The stoke
The Stoke Fine Racing Events comes from a deep obsession with effort — the kind that takes commitment, repetition, patience, and a willingness to keep showing up long after the novelty wears off. It’s about the work itself, the grit it requires, and the meaning that comes from choosing to do hard things well.
Trails are where that effort shows up most clearly, but they’re only part of the picture. We care deeply about the land, the people who steward it, and the systems that exist to protect it. Building races means earning trust — with the terrain, with the communities around it, and with the agencies responsible for keeping these places intact long after race day. That responsibility is part of the work.
We build trail and ultrarunning races in Colorado because this landscape demands honesty. Long climbs, heat, exposure, quiet miles, and moments where effort becomes a choice, not a given. When a race is designed with care — for the land and for the people moving through it — the experience becomes clear and uncompromising in the best way.
We’re obsessive about the details because they matter. Where a course goes, and peak flows. When it hurts. How support shows up. How the finish feels after a full day of effort. This isn’t about trends or volume. It’s about building races that respect the work, honor the place, and reward the people willing to meet both head-on.
Roxborough Ultras is the first expression of that approach. It starts close to home, in terrain we know deeply, and it sets the standard for everything that follows.
The stoke crew
Scott schrader
Founder of The Stoke Fine Racing Events, a Colorado trail race series built on one belief: effort matters and should be celebrated and shared.
Scott doesn't just build The Stoke; he lives it. As a pretty okay, high-mileage runner known for big vert and consistency, he’s got a few Course Records and FKTs around Colorado.
His path was forged by early life loss and a career starting in the Army at 17—formative experiences that taught him endurance is about more than performance. It’s about truth, grit, and the daily decision to keep going. Today, those values are anchored by the authentic, joyful life he has built with his family, who remain his ultimate motivation for doing hard things well.
That is the soul of Stoke: mountain-hard races with real culture—where suffering is honest, celebration is earned, and the finish line feels like a gathering.
Built for the Climb.
This is what you came for.
Founder, Race Director
The Stoke manifesto
We gather in the mountains to remember who we are.
The Stoke is the fire in your chest when the climb won’t end, and the quiet grin that shows up anyway. It is the simple truth that the trail gives back what you bring to it. Effort in. Meaning out.
We are Built for the Climb. Not just the vertical, but the whole arc of it: doubt, grit, breath, resolve. The part where you get honest. The part where you keep going. The part where suffering stops being an enemy and becomes a forge.
Here, every runner matters. The front, the middle, the back. The fast and the stubborn. The ones chasing a time and the ones chasing a feeling. The only thing we ask is that you show up for the work.
And when the work is done, we celebrate it. Because joy is not a bonus. It is part of the contract. The music, the laughter, the shared sense of effort. This is what you came for.
Stoke is a culture. A signal. A gathering. A flame you carry off the trail and into the rest of your life.
Forged in Suffering. Built for the Climb.