Pikes Peak Ascent 2025

PPA is my favorite race and the only race that I participate in every year. Fun fact: my husband and I got married on top of Pikes Peak on PPA/PPM weekend in 2022 and ran the marathon the next day! So each year we get to celebrate our wedding anniversary by running this race!

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Travel

This year we drove to Colorado Springs for the race so that we could take our dogs. Usually, we fly directly from DFW into Colorado Springs. It is by far the easiest airport to fly into/out of. It is small and you can walk right out the door and your rental car in right there waiting on you. No shuttles or long treks to the rental car companies. We always stay in an Airbnb in Manitou Springs because we like just being able to walk to/from the race, and we just love the little town of Manitou!

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