On the trail up the hill through the woods to Barr Camp we go
Pikes Peak – Manitou Springs, Colorado – July 15, 2001 – 7 a.m.
2000 Survey Results | 2002 Survey Results
Survey Notes:
For the first 2 days after the 2001 race a survey page had to be passed through in order to access the results. After that the survey page was accessible from a link off of the results page for another week or so.
279 surveys were received — 261 during the “pass through” period, 17 after that. 35 surveys were not counted including 19 blank surveys, 7 that were duplicates (the person forgot to bookmark the results page or may have hit the submit button more than once) and 9 surveys that contained unusable answers (garbage answers like "asdf" just to fill in the survey to see the results). This left 244 valid surveys.
Some spelling and punctuation errors have been corrected and answers that were written in ALL CAPS have been converted unless it was done for emphasis.
Comments that are not tallied have been moved to separate pages to cut down on the size of this page.
Numbers in ( ) represent the number out of the 244 valid surveys that answered that question.
Age: (244)
[Note: registration numbers were min: 14, avg: 38, max: 68]
Min: 14
Avg: 38.30
Max: 66
Gender: (241)
[Note: registration numbers were 65.3% male, 34.5% female]
Male: 163 or 67.6%
Female: 78 or 32.4%
Favorite Trail Running Shoe: (235)
[Note: This section lists brand and model. Brands without
models were input that way and are not subtotals]
| adidas | 22 |
| adidas Brahma | 8 |
| adidas Cairo | 1 |
| adidas Response | 3 |
| adidas Response Trail | 2 |
| adidas SuperNova | 2 |
| anything that works | 1 |
| Asics | 25 |
| Asics (rd), Adidas (trl) | 1 |
| Asics 2060 | 4 |
| Asics and Brooks | 1 |
| Asics and Montrail | 1 |
| Asics DS Lite Trn | 1 |
| Asics DS Trainer | 5 |
| Asics Epirus | 1 |
| Asics Gel Cumulus | 2 |
| Asics Gel Kayano | 2 |
| Asics Gel Lite | 2 |
| Asics GT 2050 | 2 |
| Asics Kayano | 4 |
| Asics Nandis | 1 |
| Asics Trabuco | 2 |
| Bare Foot | 1 |
| Brooks | 7 |
| Brooks Addiction | 1 |
| Brooks Beast | 1 |
| Brooks Mach 1 | 2 |
| Diadora | 1 |
| Fila | 3 |
| Light w good traction | 1 |
| Mizuno | 7 |
| Mizuno Alchemy | 1 |
| Mizuno Wave | 2 |
| Mizuno Wave Phoenix | 1 |
| Mizuno Wave Precision | 1 |
| Mizuno Wave Rider | 2 |
| Montrail | 7 |
| New Balance | 28 |
| New Balance 1220 | 1 |
| New Balance 763 | 2 |
| New Balance 801 | 1 |
| New Balance 803 | 4 |
| New Balance 804 Trail | 1 |
| New Balance 828 | 1 |
| New Balance 829 | 2 |
| New Balance 853 | 1 |
| New Balance 903 | 1 |
| New Balance 910 | 1 |
| Nike | 18 |
| Nike Air | 1 |
| Nike Air Althea | 1 |
| Nike Air Pegasus | 1 |
| Nike Air Structure Triax | 2 |
| Nike Air Triax | 1 |
| Nike Althea | 1 |
| Nike International Max | 1 |
| Nike Kikunea | 1 |
| Nike Pegasus | 2 |
| Nike Pegasus or Skylon | 1 |
| Nike Span Triax | 2 |
| Nike Structure Triax | 1 |
