Photo album from 2010 Race
Video of race leaders
Video of 65-year-old Joyce McKelvey

For more info, contact Ron Ilgen, race director, rpilgen@gmail.com

Summer Roundup Website

Around these parts, when you take a 12K foothills trail, then add 1,000 feet of elevation gain and 725 enthusiastic runners, you get one of Pikes Peak Region’s most exciting events. They call it the Summer Roundup Trail Run, the second-leg in the nationally famous Triple Crown of Running.

At 7 a.m. on Sunday, runners of various abilities and ages – including some of the best trail runners in the country - will toe the line in Bear Creek Park. They’ll run on an out-and-back course that begins at 6,170 feet and tops out at 7,165 feet with a steep 1-mile climb up High Drive thrown in for fun. The return trip is a no-holds-barred downhill sprint to the finish line.

For the top runners, the Summer Roundup Trail Run offers a true test of strength and endurance.

But the experience can also be relaxing and fun. The race includes gorgeous views and a field of citizen runners who enjoy the camaraderie of the trail.

“The Roundup is not the same challenge as the Pike Peak Ascent and Marathon, nor the distance and pounding of Garden of the Gods 10-Mile Run,” said Ron Ilgen, Triple Crown of Running race director. “I’ve always found it to be enjoyable. The mile up High Drive is long, and you can’t see the turnaround until you are there, but that makes it fun.”

Who’s in?: This year, two of the top mountain/trail runners in the U.S., Tommy Manning of Colorado Springs, and Peter Maksimow of Manitou Springs, have entered the race. Manning , a school teacher at The Fountain Valley School, has earned a spot on the U.S. National Mountain Running Team and will compete in the world championships in September. Maksimow has won several races this year, including the Greenland Open Space 50K and the Run to the Shrine 10K, and he recently placed ninth in the U.S. Mountain Running Championships.

In the women’s race, two-time Pikes Peak Ascent champion Lisa Goldsmith, 46, of Nederland, is in the mix, along with some of the top women runners in the area.

Records: The men’s record is 45 minutes, 20 seconds, set in 2008 by then 22-year-old Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez of Colorado Springs. Samantha McGlone of Colorado Springs was 28 when she set the women’s mark of 52:43 in 2008.

Registration: Online registration ($25) continues through Saturday at Active.com. Runners can also register ($30) at the Colorado Running Company, 833 N Tejon St., until 6 p.m. Saturday, July 9. There will also be race-day registration ($35) beginning at 5:45 a.m. if entries are still available. Packet pickup is at the Colorado Running Company. Packets will also be at the starting line on race day.