Rock 'n' Roll Denver

Rock 'n' Roll Denver

Rock 'n' Roll Denver

( 22 reviews )
81% of reviewers recommend this race
  • Denver,
    Colorado,
    United States
  • October
  • 5 miles/8K, 6 miles/10K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon, 26.2 miles/Marathon, Relay
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Andrey Ablamunets

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
25 14
2017
"Be Ready To Rock"
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Andrey Ablamunets's thoughts:

Be ready to rock to the music. I am not a headphone wearer, and I suggest that you leave the headphones at home for this one as well.

The race Expo is the day before the race. The expo is setup in a super unique way. You walk in, get your bib, follow the flow and pick up your shirt, and then you enter the first part of the general expo. This is the Brooks area. It is like a pop-up store. They were doing running style evaluations and they had everything on sale. After the Brooks store, you entered the general expo. Here there were about 15-25 vendors but they were all the ones that you need. It was a new layout that I haven't experienced because you were forced to walk through the whole expo.

Denver is a chilly place so be ready for that in the morning. We were able to find street parking about 5 blocks away so i definitely suggestion going that route rather than paying a bunch for parking. They had everything you need prior to the race. There was a bag check area, a lot of toilets, area to warm up, and a medic center. The starting chute gets packed quickly, but they allow you to jump into your corral as the race starts.

The race was ass fun as can be. There was a band or DJ pretty much every mile. There was plenty of entertainment through out the entire race. There were multiple cheer sections and there was plenty of spectators through out the entire race. There was at least 6 water stops and they had a station around mile 8 that was giving away fuel gummies. The course was not as hilly as people would expect, and most hills were fairly low grade so I wouldn't worry too much about it. You get great views of the city, mountains and the park. You finish where you started and it is a pretty energetic finish line.

The finish village is pretty great. There was plenty of food to grab after the race. The medic tent was right at the finish line so if you were a little banged up, you were able to pop in there. In the finishing area, there were food trucks, free beer, great band, and a handful of vendors as well. This is definitely a post race area that you want to hang out in.

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