Mancos Cowboy Half Marathon, 5K, and Fun Run

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211 W 1st St, Mancos CO

Saturday, October 18th, 2025

🏃‍♂️ Mancos Cowboy Half Marathon & 5K

📅 Race Date: Saturday, 10.18.2025

The Mancos Cowboy Half Marathon and 5K is a beautiful and scenic course with a mix of pavement, dirt road, and trail. Grab a few friends and spend the weekend in the beautiful Mancos Valley. The half marathon is limited to only 150 runners. Be sure to grab your spot early! More than just a great race, the Mancos Cowboy Half Marathon is a fundraiser for the Mancos Public Library. Proceeds from all donations go directly to funding our public library and their great programs. As an added fundraising incentive, we will reimburse the entry fee for any participant who raises $500 in donations for the library.

📲 Social Media Updates

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📦 Packet Pickup

Location: Mancos Public Library, 211 W 1st St, Mancos, CO 81328
Date: Friday, October 17th, 2025
Time: 5 PM - 6 PM
Race Day Pickup: At start line from 6:30 - 7:30 AM

🚗 Parking Information

All event parking (staff, volunteers, runners, spectators) must park on Grand Ave, Boyle Park, or in one of the Mancos Schools parking lots along Grand Ave. All parking is just a short walk to the Mancos Public Library.

🏁 Race Start Times

Cowboy Half: 8:00 AM
5K: 8:30 AM
Kids Race: 9:30 AM
Location: Start line at the Public Library parking lot

🗺️ The Route

Cowboy Half

The course features a mix of roughly 60% gravel roads and trails and 40% pavement. The maps below are intended to give a general idea of the course. The paved and gravel roads portion are two-lane, lightly traveled county roads that will be open to local traffic. The roughly two-mile off-road portion of the race that winds through private and BLM land is an undeveloped trail, narrow and rocky in some spots, and runners are urged to use caution. This portion winds its way through land that burned in 2012. Runners will pass burned trees as well as abundant new growth. PRE-RUNNING OF THIS SECTION OF THE COURSE IS NOT ALLOWED.

5K

The 5K course is an out-and-back, the majority on a lightly traveled, paved, two-lane county road. Your hard work going up the steady climb for the first half of the race will be rewarded with a super-fast second half as you sprint back to the library. After you pass through the finish arch in the library parking lot, cool off your feet in the Mancos River. There will be a port-a-potty at roughly the halfway point and an aid station just before the turnaround stocked with water and Tailwind Endurance.

💧 Aid Stations

Frequency: Roughly every two miles
Supplies: Water and Tailwind Endurance
Ice: Available at Aid #3, #4, #5
Attention Walkers: Final aid station closes at 12:15 PM, allowing for a 20:00/mile pace

⏰ Time Limits

We welcome runners of all abilities, and we offer no time limit. However, the final aid station will close at 12:15 PM. If you anticipate being slower, you must carry your own water and a cell phone for emergencies as the aid stations will close before you arrive.

⚠️ Course Safety

The race course uses roads that have minimal vehicle traffic, especially on a Saturday morning. The course will also be marked with cones for safety. However, runners must remain alert throughout the race, stay on the left shoulder of the road, and obey instructions from course marshals. Runners should not wear headphones in both ears and no dogs allowed in the race. Strollers are permitted, but only in the 5K as the Cowboy Half has a stretch of trail.

👀 Spectator Locations

One of the best locations to experience this race will be right from our Start/Finish line at the library. However, if you would like to get out on course, there are several great spots to watch the runners go by. Please be sure to spectate from a safe location where you are not interfering with vehicle and runner traffic and not embarking on private property. Please obey instructions from all course marshals.

🎉 Runner Perks

This race will include a full cowboy experience! Start off your morning with some campfire cowboy coffee and a snack from a local chuckwagon. All runners will receive a unique finisher’s medal, custom printed race shirt, a post-race lunch, and a beer garden ticket. We’ll entertain the young ones too! In addition to our Kid’s Run, we will offer various activities for kids and their parents/caregivers in our outdoor classroom.

⏱️ Timing

The Mancos Cowboy Half Marathon will be professionally timed by Rocky Mountain Timing. Your RFID chip will be on the back of your race bib. Please make sure you do not bend your chip. Runners should wear their race bib on the front of their body.

📊 Results

Results will be posted on www.rmtiming.co at the conclusion of the event. There will be a live results kiosk at the race venue.

🏨 Travel Information and Lodging

Looking for a place to stay race weekend? There are numerous lodging choices available in the Mancos Valley, from B&Bs to VRBOs. Make it a race-cation weekend!

🌤️ Weather

With a race date of mid-October, expect cooler temperatures than our June race. Average temperature at 8 AM in mid-October is 40 degrees. Expect temperatures to start out cool and steadily increase as the morning progresses, potentially reaching into the lower 60’s. Use the aid stations and stay hydrated. Note, race course may be altered due to extreme weather conditions.