Photos from the start of the Xterra Marathon and Half Marathon on Sunday, Sept. 22, in Cheyenne Mountain State Park.
Alejandro Rocqu Venzor (29, Colorado Springs) won the marathon with a time of 3:57:47. Akash Johnson (22, Centennial) was second in 4:23:54, followed by Erik Kuhlmann (26, Staunton, Va.) in 4:36:02.
In the women's race, Connilee Walter (40, Colorado Springs) took the win in 4:29:32. Walter, who said she is training for a rim-to-rim-to-rim run in the Grand Canyon, placed third overall. Laura Nichols (29, Colorado Springs) was second in 5:00:53, while 44-year-old Cathi Webber of Colorado Springs ran home in 5:05:27.
The half marathon played out like this: Men, 1. Dan Vega (45, Colorado Springs) 1:32:26; 2. Gerald Romero (42, Colorado Springs) 1:35:53; 3. Daniel Rowe (29, Denver) 1:39:29.
Women, 1. Rochelle Persson (42, Colorado Springs) 1:50:03, 2. Shelly Nelson (34, Denver) 1:57:16, 3. Alison Brown (28, Boulder) 1:57:49.
5K results: Men, 1. Pete Maksimow (34, Manitou Springs) 20:45, 2. Eddie Bollman (27, Colorado Springs) 23:25, 3. Jason Morgan (34, Colorado Springs) 25:18.
Women: 1. Barbara Palmer (50, Colorado Springs) 28:14.2, 2. Maia Austin (15, Colorado Springs) 28:14.4, 3. Heather Seal (19, Lynchburg, Va.) 29:38.