Rocque Venzor and Carson Rickey found their strides in the Cheyenne Mountain Trail Race on Saturday at Cheyenne Mountain State Park.

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VIDEO: Start of the 50K** Start of the 25K ** Interview with men's 50K winner Jared Hazen ** Interview with Hillary Allen, women's 50K winner ** Interview with Shawnie Mulligan, women's 25K winner ** Interview with 25K winner Peter Maksimow

Pete Maksimow ran against the competition in his head - a familiar foe otherwise known as himself.

Hillary Allen had no idea she was blazing where no woman had gone before.

But both claimed new course records on Saturday in the Cheyenne Mountain Trail Races at Cheyenne Mountain State Park.

Maksimow, who captured his third win in four starts in the 25K, had set the course record in 2012. But in the final strides, with his eyes focused on the finish line clock, he found just enough speed to eclipse his old mark by two seconds. His official time was 1 hour, 46 minutes, 3 seconds.

The 35-year-old Manitou Springs resident said it felt pretty good to beat his former self.

"Today I had a bit of a sprint with myself, my 2012 self," Maksimow said.

His training has been solid after two years of frustrating injuries. He thought something good might happen on the familiar singletrack that threads through the scrub oak and pine trees at the foot of Cheyenne Mountain.

"I had it in mind because training has gone really well lately and I'm in good shape," he said. "It's a good tuneup for the Greenland 50K (where he holds the record), which is next weekend."

Maksimow's effort in the 25K was extraordinary because he ran most of the race by himself.

"I tried to relax and push the second half," he said. I ended up pushing a little too early and got a little tired in the middle, but I had a good last 5 or 10K. I felt good and was runing uphill well and it came down to the downhills."

Travis Macy, 31, of Evergreen was second in 1:54:14, followed by Durango's Brett Wilson, 29, about 30 seconds behind.

Allen, 25, of Golden, charged to the finish of the 50K in 4:27:53, crushing the old record of 4:55 set last year by Amanda Ewing of Colorado Springs.

"I haven't run many 50K's, so that is definietly my PR," she said.

Setting a race record never entered her mind ... she was just hoping to place among the top runners.

"I didn't expect that (record) at all," she said. "I was hoping, maybe, to podium, but I didn't expect to win."

Ewing, who is training for her first 100-mile race (the Leadville 100) finished second in 5:17:14.

Jared Hazen, an 18-year-old ultrarunner who moved to Colorado Springs six months ago, captured the men's 50k title in 4:07:54. Hazen was second at the Rocky Raccoon 100 in Texas in February and qualified for the prestigious Western States 100. All of his training is pointed there.

"It's been going good," he said. "I've just been doing a lot of miles, a lot of 'vert' (running uphill), so it's about time to do more high intensity right now."

John Fitzgerald, 26, of Lakewood, was second in 4:23:44, while Boulder's Seth Kelly, 29, finished third.

In the women's 25K, Shawnie Mulligan gave up mountain biking for a few hours to win her first trail race. The 34-year-old Eagle County resident who placed ninth in the 2013 Leadville 100 mountain bike race, finished in 2:11:16. Durango's Michelle Wilson, 29, was second in 2:18:32, with Sydney Cornell of Parker in third.