Course and Venue Details

Scroll down to find your distance, with the venue/parking/spectator info at the end

Half marathon participants will start southwest from the Apex Center parking lot, then head east on the Ralston Creek Trail for a brief dogleg. From there, you'll embark on a 4-mile westbound stretch with a detour through Arvada neighborhoods before turning south to enjoy the Long Lake Park loop. After running approximately 3.6 miles in a clockwise direction around the park, you'll return to the Ralston Creek Trail for a downhill finish. Throughout the course, there are 8 aid stations and 3 toilet stops to keep you fueled and refreshed.

Note that the Strava map is not able to show the mileage accurately due to forcing the route through the detour. We have measured the course multiple times and it is 13.1 miles total.

Surface: 13% soft surface/1% asphalt/86% concrete
Male record: Samuel Ringger, 2023 Runapalooza 1:14:48 (5:43)
Female record: Tricia Holland, 2024 Runapalooza 1:29:10 (6:48)
Course average: 2:05:45 (9:36)
Avg. # of athletes: 88

10K participants will start southwest from the Apex Center parking lot, then head west on the Ralston Creek Trail, with a small detour through Arvada neighborhoods, turn around at 3.1 miles and follow your path back to the venue for a downhill finish. Throughout the course, there are 4 aid stations and 2 toilet stops to keep you fueled and refreshed.

Note that the Strava map is not able to show the mileage accurately due to forcing the route through the detour. We have measured the course multiple times and it is 6.2 miles total.

Surface: 15% soft surface/2% asphalt/83% concrete
Male record: Billy Mertens, 2021 Runapalooza 34:59 (5:38)
Female record: Brittany Warly, 2023 Runapalooza 38:09 (6:09)
Course average: 1:03:56 (10:19)
Avg. # of athletes: 59

5K participants will start southwest from the Apex Center parking lot, then head west on the Ralston Creek Trail, turn around at 1.55 miles and follow your path back to the venue for a downhill finish. Throughout the course, there are 2 aid stations to keep you fueled and refreshed.

Surface: 3% asphalt/97% concrete
Male record: Nick Lightfoot, 2023 Runapalooza 17:12 (5:33)
Female record: Cassandra Porter, 2023 Summer Breeze 18:32 (5:58)
Course average: 37:02 (11:57)
Avg. # of athletes: 82

stations have Superganix CBD balm samples on-demand and will feature water, Exact Fuel electrolyte drink (see our home page) and Gu energy gels