| Nike Terra Grande | 1 |
| Nike Triax | 1 |
| Nike Triaz Air Interntl | 1 |
| Nike Zoom | 1 |
| No Favorite | 1 |
| North Face | 2 |
| Not Sure | 1 |
| Reebok | 1 |
| Reebok DMX | 1 |
| Salomon | 1 |
| Saucany | 2 |
| Saucony | 9 |
| Saucony Grid Procyon | 1 |
| Saucony Hurricane | 1 |
| Snidipidees | 1 |
| Still looking | 2 |
| The cheapest pair | 1 |
[Note: This section has the model taken out]
| Asics | 54 |
| New Balance | 43 |
| adidas | 38 |
| Nike | 37 |
| Mizuno | 14 |
| Saucany | 13 |
| Brooks | 11 |
| Montrail | 7 |
| Fila | 3 |
| North Face | 2 |
| Reebok | 2 |
| Still looking | 2 |
| Anything that works | 1 |
| Bare Foot | 1 |
| Diadora | 1 |
| Light w good traction | 1 |
| No Favorite | 1 |
| Not Sure | 1 |
| Salomon | 1 |
| Snidipidees | 1 |
| The cheapest pair | 1 |
Total miles per week you run: (244)
< 5: 6 or 2.5%
5-15: 30 or 12.3%
16-30: 90 or 36.9%
31-50: 69 or 28.3%
51-70: 31 or 12.7%
>70: 18 or 7.4%
Miles per week you run on trails: (244)
< 5: 21 or 8.6%
5-15: 82 or 33.6%
16-30: 88 or 36.1%
31-50: 35 or 14.3%
51-70: 14 or 5.7%
>70: 4 or 1.6%
I consider myself primarily a: (244)
Trail runner: 137 or 56.1%
Road runner: 78 or 32%
Mountain runner: 26 or 10.7%
Ultra runner: 3 or 1.2%
Favorite Trail Race (location and distance): (214)
| Barr Trail Mountain Race | 63 |
| Pikes Peak Ascent | 27 |
| Pikes Peak Marathon | 25 |
| Imogene Pass Run, 17mi | 9 |
| None | 6 |
| Pikes Peak | 6 |
| Horsetooth Mountain Trail Run (Ft. Collins) 8 mile | 4 |
| Fall Series races | 3 |
| Leadville Trail Marathon | 3 |
| Ute Valley Park | 3 |
| Vail Hill Climb, 7.5 miles | 3 |
| Bergen Peak, 11.5mi, Evergreen | 2 |
| Bolder Boulder 10K | 2 |
| BTMR or PP Ascent | 2 |
| Deer Creek | 2 |
| Matthew Winters 6 miles | 2 |
| Not Sure | 2 |
| Shut-In Ridge Trail Run, Asheville, NC 17 miles | 2 |
| Sunmart Texas Trail 50K | 2 |
| Waldo Canyon | 2 |
| Aspen Golden Leaf | 1 |
| Aspen Sky Races | 1 |
| Aspen Sky Half-Marathon, 14 miles | 1 |
| Aspen US Fila SkyMarathon | 1 |
| Black Mountain Marathon | 1 |
| Breckenridge Crest | 1 |
| BTMR or Pikes Peak | 1 |
| BTMR or PP Marathon | 1 |
| Catalina Marathon, 26.2 miles Catalina Island, CA | 1 |
| Challenge Stelina, 15k, Susa, Italy | 1 |
| Collegiate Peaks 25 | 1 |
| Colorado Springs 13.1 | 1 |
| Creede 22 Mile | 1 |
| Crow Pass Crossing, Girdwood Alaska, 24-28 miles | 1 |
| Dipsea in Mill Valley, CA | 1 |
| Don't have one yet | 1 |
| Garden of the Gods 3-4 miles | 1 |
| Golden Leaf Mini-Marathon, Snowmass Village, CO | 1 |
| Haven't done many--BTMR and Pony Express | 1 |
| High Line Trail Race 14 miles +- Telluride | 1 |
| Just starting | 1 |
| Monument Valley | 1 |
| Mosquito Pass Marathon | 1 |
| Mount Herman/Limbaugh valley loop, or Rasberry Ridge | 1 |
| Mueller State Park 7-12 miles | 1 |
| Palmer Park and the Pountain | 1 |
| Pony Express | 1 |
| Rampart Range Res (15) | 1 |
| Red Rocks Trail 6 miles | 1 |
