Manitou Incline Co Springs

Training Advice/Discussion Marathon

10 years ago 09/07/2013 7:20pm EDT

Anyone here done it??

If you DON'T know what it is, it's here.

http://www.manitouincline.net/

A mile high incline that will bring even the most experienced runners to panting like an out of shape pig.

I ran it today, i ran it in 36 mins and am pretty fit (only 2nd time i've ever been there) (I was talking to the crowd of people at the top and most ppl finish between 1-2 hours.. everyone at the top said it took them 2 hours to get up it)

I'm literally half the speed as that, some parts are so steep it's like climbing a ladder...

When running vertically like this, does like general speed even factor that much? Or do those people just train this thing all the time to get a record like that?

10 years ago 09/07/2013 7:24pm EDT

re: illinoisdude

Also, it it's peak it is 8,800 feet thought i'de point that out.

10 years ago 09/08/2013 7:14am EDT

re: illinoisdude

Big hill. Grew up near it but i don't think it was the tourist attraction it is today.

10 years ago 09/08/2013 8:02am EDT

re: illinoisdude

I've done the Incline. General speed definitely helps, as does doing some hill work on a regular basis. My best is 24:55, and I believe the record is around 17 minutes. What works for me is alternating running and walking, and really trying to avoid putting both feet on a single step.

I like to test my fitness their a couple of times a year on the Incline, but others do it 4-5 times per week. People have gone up and down the Incline 13 times in one day!

10 years ago 09/08/2013 10:06am EDT

re: yoyopa

I rode the incline when it was a funicular railway, when I was a kid-in the mid 70s. The folks that owned the Pikes Peak Railway bought it and shut it down because it cut into their business.

A little known fact is that at the bottom of the incline there were two large springs to protect the train cars if the cable ever broke.......Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs.

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