Choice City Running Festival
About this race
Friday, August 7th, 2026
Jane Welzel Mountain Ave Mile
Faster than Flat - point-to-point, slightly downhill mile on Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins, CO. Featuring multiple race waves:
Mountain Avenue Mile Waves (start times will be announced in June):
Kids MILE (12 & Under)
Walk MILE
YOUTH MILE: Middle School & High School (ages 12-18)
PUSHRIM MILE
OPEN MILE (ages 18-39)
*“Beauty & Beast” – Masters 40+ MILE
*Elite Women's MILE
*Elite Men's MILE
*Races with cash prize purse.
Saturday August 8, 2026
Human Race Half Marathon, 10k, & 5k
6:30 am - Half Marathon Start
7:15 am - 10k Start
7:30 am - 5k Start
Pick your distance
Running
Jane Welzel Mountain Avenue Mile
Faster than Flat! Slightly downhill point-to-point 1-Mile race on Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins, CO
FREE KIDS Mile - SOLD OUT!
Kids 12 & under
Jane Welzel Mountain Avenue YOUTH Mile - FREE
Free for ages 12-18
BEST DEAL: Mountain Mile + 5K
Run the Mountain Ave Mile on Friday Night & the Human Race 5k on Saturday Morning
BEST DEAL: Mountain Mile + 10K
Run the Mountain Ave Mile on Friday Night & the Human Race 10k on Saturday Morning
Human Race Half Marathon
Human Race 10k
Human Race 5k
Kids Mile
Kids 12 & under
BEST DEAL: Mountain MILE + 1/2 Marathon
Run the Mountain Ave Mile on Friday Night & the Human Race Half Marathon on Saturday Morning
Walking
Jane Welzel Mountain Avenue Mile - WALK/RUCK/STROLLER
JUST WALK IT!
Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Fort Collins, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:03 AM and sets at 8:08 PM local time (MDT) in Fort Collins on August 7, 2026 — 14h 05m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Choice City Running Festival
1,136 finishers across 7 distances · leading places in the Jane Welzel Mountain Avenue Mile, WHEELCHAIR MILE
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JACKSON HENDERSON | 4:37 | 4:37 /mi |
| 2 | LUCY HARRIS | 5:15 | 5:15 /mi |
| 3 | MICHAEL MCBRIDE | 5:16 | 5:16 /mi |
| 4 | Julia Beckley | 5:37 | 5:37 /mi |
| 5 | Leah Climie | 5:45 | 5:45 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Fort Collins
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Fort Collins 5K Races 23 races
- 10K Run Events in Fort Collins 2 races
- Fort Collins Half Marathons 5 races
- Marathons in Fort Collins 2 races
- Fort Collins Running Calendar 2026 40 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 45 Fort Collins events
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