What is the Incline? In a nutshell it’s the roadbed to the former Mount Manitou Scenic Incline Railway, a cable car train that, before shutting down in 1990, took people to about 8,600 feet. The steepest section is at a grade of 68%. The concept of a hill will take on a new meaning when you run the former Incline in Manitou Springs. The Club used to run the scar on Thursdays at 5:30pm during the summer to build up our strength. In this photo I am just over 12 minutes into the run approaching the false summit. At 68% this is the steepest section of the run. We did this workout as a handicap run based on our best times to the top for the year. This puts us very close together at the top. In this photo you can get a look at the Incline from the start of the Pikes Peak Marathon. The Incline is the line that extends up from the yellow motel sign. To learn more about the Incline and a controversy about it, read this, this, this, this and this. Read my take on the Incline from 1997. Not much has changed since Here is a 3-part piece I wrote in the Fall of 2000 and the Spring and Fall of 2001. The Incline as viewed from Highway 24 just West of the main Manitou Springs exit. The mountain in the background is Pikes Peak. The Incline Club started group runs on the Incline in 1997. That year we ran up it 24 times. The following year we did it 12 times and in ’99 just 5 times. Despite how little the club was running up it, every negative story that came out about the Incline always featured the Incline Club when it was the day to day users that were causing the problems with the COG by parking in their lots. The Incline Club parked over a mile away and ran to the Incline for a warm-up. We stopped doing the Incline in 2000 after just 3 runs up it. We were running it less and less anyway in favor of other workouts so it was no big deal to us.

Known PRs (Not updated since June of 2000 when the Incline was posted “No Trespassing”)

Males Runner PR Year Andy B 45:00 '00 Robert R 39:42 '99 Lindsy R 39:32 '00 Roger Sa 39:15 '00 Johan E 38:51 '98 John Ca 38:23 '00 Richard D 38:20 '00 Ben F 37:40 '00 Kim G 36:14 '98 David G 36:00 '00 Bill P 36:00 '99 Jim S 34:33 '98 Bob Ma 34:15 '00 Joe C 33:45 '99 Jack P 33:45 '00 Paul S 33:42 '99 Randy 33:12 '98 JD M 33:11 '00 Larry T 32:48 '98 Darryl B 32:45 '00 Randy K 32:41 '99 Steve C 32:36 '98 John O 32:25 '00 Bijan P 32:12 '00 Walt M 31:41 '99 Mark A 31:41 '00 Timothy E 31:34 '99 Ben K 31:15 '00 Hank C 31:07 '00 Rob L 31:01 '98 Phil F 30:58 '00 Steve M 30:42 '99 John Ge 30:41 '00 Syd R 30:32 '00 Jerry J 30:31 '00 Glen A 30:28 '98 Robin F 30:26 '00 Mike Po 30:20 '98 Dave R 30:11 '99 Mike F 30:06 '00 Mark W 29:51 '99 Lon R 29:51 '00 Jay B 29:49 '98 Mike S 29:33 '99 John D 29:31 '98 Val S 29:10 '00 Dave 29:08 '98 Kevin B 28:46 '99 Nick B 28:43 '99 Ryan H 28:30 '00 Rich F 28:26 '00 Keith G 28:26 '98 Tom O 28:20 '98 Mike D 28:08 '99 Zeb P 27:56 '98 Pete T 27:54 '98 Matt H 27:40 '98 Gary P 27:36 '98 Jim E 27:19 '00 Scott L 27:16 '00 Ben C 27:11 '97 Todd M 27:03 '98 Scott C 26:55 '00 Steve S 26:50 '00 John P 26:48 '00 Neal T 26:45 '00 Al D 26:42 '98 Mike L 26:38 '99 Tony E 26:36 '99 Jim A 26:29 '98 Andy K 26:28 '00 Ramsay R 26:24 '98 Kent W 26:24 '98 Matt S 26:23 '99 Neal O 26:20 '00 Kenny R 26:20 '98 Jeff 26:16 '98 John R 26:09 '99 John G 26:03 '00 Chris C 25:52 '99 Larry M 25:40 '97 Gary H 25:35 '97 John V 25:35 '98 Kyle 25:00 '98 Steve W 24:54 '98 Dan K 24:46 '98 Rick H 24:43 '98 Tim A 24:38 '97 Dave P 24:36 '99 Andy D 24:33 '99 Thom S 24:29 '98 Chris B 24:25 '97 Trent B 24:05 '98 Kevin A 24:03 '97 Jeremjos 23:56 '98 Steve B 23:53 '99 Charlie N 23:53 '98 Kees G 23:30 '00 Jonathan C 23:28 '00 Greg V 23:26 '99 Tom H 23:20 '97 Dave E 23:20 '00 Doug H 22:39 '98 Justin F 22:35 '00 Nate K 22:27 '98 Jason H 22:20 '99 Paul D 21:54 '98 Doug R 21:26 '98 Scott E 21:19 '00 Rich D 20:49 '99 Matt V 20:43 '97 Dan V 20:30 '97 Ladd M 19:56 '98 Matt C 18:31 '98

Females Runner PR Year Robin T 55:00 '00 Susan F 45:43 '00 Mary H 41:04 '00 Brit T 40:49 '00 Christa L 40:00 '00 Linda R 39:48 '99 Nell E 39:26 '00 Cate T 38:00 '98 Anita B 37:33 '00 Tamara R 35:53 '00 Carla 35:29 '98 Michelle S 35:00 '00 Valerie P 34:53 '00 Caroline W 34:53 '00 Joan H 34:37 '99 Teresa T 34:02 '00 Carol S 33:52 '97 Marilyn W 33:41 '00 Wendy T 33:37 '00 Kate B 32:53 '00 Kelly E 32:29 '99 Marilyn T 31:50 '99 Louise E 31:09 '99 Phyllis D 30:59 '00 Leslie M 30:56 '99 Judy D 30:21 '98 Lil T 29:45 '00 Lynn H 29:23 '98 Connilee W 28:55 '00 Amy G 28:35 '99 Bonnie M 28:25 '99 Yvonne C 28:08 '98 Terrie A 28:01 '97 Annemarie W 27:54 '00 Nancy H 26:43 '00 Cindy O 24:28 '97

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