| Rescue run 10k | 1 |
| Rim Rock Run 37K, Grand Junction CO | 1 |
| Section 16 | 1 |
| Seven Sisters, Mass | 1 |
| Snow Mtn Ranch 10K | 1 |
| Snow Mtn Ranch Duathlon | 1 |
| Snowmountain half-marathon | 1 |
| Summer Roundup 12K | 1 |
| This was my first | 1 |
| Tucson Old Pueblo 50 mile | 1 |
| Ute Pass Run - Water Tank | 1 |
| Vail 10K@10,000 ft | 1 |
| Vail half-marathon | 1 |
| White Ranch, Golden CO 8 miles | 1 |
| Winter Series | 1 |
Do you train primarily: (241)
Alone: 166 or 68.9%
One or more people: 75 or 31.1%
Do you train with a club? (238)
Yes: 89 or 37.4%
No: 149 or 62.6%
Favorite Energy Drink: (227)
| Gatorade | 112 |
| Water | 24 |
| Cytomax | 19 |
| PowerAid | 12 |
| Endurox | 7 |
| None | 7 |
| Propel | 5 |
| N/A | 4 |
| All Sport | 3 |
| XL-1 | 3 |
| Beer | 2 |
| Don't use | 2 |
| Shaklee Performance | 2 |
| Ultima | 2 |
| 180 degrees | 1 |
| Accelerade | 1 |
| Apple juice | 1 |
| Cafe latte | 1 |
| Coffee | 1 |
| Endurox R4, Gatorade | 1 |
| erg | 1 |
| extran | 1 |
| Hammergel | 1 |
| juice | 1 |
| Koolaid | 1 |
| LEMONAIDE | 1 |
| Milk, nonfat | 1 |
| Pepsi | 1 |
| Rexall's LowOz | 1 |
| sobe | 1 |
| succeed! sports drink, gatorade | 1 |
| Suceed Ultra | 1 |
| torq | 1 |
| ultra fuel | 1 |
| water, propel, sobe | 1 |
| Xceed | 1 |
| yuck | 1 |
Favorite Energy Bar: (218)
| PowerBar | 53 |
| Clif Bar | 47 |
| None | 21 |
| Gatorade Bar | 15 |
| Balance | 14 |
| Luna | 14 |
| Peak Bar | 13 |
| N/A | 6 |
| PowerBar Harvest | 5 |
| Snickers | 2 |
| Advantage Protein Bars | 1 |
| Balance, luna | 1 |
| Buzz Bar | 1 |
| Clif Ice | 1 |
| Gatorade & Clif Bars | 1 |
| Hamburger | 1 |
| Harvest bars, and wife's choc chip cookies | 1 |
| Harvest PowerBars (Yogurt and choc dipped) | 1 |
| Hersheys | 1 |
| Honey bar | 1 |
| Iron Man | 1 |
| Joe's | 1 |
| Like many-Balance | 1 |
| Luna, Lemon Squares | 1 |
| M&Ms | 1 |
| Met Rx | 1 |
| Nature Valley | 1 |
| No energy bars, just real food | 1 |
| Odwalla | 1 |
| Phil's | 1 |
| Pop Tart | 1 |
| Protien Plus | 1 |
| Shaklee Carbo Crunch | 1 |
| Sportpharma | 1 |
| Sunbelt Cereal Cars | 1 |
| Tiger Milk | 1 |
| Usana | 1 |
| What's on sale | 1 |
Favorite Energy Gel: (209)
| GU | 69 |
| PowerGel | 49 |
| None | 32 |
| Clif Shot | 14 |
| Carb-BOOM | 10 |
| N/A | 10 |
| Hammer | 8 |
| Don't use | 3 |
| Don't like | 1 |
| Don't like, too sweet | 1 |
| Don't remember name | 1 |
| GAG!!! | 1 |
| Gatorade | 1 |
| Hammer Gel | 1 |
| Have not tried any | 1 |
| Jello | 1 |
| No energy gels, just real food | 1 |
| No thank you | 1 |
| Ugh! | 1 |
| Vasoline | 1 |
| yuk! | 1 |
| yuk!!! | 1 |
Will you travel out of state for a Trail/Mountain Race? (242)
Yes: 159 or 65.7%
No: 83 or 34.3%
Do you snowshoe? (240)
Yes: 92 or 38.3%
No: 148 or 61.7%
Do you subscribe to Trail Runner Magazine? (243)
Yes: 52 or 21.4%
No: 191 or 78.6%
Did you know that AATRA membership includes a subscription to Trail Runner magazine? (239)
Yes: 63 or 26.4%
No: 176 or 73.6%
