![]() ![]() One hundred and thirty one athletes ran the challenging “Double,” tackling both the Ascent on Saturday, and the Marathon on Sunday. ![]() The Skyrunner World Series kicked in another $1,000 for the male and female Marathon winners. This year’s Pikes Peak Marathon was part of the European-based Skyrunner World Series, a five-race, international competition where Sunday’s top Marathon finishers earned points toward the season-long competition. Jornet and Forsberg won $4,000 each for winning the Marathon. Delany won $2,000 for first, and $1,000 for the fastest Ascent over two days. Dobson pocketed $5,000 for breaking 2 hours 32 minutes, and $2,000 for taking first, and $1,000 for having the fastest Ascent time in either the Ascent or Marathon for a total payday of $8,000. This year’s Ascent and Marathon had a new “Ascent Bounty” of prize money up for grabs, with bonuses for breaking records and set times. ![]() Twelve-time winner and course record holder Matt Carpenter didn’t race, but watched his wife, 47-year-old Yvonne Carpenter finish in 5:08. The women’s course record for the marathon is 4:15:18, set by Bjorklund in 1981. Enman, who had never run for as long or at such high altitude before Sunday’s race, finished second in 4:26:25. “I didn’t have in mind to catch them,” said Forsberg, “even though downhill is my specialty.”īut in the final miles of the race, Forsberg caught Enman and passed her, sprinting to the finish in 4 hours, 26 minutes and 7 seconds. Forsberg had been as much as 10 minutes behind Enman and Spain’s Mirea Miro at the summit. On the women’s side in the Marathon, Sweden’s Emelie Forsberg and Vermont’s Kasie Enman-the 2011 World Mountain Running Champion-sprinted for the finish after racing hard for 25 miles up the mountain and back. Nichols finished second (3:47:22), and King was third (3:50:10). Jornet reached the summit first in 2:18:45, and used his seemingly effortless descending skills en route to the finish line to take top honors in 3:40:26. Spaniard Kilian Jornet (pictured, right), 24, who won the 2011 Western States 100 and has won France’s The North Face Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc three times, charged ahead of challengers Alex Nichols of Colorado Springs, and Max King of Bend, Oregon. On Sunday, August 19, 739 runners set out on the Pikes Peak Marathon, climbing the same course as the Ascent, but turning around at the summit to race back down to Manitou Springs. One thousand, six hundred eight seven competitors ran the Ascent. Gates overtook Hafer-and three other runners-in the final miles to finish second, with Hafer finishing third. “I was looking over my shoulder a lot,” said Delany. Delany held off Rickey Gates of San Francisco (2:15:42) and Ryan Hafer of Colorado Springs (2:16:34) for the win. It was Delany’s third time running the race, and after having to stop to stretch aching calves partway through the race, he says he was running on adrenalin to get through the pain. In the men’s race, 32-year-old Jason Delany of Boulder, Colorado beat out a tough field to finish first in 2:13:18. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play ![]()
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