Photo: Courtesy Colorado Runner Events
FestivalsPumpkin Pie 5K/10K
- When
- Sat, Nov 21 · 9:00 AM
- Where
- City Park, Denver
- Price
- $36 (5K) / $46 (10K) now, rising to $40/$50 on race day ($5 less for ages 17 and under)
Denver's Thanksgiving racing calendar gets an earlier start this year with the Pumpkin Pie 5K/10K, a City Park road race that trades the usual turkey-day medal for a slice of pie at the finish line. Colorado Runner Events stages both distances from the Pavilion at City Park on Saturday, November 21, with race-day pricing kicking in that morning.
Both the 5K and 10K start together at 9 AM from 2001 Steele St, with the course looping through the park's 330 acres past the lake. Current registration is $36 for the 5K and $46 for the 10K, rising to $40 and $50 on race day; runners 17 and under get $5 off either distance.
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The race is open to all ages and paces, per the organizer, and finishers are rewarded with pie rather than a standard post-race spread.
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