Event Description

Running Up For Air (aka RUFA) is an endurance mountain challenge that was originally created in Utah to raise money in support of the fight for improved air quality for those who live along the Wasatch Front in Utah. 

Running Up For Air Colorado is the Colorado edition of Utah's RUFA, an endurance running event to raise awareness and money in support of the fight for improved air quality for all of us who live along the front range of Colorado, encompassing everything from Colorado Springs to Ft. Collins, and, like Salt Lake, subject to unsightly and unhealthy winter air.. 

RUFA-CO, March 9 2019, involves running up and down a mountain outside of Denver for 3, 6 or 12 hours.  Here, too, runners are asked to get pledges for Protect Our Winters (POW), a 501(c)3 non-profit that works tirelessly to reduce the negative impacts of climate change - improving our air quality and preserving and protecting our public lands.