Boy, there's a new 5K race that is coming to
Denver next weekend.
To tell us about it is Andrea Dowdy,
the CEO of the Denver Colfax Marathon.
Thank you for coming in.
This is such a cool idea. It's at DIA.
What are you guys doing next weekend?
We have 2500 people that are going
to run down the runway at DIA.
It's going to be awesome if
you think about it. You know,
you're kind of your own airplane.
You got the runway wands going and
the lights going. And of course,
we're gonna have airplane theme music.
Well, yeah, too.
I mean, that's what we're about.
But it'll be great fun.
There's a party afterwards full on
breakfast United Airlines hangars. So
it's gonna be great. How did
you come up with this idea? We
actually, the mayor was invited to Atlanta,
and Atlanta has one of the only
ones in the world and so went down.
I actually went down and ran it
five years ago. I have to tell you,
the experience was phenomenal.
So once we heard about that,
we came back to Den and they said,
you know, we've always thought
that would be a terrific idea.
Let's go for it.
And they have put in so much
work to help us make this happen.
It's been wonderful.
Oh my gosh. What an experience.
But like, yeah, I ran down the
runway at DIA. It's no big deal.
That was my Saturday morning.
Doesn't happen all the
time. Ohh, not at all. Not at all.
And I have to tell you,
the runners, they're gonna
come back with some aviators.
Yes. 4th these days.
I think you and wait.
And they have to get a medal.
That's. There you are.
I love wild looking shirt. It's all
about. Yeah, you guys, there goes.
It's it. You know what? You could be
a movie star right down the runway.
And then here we go. Race shirt. You know,
it's all about being on the runway,
so it's really fun, but I mean,
it's gonna be great time runners.
It we actually sold out in 12 hours.
That I bet happens. I bet.
So people are just stoked to
get out there and run. That's
so cool. Talk to me a little bit about how
this will impact flights in and out of DIA.
I believe they have maybe 6 runways,
but you all are only going to shut down one.
We're only on one runway.
It's the A-26.
And so we will start that race at six.
We will be off by 7, and right after that,
they're going to return to normal.
You know, airport operations.
So yes, they have been very phenomenal about,
we do not want to impact your flights,
we don't want to impact airport operations.
So we'll be on and off quickly.
So if you're going to get out there,
you gotta run quick. Yeah,
there is a time. Yeah, deadline.
Runways are long. Long
they are. We're gonna run 5K in total.
So we're gonna start,
start out on the taxiway and then we're
gonna be running down the runway, come back.
And then like I said,
we have this huge breakfast party DJ.
All this stuff going on in the United hangar,
so it'll be great.
And this is all Saturday morning,
all Saturday morning.
That race starts at 6:00 AM.
The only thing that we have to tell people,
though, is there's no spectators,
so gotta go through.
Security has to, you know,
everything has to be really
buttoned up tightly.
And so we are doing that and it'll be great.
You just talked about no spectators
and the event is sold out.
But is there a way that people can
watch these runners, whether that's on
9 news or, I mean, if they
don't have a flight that
day, it may be a little hard.
You all like my glasses?
They actually really do good. Look good.
You know, starting at 6:00 AM,
we'll be doing a bit of live streaming
on our web page or Facebook page.
So just take a look at that.
You can get a glimpse and then
we'll go ahead and populate
everything with photos afterwards.
So my guess is it's gonna come
back next year if all goes well.
So maybe people will be able
to sign up ahead of time if
they're missing. Will see,
right now we're all focused on year one.
We don't have any promises for year 2,
but we are so excited. And your medal,
I mean, I have. It looks great. You
know, closest I've ever gotten to a fight.
I haven't even gotten up out of my seat.
Well, people running, you know
you'll be running in spirit.
Hearing them on from right
here. All those people.
Well, you know what, though?
We have the marathon in the
spring, so there you are.
So if you don't want to run a 5K now,
why not prepare for 26.2 miles
for the Colfax? Made that.
This is like a very reasonable
jump in my world. Yes.
Wow. Well, Andrea, thank you so, so much. We
really appreciate it. We are
super excited to see this event
all go. What? Go off on the runway? Yeah. So
great. And I'm. Yeah. I'm so glad
you're sporting your sunglasses.
You look terrific. This is wonderful.
I gotta make sure I get these
back to you before you head out.
We're gonna go ahead and send it
to a break. We'll be right back.