Colorado 24 Hour Run: Additional Info

Registration 2025

Start: Colorado Youth Outdoors – Swift Ponds Campus, Fort Collins, CO.
Duration: 24 Hours, 12 Hours, 6 Hours
Elevation: 4,826′
Terrain: 100% dirt road
Fauna: Raptors, Cranes, Geese, Ducks, Largemouth Bass, Catfish, Perch, Bluegill
Registration Cap: 300
Date: Nov 1-2, 2025
Course Open: 8:00am – 8:00am

Pertaining to the mid-race change from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time, all race clocks will stay on race time (aka DST) until the conclusion of the event.

Awards

All finishers will receive a finisher award.

We acknowledge and respect those who experience their gender identity in ways outside of the traditional male/female dichotomy, and are trying our best to provide non-binary opportunities in both the registration and results to reflect that.

Competitive Awards will be at least as follows. We reserve the right to add additional awards.

24 Hour Run:
- Male/Female 1st-3rd Overall
- Masters (40+) Male/Female 1st-3rd Overall
- Non-Binary 1st Overall
12 Hour Run:
- Male/Female 1st-3rd Overall
- Non-Binary 1st Overall
12 Hour Run:
- Male/Female 1st-3rd Overall
- Non-Binary 1st Overall
Relays:
- 1st-3rd Overall

**Runners who switch distances on Friday or before will be eligible for awards in their new race duration category. Race day switches are not eligible for awards.**

Travel

Colorado Youth Outdoors Swift Ponds Campus is very near hotel row on Harmony Rd in South Fort Collins. Many options for every budget exist.

The closest campground is Boyd Lake State Park, 15min from the start/finish.

For you true dirtbags who just want to sleep in your car close by the night before, know that the Walmart 1mi from the start/finish does NOT allow overnight parking/camping. The closest legal spot to do so is the Walmart in North Loveland, about 15min from the start/finish.