Yes! During the registration process, you may select Race Day as your packet pickup location.

Your packet will the be available for pickup on race day in the Balch Fieldhouse, near the start line, starting at 6:00 A.M.

If you did not select race day packet pickup, you must go to your packet pickup location and get your packet before Friday, diciembre 5.

Your ColderBOLDER race packet will be available for pickup until store closing time on Friday, diciembre 5, 2025. Race packets that are not picked up will not be available at the race. Be sure to pick your packet up prior to race day!

YES! Select the shipping option during the registration process. An additional charge will be added at checkout.

Packets will be sent via USPS. You will receive an email with tracking details once your packet has left our office.

Race Day parking at CU will be available in Lots 391, 169 & 436 and can be purchased on the day of the race for $5.

There will be Park and Pay signage in each lot with instructions to pay using either a QR code or text to pay.

Don’t want to pay for parking? That’s cool, just use the Runner Drop Off Areas instead!

Head South on Folsom Drive then West onto Stadium Drive. Drop Off will be next to the Buffalo Statue. There will be signage and volunteers to direct you to the exact location on Stadium Drive. MAP

Yes, free bag check is available inside the Fieldhouse.

Yes! Mile 2 will have an aid station. No porta-lets on the course. Restrooms are available inside the field house.

The ColderBOLDER is an invite-only event with 14 individual races plus a Walking Wave.

The First 13 races are for people who received a qualifying time from the last BOLDERBoulder or ColderBOLDER. Each of these races puts people together who are about the same speed. Why? So everyone has a shot at winning. For example, if you finished the BOLDERBoulder in 52 minutes you race against people who finished between 52-54 minutes. It’s everyone’s chance at personal racing glory and eternal fame. The top six in each race win Cold Medals. That’s 84 medalists total. So come break out in a cold sweat with us, and pour cold water on those winter blues.

The 14th race is an Open Race that has no qualifying standards. Enjoy the winter festivities as fast or as slow as you’d like!

We finish with 1 Walking Wave. This is open for anyone who want a festive stroll through CU campus and our winter wonderland. This is not a race (no placement Cold Medals), but all will receive a Finisher’s Medal!

YES! Contact us at race@bolderboulder.com for race placement.

Please email us at race@bolderboulder.com ASAP if you have lost your bib. We will do our best to get you a replacement bib, but due to the race reaching capacity, supplies are extremely limited, and you may not able to get a replacement. There is a replacement cost of $30.

As a part of our sanctioning, we work with USATF, the National Governing Body for Track and Field and for road running events. According to their rules – No athlete shall be permitted to participate in any competition without the appropriate bib number. As a part of the registration process, you have agreed that bib numbers and timing devices are not transferable to anyone or any organization for any purpose. Not wearing an assigned bib may result disqualification and being excluded from participating in future races.

If you cannot run in person, you can transfer to participate virtually. Just contact our office and we’ll get you the details.

If extra shirts are available, exchanges will be handled at the Retail Tent in Balch Fieldhouse on Race Day. In addition, contact our office the week following the race for options.

All VOLUNTEER positions have been filled.

For more information on becoming a ColderBOLDER 5K sponsor or expo vendor, please e-mail luke@bolderboulder.com, our Partnerships Director.

All participants must wear the officially issued race number bib registered to the wearer.

Please wear your bib on the front or side of your outermost garment from start to finish to you to be recognized as an official participant an so we can record your official finish time.

Participants are required to start in their designated race. Starting in a different race will result in not being eligible for race awards from the ColderBOLDER.

Participant race number bib are specific personal identifiers and may not be exchanged or transferred, given or sold to any person.

The sale and/or transfer of race entries/bibs is strictly prohibited.

Yes. The ColderBOLDER 5K is timed. When you get your race packet, your personal bib with your race number will have a timing tag already affixed. On race day, just wear your bib (this is how we track your time).

We know that most of the time, it’s all about your time. Your results will be posted on our website- Adults who don’t Opt-Out of published results and youth 14 and under with parents’ consent.

All finishers wil receive a Finishers Certificate via email once all race results are finalized.

Virtual participants may run anytime from Friday, December 5th – Sunday, December 7th. We’ll send instructions before race day with specifics on how to submit your finish time.

All entry fees are non-refundable. In case of cancellation, participants will be transferred to our virtual option.

During the registration process acknowledgment of this policy is made. Once a runner registers, race items will be immediately ordered and printed for a participants’ registration. There are NO exceptions.

No- if you sign up for the Virtual ColderBOLDER 5K, you will not be able to switch to the In-Person race later on.

If you need to switch to the Virtual ColderBOLDER 5k, please contact race@bolderboulder.com for assistance. Virtual participants may run anytime from  Friday, December 6th – Sunday, December 8th. We’ll send instructions before race day with specifics on how to submit your finish time.