After last summer this event instantly became a personal favorite for our staff, volunteers, and athletes - come find out why!  We couldn't be more excited about this course, this lake, and the overall experience.  The swim starts out in the surprisingly warm waters of Steamboat Lake (74 degrees average race temp), then athletes transition […]

The Boulder Stroke & Stride enters its 24th season in 2025, and offers Boulder area athletes a fun 1-lap 750 Meter Swim, or 2-lap 1500 Meter swim in Boulder Reservoir, followed by a 5k run on the reservoir dam on 8 Thursday evenings (plus one Wednesday evening) throughout the summer. Many participants make their open-water […]

Utilizing the beautiful trails that surround Aspen, and now offering three distances - 50K, marathon and heavy half-marathon, all of which run almost exclusively on dirt trails. For the first time in 2025, Aravaipa is introducing an ultra distance that will follow the marathon course and include an out and back to the McNamara Hut […]

Make no mistake, the elevation profile for The Sheep Mountain 50 mile and 50k are docile looking. However, the average elevation of over 10,500’ and copious amounts of aggressive terrain, will see you waddle away from this race in shock. Come ready my friends, this mountain throws everything it has at runners, challenging you from […]

Race Format The first time you run this event, you'll establish a base time for yourself. This base time is used to generate a handicap time. The handicap time is calculated using an algorithm developed by Bob Royse, and it's geared to favor a beginning runner and the slower runners. Click here for an explanation of the […]