2021 HRCA OKTOBERFEST 5K- Presented by PDC Energy

PRESENTING SPONSOR- PDC ENERGY

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Place

9352 Dorchester Street
Highlands Ranch, CO US 80129

Description

Put on your lederhosen and your running/walking shoes and join us as we kick-start the annual Highlands Ranch Community Association's Oktoberfest event in Town Center with the Oktoberfest 5K!

The HRCA Oktoberfest 5K course is a mixture of both sidewalk and gravel/dirty trails and is well suited for all ability levels. After the race, plan to stick around for all you can eat pancakes from Flipin Flapjacks', free beer from Living the Dream Brewery and a fun post race party! Come back later in the afternoon to get your polka on, enjoy German food and other HRCA Oktoberfest activities at the HRCA Oktoberfest event.

As part of the "Kettlebell Cash" Series, we will be hiding a blue kettlebell out on course worth $100 to whoever finds it and brings it back to the finish!

We race rain, shine, sleet or snow 99% of the time! However, in the case of severe weather (lightning, tornado, bomb cyclone, hurricane, tsunami) and the course becomes inaccessible and/or pose a major safety danger to participants, the race may be postponed.

RACE AMENITIES

All participants will receive:

Race t-shirt
Custom race bib
All-you-can-eat pancakes at finish!
FREE beer (over 21 years old only) compliments of Living the Dream Brewing!
Post-race party

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Tighten your laces and suit up your lederhosen for this fun and fast course that has a total ascent of 144ft and reaches a max elevation of 5,773ft. Starting and finishing on Dorchester Street, the course will take you through neighborhoods, along the Foothills Trail and Diamond K Trail, past Kistler Park and back through neighboorhoods to Town Center South.

COURSE MAP

Additional Course Details

There will be one aid station available at Kistler Park (at approx. 1.5 miles) that will offer water.
Course will be well marked with mile markers at every mile.
This race course is family & pet friendly! Please feel free to push your child in a stroller or run with your furry friend. Out of courtesy and safety for fellow runners, please start in the back.

PACKET PICKUP

Early Packet Pickup

Date: 9/16/21

Time: 3-7 p.m.

Location: Living The Dream Brewing Company (12305 N. Dumont Way, Littleton, CO 80125)

There will be no on-site registration. However, registration will remain open online until the start of the race.

Race Day Packet Pickup

You will be able to pick up your timing bib and race shirt beginning at 7:30 a.m. on race morning.

Race Day Registration

There will be no on-site registration. However, registration will remain open online until the start of the race. Shirt quantities are limited so please register in advance to guarantee receiving a shirt race morning.