Runner's Weekend - Manitou Incline

At the last minute, I had a chance to interview a couple of pro marathoners before they headed over to Budapest for the World Championships Marathon. So it’s time to hop on a plane for a very short trip to Colorado, where I’ll do some interviews, eat some food, and the go for a little hike.
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7:26 colorado springs
13:05 manitou incline
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[@ElisabethOberndorfer]

Love that you get these opportunities to follow pro athletes. Your runner's weekend videos are always a joy to watch!

[@kofuzi]

Thanks so much!

[@austinli6635]

How fun! The incline is no joke. We just did Pikes peak via Barr trail on Friday. Long day, but felt better than doing the incline once 😅

[@kofuzi]

Is Pikes Peak really that close to the Incline?

[@aliza6491]

Runner's Weekend videos are my favorite, thank you again for sharing these

[@kofuzi]

Thank you 🙏

[@fecardona]

Yo Kofuzi, watching this video of your entire weekend, made me feel ok about myself and my fatigue of running and training where I live: Bogota, Colombia, 2.600 meters elevation.

[@kofuzi]

How do you live?

[@fecardona]

@@kofuzi 🤣😂

[@DorHBoomer]

Great that you took the time to do the incline! I've been in CO for 40 years but have never done it. I hope to get it done once my oldie arthritic hip is doing better lol. Awesome job filming, as always!

[@jollyroger1009]

Colorado seems to be such a great place!

[@MattRunsColorado]

Love the incline. Such a fun workout! Glad you got to swing through what I call home, Colorado Springs! I absolutely love it

[@kofuzi]

I kind of wish I had left my original travel plans so I could have had a full day and night in the area. Hopefully I’ll be back soon

[@seatownfan]

​@@kofuziThat is exactly what I was thinking.

[@mailorlee2]

That Manitou climb is still on my bucket list only. Thanks for sharing your adventure. Always so amazing!

[@kofuzi]

it's great to have experienced once

[@jordanwillis243]

I live out here and there are some insane people that climb it several times a day. No idea how they manage it.

[@mtanzy]

Congrats to Lindsay on her great World’s finish <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="167">2:47</a> !

[@CatherineSui-Miller]

That’s an awesome Part 2 of capturing both elite runners and the breathtaking Colorado landscape. My all out pace probably can’t match their easy jogs!

[@kofuzi]

They are so fast!

[@danielsoliz669]

It was nice meeting you at that cafe. I’m the guy that came up and asked if you were Kofuzi. I also did Manitou Incline the same day. Thanks for all the content. Hope to run into later on down the road!

[@kofuzi]

So great to meet you there!

[@runmyworld]

Wow what an intense few days. Quality as always from my fave YT’er.

[@kofuzi]

I was so tired after this trip. A whirlwind

[@LuisBecerra79]

Yo, what’s going on!!! It’s so cool to see how your channel has grown from 4 years ago that I started watching. Keep it going Ko. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@kofuzi]

Thanks Luis!

[@alfdickinson1971]

O my Quads...that looked a tough weekend! Well played Ko, great work.

[@kofuzi]

My quads were wrecked for about a week afterwards

[@Arif_Run4Life]

Thanks to you I just added Manitou Incline to my bucket list.

[@kofuzi]

it's pretty fun, depending on how you define fun

[@tjhayes2172]

Ah man, didn’t know you were in my backyard. Would have loved to meet you, even if it was for a brief moment. It is awesome that you took on the Incline, need to get you one of the Incline coins. Thanks for sharing this video as always!

[@keithc1264]

Another fabulous runner’s weekend video. The stairs music cracked me up!

[@kofuzi]

Thanks so much!

[@marialeemlb1574]

💚💚 that you showcase CO beauty and all the outdoor junkie hot spots. Manitou incline a weekly must do

[@kofuzi]

Weekly?!?

[@marialeemlb1574]

@@kofuzi yeah - 45 mins from home and I have 2 boys so they came once a month. when weather is good. Thigh killer for a day or 2.

[@Deadbuck73]

Love this!

[@kofuzi]

Thanks DB!

[@ajmartinez1906]

Very Beautiful Scenery Mr Kofuzi

[@kofuzi]

Colorado never disappoints

[@ajmartinez1906]

Looking Forward to seeing your thoughts on the Boston 12's.

[@marktrujillo5480]

Great video. This brought back memories of when I lived in the Springs. Next time you should “run” up Barr Trail up to the top of Pikes Peak….there’s a race there called the Pikes Peak Ascent. As a veteran of the race myself (I’ve run it 13 times), it never gets old. That would be an epic runners weekend video!

[@kofuzi]

I'd really love to try that, but I think I'd need an extra full day for the ascent and descent

[@Alokoo8]

@@kofuziYou’ll be fine on either PPA or PPM, and it looks like you already tried the route to the trail (where you got lost before the Incline). Awesome video!

[@TravelRunner]

OH man stairs are my nemesis too! Great video, Mike!

[@kofuzi]

So many steps

[@michaelsesler1158]

Always entertaining.

[@kofuzi]

thanks Michael!

[@Drew.Whitcomb]

Been wanting to do the Manitou Incline for a while now. This just made me want to do it more.

[@kofuzi]

I recommend everyone do it once

[@arceus54321]

also, another great runners weekend video 👍

[@simonhodgson4941]

Hi from Birmingham UK, the stairs look amazing with insane views. I'm running Great north run in 3 weeks in the UK, super excited👍

[@kofuzi]

have a great race!