How did you hear about the Barr Trail Mountain Race? (237)
Did it last year: 71 or 30%
Friend: 67 or 28.3%
www site: 56 or 23.6%
Other: 25 or 10.5%
Running store: 14 or 5.9%
Newspaper: 4 or 1.7%
Other comments: (29)
| Incline Club | 12 |
| Matt | 3 |
| Colorado Running Company | 1 |
| Denver Trail Runner Club | 1 |
| Link from the Ascent | 1 |
| Mom and saw part of race last year | 1 |
| Nancy Hobbes | 1 |
| On the committee | 1 |
| Paul Sullivan | 1 |
| Pikes Peak Ascent info. | 1 |
| PPRR literature | 1 |
| School | 1 |
| Sign at the Barr Trail parking lot in 2000 | 1 |
| Skyrunner.com | 1 |
| Used to live in COS | 1 |
| Volunteered for the race last year | 1 |
Did you run the Barr Trail Mountain Race? (239)
Yes: 176 or 73.6%
No: 63 or 26.4%
Would you run the race next year? (234)
Yes: 207 or 88.5%
No: 27 or 11.5%
Was this your first trail race? (223)
Yes: 25 or 11.2%
No: 198 or 88.8%
How did you register for this race? (199)
[Note: Actual percent of online registrants was 81.5%]
online: 155 or 77.9%
mailed entry: 30 or 15.1%
running store: 14 or 7%
If you did not register on-line please tell us why: (33)
| Extra fee | 8 |
| Security | 5 |
| In store | 4 |
| I was late | 2 |
| A pain | 1 |
| Comped | 1 |
| CRC entered and paid for me | 1 |
| Excuse to leave house | 1 |
| Extra fee, site problems | 1 |
| Friends with folks at CRC | 1 |
| Get my card punched at RR | 1 |
| I prefer to do this in person | 1 |
| I tried, but it did not work | 1 |
| I'm not sure why -don't remember | 1 |
| No CC | 1 |
| No PC | 1 |
| Store close to work | 1 |
| Wanted to pay cash | 1 |
Did you like the shirt? (191)
Yes: 168 or 88%
No: 23 or 12%
Shirt Comments: (65)
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Where there enough toilets at the race? (200)
Yes: 175 or 87.5%
No: 25 or 12.5%
Did you have any problems parking at the race? (202)
Yes: 12 or 6%
No: 190 or 94%
Did you like the finish line setup? (198)
Yes: 181 or 91.4%
No: 17 or 8.6%
Did you use the large overhead clock at Barr Camp? (131)
[Note: This question was added after 77 surveys had been filled out]
Yes: 36 or 27.5%
No: 95 or 72.5%
Was the field size (279 finishers) too small, too big or just right? Explain: (190)
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Was the awards ceremony too long, too short or just right? Explain: (180)
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Were there enough aid stations and were they well stocked? Explain: (189)
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What did you like most about the race: (183)
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What did you like least about the race: (161)
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General comments: (129)
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Put your e-mail address here if you want to be eligible for the 16 random drawings: (188)
188 or 77% left an e-mail address