DENVER -- Oops! Race officials plan to recheck the Colfax
Marathon course Saturday to see if runners really put in an extra
half mile.
Justin Mock, 25, of Boulder, who won the race last Sunday, said
it felt a little longer than the usual 26.2-mile race.
After hearing from Mock and other runners, officials Friday said
they decided to remeasure the course to see if a mistake made in
City Park added a half mile.
"The certifiers are coming back in Saturday," race director
Mike Collins said. "We will remeasure it, we will recalculate, and
if it's (wrong), they will receive revised times based on their
(true) pace per mile. That will be their certified official
results."
The marathon, in its second year, is a qualifier for the Boston
Marathon, which has agreed to accept qualifying times adjusted for
any discrepancy found in the remeasurement..
"We will have all this done and everybody informed by next
Tuesday or Wednesday," Collins said.