Why only celebrate Global Running Day, when we can make it Global Running Week?

Join us for the return of the CRC Poker Run for your chance to win epic prizes!

This is a free event for Cheyenne Running Club Members.

Not a member? Join here for your chance to win incredible prizes!

All rules and details for the 2024 Poker Run are listed below!

Prizes (aka the good stuff):

1. Grand Prize: 

   • A $150 Shopping Spree at Foot of the Rockies, courtesy of Foot of the Rockies

2. 2nd Place:  

   • A Free Race Entry to The Great Bison Shuffle, courtesy of The Great Bison Shuffle (good for any distance)

3. 3rd Place:  

   • A $50 Gift Card to Mort's Bagels, courtesy of Mort's Bagels

How to Play:

From June 5 - 11, go for a run, or several, and track it on your preferred activity tracker (yep, that means apps like Strava, Garmin, Map My Run, Adidas Running, etc). While on the run, stop by each of the Poker Stops listed below to draw a playing card. Be sure to take a selfie with your card, ensuring the card value is clear to see.  Return the card to the deck, and thank our sponsors for being so amazing to support this event!  Build your best poker hand to take on others in the running community and have a chance to score some great prizes! Plan out your runs and routes, as card pickup is only available during a business's posted hours. Please only collect one card per business throughout the week.

A cunning runner may notice that there are more than 5 Poker Stops, yet only 5 cards are needed for a hand... isn't that interesting... 

Poker Stops

• Beach Please

• Blue Raven Brewery

• Clean Eatz

• Foot of the Rockies

• Hawthorn Tree

• Mary's Mountain Cookies

• Mort's Bagels

Looking for more ways to earn more cards? Check these out.

• Register and race in the ForMak 5k, then stop by our booth post race with your bib and show us your awesome race results to earn a card, and a pic at our table!

• Run with us at our Sunday Beginner Trails June 9th or at Track Tuesday on June 11th (or both and get 2 cards)

• How to earn a joker (can become any card you would like)

  • • Run to collect cards at all Poker Stops within a single tracked run (again, must occur when all businesses are open).

    • Run with us for at least 5 of our runs scheduled throughout the Poker Run week (see our calendar for all the fun)

We also have a few smaller prizes we will be giving away at each of our runs. These will be randomly awarded to the runners present, plus all runs in the week earn cards. So this is a win win to maybe big win.

Contest Rules:

All runs must be tracked using an activity tracker app with the GPS of the run.  Each participant will post the selfie(s) taken during the activity in their preferred app and title as CRC Poker Run.  Runners must be a current member of the Cheyenne Running Club by 11:59 PM MDT on June 11 to be eligible for prizes.  If you are not yet a member, membership is only $20 annually, and not only grants you entry into this event, but also provides access to exclusive membership discounts to local businesses and races.

Membership link may be found here, or for more information, please visit here.

To submit your poker hand, please send us an email, or Facebook private message by 8pm on June 12.  Message must include the link to your activity tracker profile, and each run must be made public until winners are announced so we can actually view them.  Selfie pictures must clearly show you, the business, and the poker card value.  If picture is not clearly visible for these items, it will not be accepted.

The participants with the top three 5 card poker hands will win a prize based on their place.  If for any reason a tie may occur, a tie breaker may commence by a rigorous obstacle course challenge and chopsticks... well, or by just looking at any bonus cards, or drawing another from the deck.

Terms and Conditions (the boring, but important stuff):

Participation is open to all area runners, however, only Cheyenne Running Club members* are eligible to win the listed contest prizes.

Participants must follow all rules as posted in the rules and terms and conditions section, or risk disqualification from event.  Validation of compliance is at the discretion of the Cheyenne Running Club

An eligible run must be at least one mile in length, with the route including the business where participant is drawing a poker card from.

Submission of registration is your consent to allow photos taken during the event and those submitted to be utilized by the Cheyenne Running Club and event sponsors in social media and advertising for this and future events.

Participation in this, or any other Cheyenne Running Club event, is done at the participants risk.  The Cheyenne Running Club is not responsible for any injuries sustained during such activities.

*Club membership is good for one year from date of joining the club.  Non-members, or members looking to renew their membership may do so here.