IMPORTANT COMMUNITY NOTICE: Denver Colfax Marathon

[Lonnie Somers]

🚨 IMPORTANT COMMUNITY NOTICE 🚨

Upcoming Event in or Near Your Neighborhood

 

DENVER COLFAX MARATHON WEEKEND

📍 Denver’s City Park
📅 Saturday & Sunday, May 18 - 19, 2024
🔗 www.runcolfax.org

 

Event Schedule

📅 Set-Up:
- Thursday, May 15: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday, May 16: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

- Saturday, May 17, 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM

 

🏃 Event Activities:
- Saturday, May 17: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Sunday, May 18: 5:00 AM – 2:30 PM

 

🛠️ Tear-Down & Cleanup:
- Sunday, May 18: 12:00 PM – 6:45 PM

 

Road Closures & Parking Restrictions

*All closures will reopen as soon as the last runner clears the intersection. Crossing traffic will be allowed at select locations when runners are not present, as directed by DPD officers.*

 

🚦 Saturday, May 17 (5K Race in City Park)

- York St (21st Ave to 17th Ave, northbound curb lane) and 17th Ave (to Steele St, westbound curb lane) will have partial closures from 8:45 AM – 11:30 AM.

 

🚧 Sunday, May 19 (Full Marathon, Half Marathon, Urban 10 Miler, Marathon Relay)

- York St (Colfax to 29th Ave): Closed 5:30 AM – 8:00 AM

- 23rd Ave (York to Colorado Blvd): Closed 5:00 AM – 8:30AM

- 26^th Ave (York to Colorado Blvd): Closed 5:00 AM – 8:15 AM

-South Bound Colorado Blvd (29^th Ave to 17^th Ave): Closed 5:00 AM - 8:15 AM

- 17th Ave (Detroit to York): Closed 6:00 AM – 10:00 AM

- All lanes Colfax Ave (Elizabeth St to Speer Blvd): Closed 5:45 AM – 10:00 AM

- All lanes Colfax Ave (I-25 to Garrison in Lakewood): Closed 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM

- Raleigh St (Westbound Colfax to W 17th): Fully closed 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM (Only official event/emergency vehicles allowed)

- Lane closures from 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Lawrence St (Speer Blvd to 17th St), 17th St to 17th Ave, 17th Ave to Vine St

- Vine St (17th Ave to 22nd Ave): Closed 7:00 AM – 1:30 PM

- 22nd Ave (Vine St to Gaylord St): One lane closed 7:00 AM – 1:30 PM

- Gaylord St (22nd Ave to 21st Ave): Closed 7:00 AM – 1:45 PM

 

About the Event

🎉 The Denver Colfax Marathon celebrates is Denver’s only and longest running Marathon supporting more than 120 charities in the metro area. Join us for a weekend of fitness, fun, and community spirit.

🏥 Health & Fitness Expo: May 16 - 17 at Empower Field at Mile High (Club Suites)
🏃 Saturday, May 17: 5K Race in City Park
🏅 Sunday, May 18: Full Marathon, Half Marathon, Urban 10 Miler, & Marathon Relay

📢 Stay updated at: www.runcolfax.org

 

Thank You for Your Support!

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we work with the City and County of Denver to minimize disruptions while bringing this exciting event to life. We hope to see you there!

 

📧 Questions?

The quickest response (within 24 hours) is via:
📧 Email: in...@runcolfax.org
📞 Phone: 303-770-9600

 

📍 Course Maps for Sunday Available Online at runcolfax.org

 

 

Lonnie Somers

Race Director

 

 

[Bryan Wilson]

Thank you for the update!

Question for you or someone at DOTI...
Looking at the maps, it looks like there are significant closures around City Park, where a number of our Bike Routes connect. What is the plan for detours to those routes?

One thought/suggestion...
Can we adjust the 5K route to loop on Saturday closer to Ferril Lake & extend it to 23rd & York?
This keeps the Garfield St NBW open across 17th to Montview.

However, the more significant issue to me is the Half-Marathon route...

The Red Arrows represent bike routes that are obstructed with no clear way to get around the event. We'll just have to make sure we communicate to people who communicate by bike that they can't get through that area until around 8:30am.

I'll do my best to communicate this to bike commuters in the area. Hopefully, those who need to get to a destination have access to a car or can call a Lyft/Uber.

Respectfully,
Bryan Wilson

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[Lonnie Somers]

Our apologies for the re-email. As someone pointed out, we had an incorrect date. This is fixed.  See below 😊

 

🚨 IMPORTANT COMMUNITY NOTICE 🚨

Upcoming Event in or Near Your Neighborhood

 

DENVER COLFAX MARATHON WEEKEND

📍 Denver’s City Park
📅 Saturday & Sunday, May 17 - 18, 2025
🔗 www.runcolfax.org

 

Event Schedule

📅 Set-Up:
- Thursday, May 15: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday, May 16: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

- Saturday, May 17, 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM

 

🏃 Event Activities:
- Saturday, May 17: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Sunday, May 18: 5:00 AM – 2:30 PM

 

🛠️ Tear-Down & Cleanup:
- Sunday, May 18: 12:00 PM – 6:45 PM

 

Road Closures & Parking Restrictions

*All closures will reopen as soon as the last runner clears the intersection. Crossing traffic will be allowed at select locations when runners are not present, as directed by DPD officers.*

 

🚦 Saturday, May 17 (5K Race in City Park)

- York St (21st Ave to 17th Ave, northbound curb lane) and 17th Ave (to Steele St, westbound curb lane) will have partial closures from 8:45 AM – 11:30 AM.

 

🚧 Sunday, May 18 (Full Marathon, Half Marathon, Urban 10 Miler, Marathon Relay)

[Lonnie Somers]

 

🚨 REMINDER: IMPORTANT COMMUNITY NOTICE 🚨

Friendly reminder about the upcoming Event in or Near Your Neighborhood

📍 Course Maps and additional closure information for Saturday and Sunday Available Online at runcolfax.org

[Bryan Wilson]

Thank you for the reminder!

Just confirming...

Bike access into & through City Park will be obstructed without a detour, correct?

Here are all the mapped routes into the park.

bit.ly/denverbikemap

At a minimum, we should be planning detours around the event. We could utilize the shared-use path along York connecting the City Park Esplanade Protected Bikelane to 21st as an example.

There needs to be a similar connection between the Garfield St Neighborhood Bikeway & Garfield. Between Garfield & City Park Esplanade, we could direct riders onto 17th & then down to the sidewalk from Detroit to City Park Esplanade. This would mean detour signs at Steele & 16th informing riders that the route is closed ahead & to turn onto 16th.

Those are just a few examples.

Why can't we preserve some form of bike connections or plan detours for special events?

Seems like a reasonable request that should be a requirement.

Thank you in advance for your help prioritizing Bike connections in Denver!

Respectfully,

Bryan Wilson 

Congress Park for ALL 

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[Bryan Wilson]

Thank you for the response, Lonnie.

This doesn't seem very safe for bike commuters, especially families biking with children.

Plus, the few detours I suggested are pretty simple & easy to execute.

We'll have to see if this is something we can change at the City level.

Thank you,

Bryan Wilson 

On Thu, May 8, 2025, 10:04 AM Lonnie Somers <lon...@runcolfax.org> wrote:

HI Bryan,

 

Yes, City Park will be shut down for safety reasons all controlled by DPD and the City without a detour.

 

Lonnie