The Denver Marathon, half-marathon and four-person marathon relay will be limited to a total of 10,000 runners for this year’s event, to be held Oct. 14.
With nearly triple the number of runners registered for the event compared to this time last year, race organizers decided the cap would avoid overcrowding and improve safety for runners and spectators.
“My motto has always been, and always will be, quality versus quantity,” race director Dave McGillivray said. “The reason people are responding is maybe because of the experience from Year One. We want that to continue, and not have people have a lousy experience because we blew a fuse.”
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MOUNTAIN BIKING
Bangert captures first downhill bike title
After qualifying 36th overall, Cole Bangert of Twin Lakes rode a flawless final to beat second-seeded Luke Strobel of Renton, Wash., by one second to claim his first national championship title in downhill mountain-bike racing at Mount Snow, Vt., last week. Bangert followed up with a NORBA national downhill race victory in North Carolina over the weekend.
Men’s cross country champion Adam Craig of Bend, Ore., claimed the champion’s stars-and-stripes jersey in super D, 14 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Mike West of Boulder.
Todd Wells of Durango placed third in the men’s cross country race, 22 seconds off the pace, while Boulder’s Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski occupied the fifth spot on the expanded podium, 27 seconds down.
Shonny Vanlandingham, also from Durango, finished fourth in the women’s cross country race.
ADVENTURE RACING
Crested Butte team first in adventure race
Jari Kirkland, Eric Sullivan, Jon Brown and Max Nuttleman of Team Salomon/Crested Butte took first place in the Breckenridge Adventure Xstream 24-hour adventure race July 21-22, overcoming Team Boulder Performance Network only after a 30-minute penalty was assessed for mistakes on the race’s orienteering course.
More than 300 adventure racers took part in the 60-mile sprint and 100-mile 24-hour race courses through Summit County consisting of multi-sport competition in mountain biking, kayaking, trail running, inline skating, orienteering and trekking. Team Salomon/Crested Butte finished the four-person coed category with the top time of 15 hours, 19 minutes.
Next up on the AXS Series circuit is the Vail Adventure Xstream Race on Sept. 8, featuring both a sprint and 12-hour race. Registration information and complete race results are available at .
SKIING
Armstrong hired by Steamboat ski school
Debbie Armstrong, the 1984 Olympic giant slalom champion, will become alpine technical director for the Steamboat Ski & Snowboard School.
She will be in charge of all on-snow technical aspects of the ski and snowboard school, oversee NASTAR specialty clinics and coach with the Billy Kidd Performance Center.
