The only reason I recommend this race is because you got a race and a ticket to the Colorado Rapids soccer game for the price of a regular race.

It was the first year for this race, so I'm hoping that's why things were a bit disorganized, but at one point the announcer told us the race would be starting late because they had an event earlier that day and were still marking our course. They also told us they were running out of safety pins, so please just take two. They also ran out of the promotional soccer balls that some people paid extra for. We didn't have to show our IDs for our bibs, and there was no chip timing. Because the race included a ticket to the Rapids race, it started at 3 p.m. and was HOT!

There was wet, icy towels at the finish line, which definitely helped, and there were 2 aid stations.

Overall, it wasn't a great experience, but was a pretty easy course that was part trail/part pavement. Parking was also easy.