Colorado Misfits

Hey there! How about we run/walk another 5K together? With unicorns!!!

The Unicorn 5K is an easy, flat course on the east side of Denver (very close to Aurora). I've never run this one myself, but it looks fun!

If you've never run a 5K before, this would be an excellent first one to try it out. If you enjoy hiking occasionally, you might surprise yourself with how much fun you'll have doing a running event like this!

There will be cotton candy, face painting, and a balloon artist, so it sounds like a great one to bring kiddo's along on. The race is also both dog and stroller-friendly. I guess a lot of people show up in costumes to run this one, so feel free to come dressed up however you like. If you feel particularly ambitious there's also a costume contest for people who show up in homemade costumes.

Don't feel like running a full 5K? There will be plenty of people walking the course too! Does 3.1 miles sound too far to walk to you? There's also a 1/2 mile "saunter" that you can sign up for as well at half the price.

Registration includes a badass unicorn shirt as well as a sweet finisher medal. This is actually the first 5K in a series of three happening around Denver over this Spring/Summer, and if you do all three you can link your finisher medals together with magnets to create a super mega-unicorn-medal not unlike Voltron. SCORE!!! (If this event is a success, I'd be up for scheduling future Meetup events to hit the other two in Thornton and Highlands Ranch)

We can carpool up from Colorado Springs that morning if there's interest, or we just all meet up at the starting line. The race itself starts at 9:30 AM. There are also some good options for post-race brunch and beers in the area too, which I would certainly be up for afterwards!

There's plenty of time ahead in 2025 to get in some healthy running, so why not start with this one? Hope you can join me!

Registration is about $50. Sign up via the link below:
https://runsignup.com/Race/CO/Denver/MileHighMile5k?raceRefCode=ZSo7YerW

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