathon is known for it's high-altitude challenge with runners ascending to the peak's 14,115-foot summit before returning to Manitou Springs. But the warm August sun took it;s toll on everyone, including women's winner…

Marc Lauenstein may be from Switzerland, but he knows full well the history of the Pikes Peak Marathon. He’s heard all about it from his wife and mother-in-law.

With only one more rocky switchback to go on Saturday, Allie McLaughlin looked up. There was nothing more to see than the finish line banner, a giant blue sky and a cheering crowd. She threw one last surge into her tired legs and won the…

Two years is a long time to stew over a bad race. But that’s how long Sage Canaday had been waiting to redeem himself for what he called a poor debut performance at the Pikes Peak Ascent in 2012, when he finished a distant fourth in a time…