Pikes Peak Marathon
About this race
The 71st Annual Pikes Peak Marathon
26.2 miles with 7,834ft of elevation gain (and loss).
From Manitou Springs to the summit of Pikes Peak and then back again.
This is not your average marathon, it is America's Ultimate Challenge.
Pick your distance
Running
Marathon
From the start line at City Hall in Manitou, you can see the halfway marker at the Summit of Pikes Peak, almost 8,000ft above you. The challenge is to go from the start, to the summit, and then back down again in under 10 hours.
Free Award Entry
Former Winners of the Ascent or Marathon, 2025 Top 5 Overall, and the 2025 top 3 Masters Winners
Half Priced Award Entry
2025 1st Place Age Group Winners of the Pikes Peak Ascent or Marathon
Elite Entry
Typical race-day weather
Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Manitou Springs, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:45 AM and sets at 7:00 PM local time (MDT) in Manitou Springs on September 20, 2026 — 12h 14m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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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, 4 Manitou Springs events
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