3rd Tour

7:00 am - Wheelchair / Hand Cycle start

7:30 am - 5K Run / 1K Walk start

Veterans' Home Run

Saturday
June 28, 2008, 7:00 am
Air Academy High School
USAFA, CO

Summer Series Event #3 of 5

New in 2008
 Wheelchair and Hand Cycle Divisions
 New Course

5K Run
1K Walk
7:30 am

5K Wheelchair & Hand Cycle
7:00 am

The purpose of this event is to raise funds for the Crawford House,
a non-profit organization serving the homeless military veterans in Southern Colorado.


Start of the 2007 race at the USAFA (Photo courtesy Tom Dewane)

3rd Tour - New Course - New Partnership

3rd Tour - USA Paralympics

William Crawford - A Humble Medal of Honor Recipient


Partnering Sponsors


 


Race Director:  Jon Cornick

Race Committee: Jack Anthony
                                 Pat Lockhart

Registration Options

Walk-In

Boulder Running Company
3659 Austin Bluffs Parkway

Colorado Running Company
833 North Tejon

Runners Roost
107 East Bijou

On-Line:

Online Entry

Mail In:

Form available late spring '08, print, fill out and mail to:
PPRR - c/o Pat Lockhart
1405 Vondelpark Dr
Colorado Springs, CO 80907

Race Day Registration: Yes, 6:00 am

Results

2007 - 5K Run / 1K Walk
             331 registrations
             260 5K finishers, 36 1K finishers
             photos (courtesy Tom Dewane)
             photos (courtesy Jon Cornick)
2006 -  5K Run / 3K Walk
          300 registrations
             206 5K finishers, 63 3K finishers
             photos (courtesy Jon Cornick)
          photos (courtesy Tom Dewane)

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Entry Fees (includes shirt):

Walk-In/Mail-In: $TBD

On-Line:
     Military: $15 + $3 active.com fee
     Others: $20 + $3 active.com fee

Race Day: $TBD

Team Competition

4-person teams (3 used for scoring).  Teams may be all male, all female, or coed.  If coed, the 1st male and female finishers on each team are used for scoring, then the faster of the 2nd male/female on the team is used.  Scoring is by cumulative time.

Age Groups

0-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+

Awards

1st Overall Male & Female
1st-3rd in each age group (male & female)
1st Male Team
1st Female Team
1st Coed Team
(Team awards are a traveling trophy)
1st-3rd wheelchair division (male & female)
1st-3rd hand cycle division (male & female)

Festivities

Food, door prizes, massages

Press Releases

2008

3rd Tour - New Course - New Partnership

3rd Tour - USA Paralympics

2007

The History And People Behind The CSC Veterans' Home Run

May 2007 -- 2nd Tour.  A Memory Maker For All Participants

2006

June 1, 2006 -- Pikes Peak Road Runners To Host The First Annual CSC Veterans' Home Run
Course Information

This out-and-back course will be run on the roads near Air Academy High School on the United States Air Force Academy.  The elevation is about 7000 feet.

Directions

 Event History (These articles have been extracted from The Long Run, the PPRR newsletter)

Read about the Crawford House and the man who has brainstormed this event.

Read about William Crawford, an American hero, and Medal of Honor winner.

 


Veteran Travis Waldrip brings it home at the 2007
race.  Travis is race director of the American
Discovery Trail Marathon held each Labor Day
in Colorado Springs.
(Photo courtesy Tom Dewane.)


Race organizers Jack Anthony and Pat Lockhart
 (center), volunteer Pam Jones (left), and CSFD
member & National Anthem singer Juliet Draper
(right) at the 2007 race. 
(Photo courtesy Tom Dewane.)


Course Map
Start/Finish is at Air Academy High School
6910 Carlton Drive, USAFA