About the Choice City Running Festival
The Choice City Running Festival splits across two days. The first evening brings a point-to-point mile on Mountain Avenue, running slightly downhill the whole way, which makes it genuinely fast. The following morning, the half marathon and shorter road races all start near Mountain Avenue and Howes Street, on road surfaces through Fort Collins.
Packet pickup opens at a local running store the evening before the mile, then moves to the finish area on Mountain Avenue for the mile itself, with a final early-morning window on race day for the longer distances. Race-morning pickup is available if you cannot make the earlier times.
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Finish-Time Stats
Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
5K · 2025 results
270finishers
16:47winner
31:56median
2:10:20cutoff
Top 3: RYAN RADEMACHER (16:47) · BODE KLEIN (17:37) · JOSEPH WADE (17:51)
1 Miles · 2025 results
171finishers
5:46winner
9:59median
53:32cutoff
10K · 2025 results
141finishers
35:26winner
1:00:22median
2:35:39cutoff
Top 3: MATTHEW DRAKE (35:26) · MOONY WARFIELD (37:31) · MING LIEW (37:57)
13.1 Miles · 2025 results
131finishers
1:21:03winner
2:05:27median
3:55:11cutoff
Top 3: BRYAN MANLEY (1:21:03) · DYLAN STANSBURY (1:21:12) · BRAD COOPER (1:25:40)
The Choice City Running Festival has been held every year since at least 2022. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Jul 27, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
1 Mile8/7/2026 17:00$33
1 Mile8/7/2026 17:00$17
1 Mile8/7/2026 17:00Free
1 Mile8/7/2026 17:00Free
13.1 Miles8/8/2026 06:30$78
10K8/8/2026 07:15$48
5K8/8/2026 07:30$38
BEST DEAL: Mountain Mile + 5K8/7/2026 17:00$60
BEST DEAL: Mountain Mile + 10K8/7/2026 17:00$70
BEST DEAL: Mountain MILE + 1/2 Marathon8/7/2026 17:00$100
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