[@simonhodgson4941]

@@kofuzi will do, you ever fancied it?

[@runningformybestlife]

What a fun adventure. Thanks for taking us along. Man, you look like you were dying on those stairs.😂😵 Good stuff!

[@kofuzi]

I thought I might have actually been dying when I started on the downhill

[@runningformybestlife]

@@kofuzi 🤣🤣🤣

[@chrisdick726]

I always like to save these Runner’s Weekend videos for something to look forward too. But I never wait too long 🙂 I think of Seth DeMoor when I see you in Colorado and wonder what he’s up to now also.

[@kofuzi]

I just saw him in an Ultradad video. looked like he was doing well kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHnMaGStmK-NsLs

[@chrisdick726]

@@kofuzi Good to hear!

[@IMomIt]

Fun! We are doing the incline in about 2 weeks. Ive been getting ready all summer.

[@kofuzi]

Bring extra water. Have fun!

[@tgarcia615]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="772">12:52</a> am Philippines Time, Done Watching Kofuziiiiiiii 😊

[@dubp6623]

I’ve done the Incline twice! A must visit when near the Springs!!!!!

[@kofuzi]

I don’t know if I could do this a second time

[@UltraTrailSteven]

So cool you did the Manitou Incline. It is definitely a challenge! Next time you are in the Springs let me know and I'll show you some great trails and sights. Looks like you were heading up the trail used for the Pikes Peak Marathon to get to Barr Trail.

[@kofuzi]

Is there a sign on a fence that says You Shall Not Pass? Because that’s where I went past

[@SeeChadRun]

Welcome back to Colorado!

[@kofuzi]

Thanks! It’s always a pleasure

[@brianjeon5225]

wow you've been a lot in Colorado! I hope you enjoyed!

[@kofuzi]

It’s always an adventure

[@Spenczar1]

Great video, last time I did the incline they had warnings about not going down the incline for safety reasons.

[@kofuzi]

I didn't see such warnings, but I'm sure I did very many things wrong on this trip.

[@Supafloppy]

Runner's weekend here we go. 😎

[@kofuzi]

Yo!

[@JeffRElliott]

"I don't know why I thought this would be fun" amazing video

[@kofuzi]

It was kinda fun. Afterwards.

[@bpg201]

Just watching you on those stairs is making me feel exhausted!

[@kevinlaraphoto]

Yeah buddy!!

[@kofuzi]

This was a fun adventure

[@JoshL84]

I'll be there in September for the PPA, not sure if I'll have it in me to do the incline as well. I felt like I was trying to catch my breath just watching you go up the stairs 😅

[@kofuzi]

I’d say give it a shot if you can. I’m good at making things look harder than they are. There were children out there doing this hike

[@arceus54321]

ok the manitou incline is something i MAY consider doing

[@mrsatter5575]

Wow looks amazing. I’d blame my performance on jet lag😂

[@kofuzi]

I usually blame the altitude

[@jencreamer3486]

I did the Manitou Incline once several years ago and I'm okay with that being the only time.

[@kofuzi]

Same

[@1519Spring]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="775">12:55</a>. As you know, Elkanah is in the military. The military teaches recruits to eat fast. I wonder if that affected Elkanah's pace of eating. It's also my observation that kids from big families, or where food is scarce, tend to eat faster.

[@kofuzi]

A friend from college came from a very very large family. He did eat quite fast. Could probably keep up with Elkanah

[@levandmarthapolyakin-aaron2183]

Just after “confront my old nemesis: STAIRS” (and again and again) the music is reminiscent of Serious Runner’s Epic-ness music 😂Unlike others here being inspired to put it on their bucket list, I’m absolutely certain I never want to do this.

[@kofuzi]

I feel like that is the reasonable response

[@MedicineRunner]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1000">16:40</a> *kid dying* Kofuzi: “I feel you lil buddy”

[@kofuzi]

I think he was trying to race me. the lead kept changing

[@MedicineRunner]

@@kofuziI trust you showed him no mercy

[@ericperramond3463]

(Local) First!

[@kofuzi]

yo!

[@tripbreaker]

Wow, you had to walk it! (Kidding)

[@kofuzi]

I took many rest breaks

[@jmbaug1229]

Are you planning to visit London sometime in the future ? ❤ from London J.

[@kofuzi]

hopefully London 2024 🤞

[@jmbaug1229]

​@@kofuzi 🤞🏻💫🤍

[@jimduyck]

🎶 "Lost in the woooods..." 🎶 😉 #onbrand

[@kofuzi]

I know my brand standards

[@seatownfan]

I know the Incline record is just under 17 and half minutes but I wonder if anyone has tried to set the record time for down the Incline, or probably called the Manitou Decline 😂 One record I would decline trying to set. 😅

[@TheDatubrando]

kofuzi, huffing and puffing; lindsay, normal breathing

[@kofuzi]

exactly

[@aravaluska954]

🫶🫶🫶

[@bigbluerios]

Just curious if ASICS made ya promote them? ASICS hat , shirts and shoes . Seeing you said u like the superblast shoes.

[@1519Spring]

Ko has said before that when working with/for a brand, he chooses to wear that brand's kit.

[@kofuzi]

I make some of the most detailed financial disclosures in the industry. you can give my opinions however much or little weight as you believe they deserve.

[@bigbluerios]

@@kofuzi ok