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Welcome to Denver's Best Spring Half Marathon!

Sunday April 7, 2024 at Cherry Creek State Park

Racing Underground brings you an amazing half marathon this spring! The Three Creeks Half Marathon features a half marathon course that is flat, fast and scenic!

Travel on foot through some of the most beautiful parts of Cherry Creek State Park, with a total combined elevation gain of only 291 feet spread out over 13.1 miles as the course follows the banks of Cherry Creek, Windmill Creek, and Cottonwood Creek on a mix of road, paved running trail, and wide dirt trails.

We hope to see you at the 10th annual Three Creeks Half this April!

Darrin, Jill,and the Racing Underground Crew

NEW IN 2024 - 2-person Half Marathon Relay!!! Each team member runs half of the course. The exchange zone is at the 6.5 mile aid station. A shuttle van will transport all runners who are running the second half of the course to the exchange zone and will drive all first half runners back to the start/finish line. All team members will receive a race shirt, free race photo downloads, a tasty pancake breakfast, and a finisher medal with the option to have the back engraved for free! Awards will be presented to the first place male, female, and co-ed teams. For planning purposes, the second half of the course has slightly more uphill than the first.


Schedule

  • 6:15am - Packet Pickup & Race Day Registration Opens
  • 7:15am - Early Start Wave for Runners Running 3+ hours
  • 8:00am - Official Start Time
  • 10:00am - Awards Presentation*
  • 11:30am - Finish Line Closes

*An awards presentation will take place at 10:00am for the top-3 overall male and female finishers, all age group and nonbinary award winners who have finished, and relay team winners (male, female, and co-ed). Additional award presentations will continue throughout the morning.

Start Time and Cutoffs: The official race start time is 8:00am. There will also be an optional early start for runners who plan to take more than 3 hours to complete the course. The early start wave is for 3 hour+ runners only. Early start runners who finish faster than 2 hours 45 minutes will be disqualified. The early start wave is designed to enhance the finish line experience for later finishers. It is not intended to get faster runners home earlier in the day.

Placing for the top-3 overall male and female runners will be determined by gun time from the 8:00am start wave. All other runners will be placed by their net time - their time will start when they cross the start mat. Early start runners will be eligible for age group awards.

Pace Groups: Once again, we will offer pace groups led by expert pacers who will get you to your goal on time! Pace groups will have target times of: 1:40, 1:50, 2:00, 2:15, 2:30, 2:45, and 3:00. If you would like to join a pace group, simply look for the pacer with the sign corresponding to your goal time in the start corral, and line up with your group. All pace groups will start in the 8:00am wave.

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Your entry into the Three Creeks Half includes a spot on the start line of Denver's most scenic spring half marathon, fast and accurate chip timing with live online split times at 2.5 miles, 6.5 miles, and 10 miles. Results will be posted live to the web, with athlete tracking for your fans! Printable finisher certificates & personal finish line videos (weather permitting) will be available shortly after the event, along with FREE downloads of your race photos. You will also earn a beautiful finisher medal (with the option to have the back engraved for free), and a quality long sleeve tech shirt, as well as a tasty post-race meal!!! Join us on the start line on April 7th!

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Entry Fees

Half Marathon

  • Nov. 24 - Nov. 30th: $65
  • Dec. 1 - Dec. 31st: $75
  • Jan. 1 - Feb. 15: $80
  • Feb. 16 - Mar. 15: $85
  • Mar. 16 - Apr. 6: $90
  • Race Day: $100
    (please register online before arriving)

NEW in 2024!!!
2 Person Half Relay
each leg is 6.55 miles
Shuttle van to/from exchange location

  • Mar. 1 - Apr. 6: $110
  • Race Day: $125
    (please register online before arriving)

REFUND POLICY: We will make all efforts to hold the race, regardless of weather conditions, however we reserve the right to alter or shorten the course, or cancel the event in the case of extreme weather. Once accepted, refunds of entry fees will not be issued for any reason. Entrants may cancel their entry up to 60 days before the race and receive a 75% credit toward another Racing Underground owned event through 2025. Entrants may cancel their entry 59-30 days before the event and receive a 50% credit toward another Racing Underground owned event through 2025. No credit, refund, or transfer will be given for cancellations fewer than 30 days before the event. If the race is cancelled, all in-person entrants will be moved into the virtual category (shirts & medals will be mailed) and will receive a $20 credit which they may use for any Racing Underground owned event through 2025. If the event capacity is reduced due to a change in COVID level or ruling, all in-person entrants will be selected in the order they registered. All later entrants will be moved into the virtual category (shirts & medals will be mailed) and will receive a $20 credit which they may use for any Racing Underground owned event through 2025.

Packet Pickup: We offer early packet pickup and race day packet pickup options.
  • Early Packet Pickup will be held at Runners Roost Lakewood on Friday April 5th from noon until 6:30pm.
  • Race Day Packet Pickup will take place in the start/finish area at Hobie Hill starting at 6:15am. There will be a bag check located near the registration tent and the start/finish line. This will save you the need to walk back and forth to your car.

Awards: Cash Awards in the amount of $200, $150, and $100 will be presented to the top-3 overall male and female finishers. Top-3 overall will be determined by the gun time - the first three men and women to cross the finish line will win the prize money. Overall prize money winners will be removed from their respective age categories.

Age Group Awards will be determined by net (aka chip) time (your time starts when you cross the start line timing mat and ends when you cross the finish line timing mat). Awards will be presented to the top-3 finishers in the following categories: Ages 19 & under, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, and 80+ as well as the top-3 overall non-binary finishers.

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Course: Click Here to view the course map
The course follows an equal mix of wide and smooth dirt running trails, winding paved running paths, and paved roads through the most scenic sections of Cherry Creek State Park.

Eight aid stations with water and Skratch will be available approximately every 2 miles. Gels will be available at miles 6.5 and 10.

The course is as flat as it is scenic, with a total elevation gain of just 291 feet spread out over the 13.1 mile course. You will follow the banks of Cherry Creek, Windmill Creek, and Cottonwood Creek.

Toilets will be available at the start/finish and on course at approximately 0.75 miles, 2 miles, 8.5 miles, and 10.5 miles.

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DIRECTIONS and LODGING

Directions: Parking will take place at Cherry Creek High School, and we have rented the school's south lot for race parking. Participants may park in the south lot ONLY on race morning. No racer parking will be allowed inside the park or in any of the other high school parking lots. Cherry Creek High School will be hosting other events on race day, so please be sure to park in the South Lot Only. The SOUTH LOT is located off Yosemite street, a half mile north of Bellevue.

From I-25, take exit 199 (the Bellevue exit), then turn east on Bellevue. Drive one mile east on Bellevue, then turn left onto Yosemite. In approximately 0.5 miles you will turn right onto Campus Drive and follow signs to race parking.

Bag-Check: There will be a bag check located near the registration tent and the start/finish line. This will save you the need to walk back and forth to your car.

Lodging: Here is some suggested lodging near Cherry Creek State Park.

CONTACT US

Most questions are answered right here on the race website. If you can't find the answer here, please feel free to email or call us!

Email: to darrin@racingunderground.com

Phone: 303.642.7917 (this is a home phone - Call between 8am and 8pm only, please!)

Volunteering: If you would like to volunteer for a race, we would love to talk with you! Just send an email to darrin@racingunderground.com and Jill will get right back with you. Volunteers will receive a free entry into one of our other events (or a half-price entry into the Blue Sky Ascent (previously known as the Mt. Evans Ascent). (

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