Inaugural Race Year: 1982
Current Course Used in Years: Not sure, but at least from 2005 - present have been doing the loop around the lake and then heading down the trail. Some earlier courses started on the west side of the railroad tracks, but we are not sure when the course change took place.
Note: Tony Abdella provided the following information after the 2009 race on how the course has not been consistent over the years. Thus the records that are listed below should be taken with a grain of salt. Perhaps it's more correct to say the records below are event records, rather than course records, since the course has had regular non-trivial tweaking.
From Tony:
"I ran the 4 miler at Palmer Lake today. She changed the first part of the race and added almost 1/4 mile compared to last year. I noticed on the official results they changed our pace times to reflect a longer than 4 mile course. PPRR races are normally exactly the same and the records make sense."
I think I've ran this race 5-6 times and the first part of the race has changed every time. I know in 2003 we ran around the lake and the race I did before that was on the other side of the tracks. It might of been 2002 but not sure. If I had to guess it would be between 2002-2003 they switched for the other side of the tracks."
Current Course Info: Point to point, starting near the gazebo at Palmer Lake Regional Park, doing one loop around Palmer Lake, and then hitting the Sante Fe Trail and finishing in Monument. The course is a slight downhill. The Sante Fe Trail is on old railroad route, thus the downhill is very gradual. The trail is hard-packed dirt. Elevation is about 7,000 feet.
Note: The records below are based on results from 2004-present, with the exception of 2012, when the race was cancelled because of the Waldo Canyon fire.
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Record Lower Upper Year Type Age Age Sex Name Age Time Set City State Overall 0 98 M Awet Beraki 23 0:19:07 2021 Monument CO Age-Group 0 10 M A. Le Roux 10 0:24:07 2019 Colorado Springs CO Age-Group 11 15 M Erik Le Roux 15 0:19:56 2019 Colorado Springs CO Age-Group 16 25 M Awet Beraki 23 0:19:07 2021 Monument CO Age-Group 26 35 M Adam Rich 33 0:20:02 2014 Age-Group 36 45 M Adam Rich 37 0:20:13 2018 Colorado Springs CO Age-Group 46 55 M Scott Lebo 50 0:22:39 2017 Age-Group 56 65 M Peter Fleming 57 0:22:47 2018 Colorado Springs CO Age-Group 66 75 M David Powers 71 0:23:36 2014 Age-Group 76 85 M Robert McAndrews 77 0:38:56 2017 Colorado Springs CO Overall 0 98 F Lindsay Scherf 18 0:21:33 2005 Age-Group 0 10 F Bethany Michalak 10 0:26:40 2017 Colorado Springs CO Age-Group 11 15 F Laureen Fisk 15 0:25:00 2007 Age-Group 16 25 F Lindsay Scherf 18 0:21:33 2005 Age-Group 26 35 F Amanda Occhi 30 0:23:11 2008 Age-Group 36 45 F Eva Hagen 40 0:24:41 2008 Age-Group 46 55 F Amy Regnier 46 0:25:26 2008 Age-Group 56 65 F Nancy Hobbs 56 0:28:23 2017 Colorado Springs CO Age-Group 66 75 F Connie Ahrnsbrak 67 0:32:20 2007 Age-Group 75 85 F Leona Lacroix 76 0:53:09 2014
