The Pikes Peak Ascent 2009

The weather was great calm and warm the atmosphere was friendly, some what relaxed, not noisy, focused and ready to go, different than five and ten K’s with the party atmosphere. I felt a sense of relief not standing in the rain like last year.
Click here for a map and video of the Pikes Peak course

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1753 Total Registrations

1646 finished

1162 men average age 42.75 oldest 80

484 women average age 41.97 oldest 75

ref. 2009 Ascent / Marathon stats

http://www.pikespeakmarathon.org/

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Arriving at 6:00 AM not many here yet.

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1509 Tymber Dhans-Mendoza Austin TX 5:21:42

1197 Christopher M Mendoza Austin TX 4:59:52

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770 Jennie Guard 27 Leeds GBR 3:45:38

417 Lucy Griffiths 24 Shipley GBR 4:13:16

149 Chris J Needham 31 Shipley GBR 3:24:21

142 Arthur Cooke 31 Leeds GBR 3:35:35

1462 Claire H Green 25 Leeds GBR 3:34:46

109 Niall J Bourke 28 Leeds GBR 3:16:51

433 Paul F Melcher II Colorado Spgs CO 3:53:59
Maureen Slater Photographer

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Ed Jones Monument CO 6:06:54

Patricia Stallsmith Grangeville ID 5:51:29

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622 Kathryn Nester 28 Durango CO 4:03:42

8 Joanna M McIntyre 28 Colorado Spgs CO 3:15:45

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1896 Jane E Johnson 56 Colorado Spgs CO 5:32:06

659 Ronald P Furstenau 53 Colorado Spgs CO 3:32:17

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. By 6:30 it was packed

Joe Davis from Wichita KS His first Ascent 4:08:05 .

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1373 Mark M Wallace Colorado Spgs CO 4:14:42
511 Jim Kerr Colorado Spgs CO 4:06:31
Mark's forth Ascent and my sixth.

Matthew Bird 24 Denver CO 4:20:05

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The Finish Line

Caley and I happened to set the same pace at the start and

ran the whole race within a few yards of each other

It was her first Ascent and she did great 4:06:39

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Kathy Mackenzie from Golden CO 3:44:32

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The Bus ride back down

Thank You to the PPM Committee for another great year of putting

on an outstanding Triple Crown of Running series you are the best

and the standard for excellence, it is very evident you care and

thank you to all the volunteers who helped put on such great races.

The End

365 days to the Ascent

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