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Course and Venue Details

Scroll down to find your distance, with the venue/parking/spectator info at the end

Half Marathon

Half marathon athletes will begin by heading west on Big Dry Creek Trail towards Standley Lake Regional Park. Around 2.4 miles into the race, athletes will transition onto a 4-mile stretch of the gravel trail and road system within the park, which offers stunning views including a scenic north/south dogleg near the dam. Exiting the park, they will proceed west toward the south trailhead where the turnaround point is located. On the return leg, athletes will retrace their path, skipping the dogleg, heading straight back on Big Dry Creek Trail towards the finish line. There are 8 aid station stops for refueling along the route, along with 4 toilet stops.

Surface: 45% soft surface/5% asphalt/50% concrete
Male record: Benjamin Kopecky, 2024 Fall Fest 1:22:18 (6:17)
Female record: 
Hannah Christensen, 2024 Fall Fest 1:33:54 (7:10)
Course average: 2:21:50 (10:50)
Avg. # of athletes: 115

10K

10K athletes will begin by heading west on Big Dry Creek Trail towards Standley Lake Regional Park. Around 2.4 miles into the race, athletes will transition onto a 1.4-mile stretch of the gravel trail and road system within the park, where athletes will retrace their path towards the finish line. There are 4 aid station stops for refueling along the route, along with 2 toilet stops.

Surface: 27% soft surface/11% asphalt/62% concrete
Male record:  Ben Geisler, 2024 Fall Fest 36:50 (5:56)
Female record:
Anna Vanderpoel, 2024 Fall Fest 46:33 (7:29)
Course average:
 1:06:31 (10:36)
Avg. # of athletes: 86

5K

5K athletes will head west on Big Dry Creek Trail and turn around at 1.55 miles, where athletes will retrace their path towards the finish line. There are 2 aid station stops for refueling along the route, along with 2 toilet stops.

Surface: 23% asphalt/77% concrete
Male record:
 Will Lear, 2021 Fallfest 15:56 (5:08)
Female record: Caroline Wool, 2022 Beat the Heat 19:20 (6:14)
Course average: 37:38 (12:08)
Avg. # of athletes: 114

Aid Stations

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Aid stations have Superganix CBD balm samples on-demand and will feature Gatorade (lemon-lime, orange, or fruit punch) and energy gels

Venue, Parking, and Spectators

Venue location

Church Ranch Office Park, 10170 Church Ranch Way, Westminster, CO 80021

Enter at the north end of the building, just behing the Quality Inn

Parking

This venue has tons of parking! Athletes & spectators should only park in the lots north and east of the office building, or of the office building across the street. Please do not park at the school, hotels, or bank, on the street, or behind the office building. Use this parking map and follow all parking signs & staff direction on race day.

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Spectators

Spectators can use the button to the right for a downloadable Google map of the course to help identify where you will be during the event. Best places for spectators to cheeer you on while on the course are along 99th Ave (east of Aid 1) and for half marathon athletes, at Aid 5.

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