Stats for 2005 Pikes Peak Ascent

The weather added another challenge to the 7,815-foot climb of last Saturday's Pikes Peak Ascent. There's a first hand description of the weather at this RunTX forum thread. A strong storm with lightning, hail, and snow struck the mountain in the late morning. Fortunately, it was late enough that it didn't seem to affect most of the runners during the race. However, the runners were stuck in the snow for hours after the finish waiting for the snow to be cleared from the road.

The Vail Daily News has an interview with Anita Ortiz, one of the top women runners who ran the Ascent. She has won the women's division in the Ascent for the last 4 years. Last Saturday wasn't her day. She finished about 20 minutes over her target and ended up with fourth place.

The Stats

In many half marathons, I've noticed women making up larger and larger percentages of the total. I suppose this isn't your typical half marathon. In the Ascent, women only made up about 34% of the runners.

There are not too many young runners with only 11% under 30. For the men the 30s and 40s age group each had about 31% of the runners. For the women, the 40s age group was the largest at 38%.

The fastest age group for the men were the 20s. Their average finish time 4:13:46, just about 1 minute slower than the 30s group average. For the women, the 30s age group was the fastest with an average time of 4:43:04.

The fastest city goes to Boulder Colorado. Its 51 runners had an average time of 3:52:24. The fastest state was New Mexico which had 48 runners with an average time of 4:23:17. 68% of the runners came from Colorado.

Here are the details. These stats are based on the results at the 2005 Pikes Peak Ascent Page.

Later in the week, I'll put together the stats for the marathon.

Total Runners by Times

under 3:00h	3:00 to 4:00h	4:00 to 5:00h	over 5:00h
43 (2%)	493 (27%)	740 (40%)	584 (31%)

Male Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see median times. Top 3 times also shown in left columns.

Ages	under 3:00h	3:00 to 4:00h	4:00 to 5:00h	over 5:00h
15-19	1 (6%)	4 (24%)	9 (53%)	3 (18%)
20-29	9 (8%)	34 (29%)	51 (44%)	23 (20%)
30-39	19 (5%)	157 (41%)	136 (36%)	71 (19%)
40-49	10 (3%)	123 (32%)	153 (40%)	95 (25%)
50-59	2 (1%)	67 (28%)	94 (39%)	79 (33%)
60-69	0 (0%)	10 (13%)	31 (40%)	36 (47%)
70-79	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	3 (33%)	6 (67%)
Total	41 (3%)	395 (32%)	477 (39%)	313 (26%)

Female Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see median times. Top 3 times also shown in left columns.

Ages	under 3:00h	3:00 to 4:00h	4:00 to 5:00h	over 5:00h
15-19	0 (0%)	1 (10%)	4 (40%)	5 (50%)
20-29	0 (0%)	17 (23%)	26 (35%)	32 (43%)
30-39	0 (0%)	38 (20%)	80 (43%)	68 (37%)
40-49	2 (1%)	36 (15%)	108 (45%)	96 (40%)
50-59	0 (0%)	6 (6%)	40 (39%)	57 (55%)
60-69	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	5 (29%)	12 (71%)
70-79	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (100%)
Total	2 (0%)	98 (15%)	263 (41%)	271 (43%)

Average/Best Times By Age Groups (Male and Female)

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
15-19	27	1%	4:30:49	2:21:30
20-29	192	10%	4:26:46	2:25:02
30-39	569	31%	4:24:00	2:25:26
40-49	623	33%	4:32:56	2:25:39
50-59	345	19%	4:44:25	2:49:22
60-69	94	5%	4:57:37	3:26:19
70-79	10	1%	5:17:07	4:01:29
Total	1860	100%	4:33:09	2:21:30
Fastest Ages (by average)
30-39	569	31%	4:24:00	2:25:26

Average/Best Times By Male Age Groups

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
15-19	17	1%	4:19:43	2:21:30
20-29	117	10%	4:13:46	2:25:02
30-39	383	31%	4:14:45	2:25:26
40-49	381	31%	4:24:13	2:25:39
50-59	242	20%	4:34:44	2:49:22
60-69	77	6%	4:52:34	3:26:19
70-79	9	1%	5:16:41	4:01:29
Total	1226	100%	4:24:26	2:21:30
Fastest Ages (by average)
20-29	117	10%	4:13:46	2:25:02

Average/Best Times By Female Age Groups

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
15-19	10	2%	4:49:41	3:31:01
20-29	75	12%	4:47:02	3:10:19
30-39	186	29%	4:43:04	3:03:21
40-49	242	38%	4:46:40	2:50:02
50-59	103	16%	5:07:10	3:28:00
60-69	17	3%	5:20:28	4:14:43
70-79	1	0%	5:21:00	5:21:00
Total	634	100%	4:50:00	2:50:02
Fastest Ages (by average)
30-39	186	29%	4:43:04	3:03:21

Average/Best Times By Cities (cutoff=20)

City	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
Albuquerque, NM	20	1%	4:11:14	2:50:31
Austin, TX	24	1%	5:04:11	3:29:24
Boulder, CO	51	3%	3:52:24	2:40:04
Colo Springs, CO	672	36%	4:29:42	2:21:30
Denver, CO	70	4%	4:28:24	2:33:51
Fort Collins, CO	25	1%	4:13:13	3:03:58
Littleton, CO	34	2%	4:32:15	2:57:24
Manitou Spgs, CO	39	2%	4:29:41	2:50:40
Monument, CO	36	2%	4:41:38	2:56:43
Wichita, KS	56	3%	4:39:50	2:53:20
Woodland Park, CO	20	1%	4:28:10	3:30:44
Below Cutoff	813	44%	4:38:42	2:25:02
Total	1860	100%	4:33:09	2:21:30
Fastest City (by average)
Boulder, CO	51	3%	3:52:24	2:40:04

Average/Best Times By State (cutoff=20)

State	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
AR	39	2%	5:01:45	3:15:06
CA	20	1%	5:06:48	3:32:19
CO	1273	68%	4:26:40	2:21:30
KS	98	5%	4:48:35	2:31:08
MN	27	1%	4:47:08	2:58:19
MO	24	1%	4:51:23	3:22:55
NE	20	1%	4:57:40	3:33:49
NM	48	3%	4:23:17	2:50:31
OK	40	2%	4:38:14	3:20:47
TX	56	3%	4:55:11	3:11:49
Below Cutoff	215	12%	4:45:36	2:50:11
Total	1860	100%	4:33:09	2:21:30
Fastest State (by average)
NM	48	3%	4:23:17	2:50:31