Here are Colorado randos who earned RUSA, LRM, and ACP awards in 2025!
For some of these awards, you need to apply to be recognized. You don't need to purchase the physical award. What's important is the goal and the accomplishment. For some, the physical award is a nice memento.
Some are challenges within the current year or a twelve-month period. Others recognize achievement over a number of years.
We congratulate our fellow randos for their persistence in achieving their goals!
You can see our cumulative awardees across the years here:
Super Randonneur · R-12 / P-12 · R-5000 / 10000 · Others
| One-Year Awards ACP Super Randonneur R-12 P-12 American Randonneur Challenge K-Hound Can-Am Challenge Rouleur (new!) | Multi-Year Awards RUSA Cup ACP Randonneur 5000 ACP Randonneur 10000 LRM Challenge Lepertel Ultra Randonneur Coast-to-Coast Mondial Ultra R-12 Ultra P-12 Ultra Flèche American Explorer Rando Scout Galaxy |
| — other awards not covered here — | |
| RUSA Distance Awards | Ultra K-Hound |
ACP Super Randonneur
Complete brevets of 200km, 300km, 400km and 600km in one year.
6 awardees in 2025.
6 awardees in 2025.
BORDELON, Jason (1)
FOLEY, Paul
HARDING, Dustin
HOWELL, Jim
MANGIN, L John
SMITH, Vernon
† Longer distances can be substituted - as for RUSA Ultra Randonneur award.
(1) First Super Randonneur award!
R-12
Complete a 200km or longer RUSA ride in each of 12 consecutive months.
Listed in order of achieving.
Listed in order of achieving.
Dustin Harding [4]
John Lee Ellis [18]
Jim Howell [6]
Michael Turek [9]
John Mangin [6]
Corinne Warren [8]
Paul Foley [11]
Ultra R-12
Complete ten R-12's (need not be contiguous).
P-12
Ride a 100km to 199km RUSA ride in each of twelve consecutive months.
David Weigel [3]
John Lee Ellis [12]
Jim Howell [4]
Colin Allen
Paul Foley [7]
Dustin Harding [4]
Ultra P-12
Complete ten P-12's (need not be contiguous).
This award was not reported on for 2024, so we're adding the 2023 awardee here.
John Lee Ellis (2023)
Complete any combination of ten RUSA-sanctioned ACP Flèche events and RUSA Arrow events. No time limit.
ACP Randonneur 5000
Ride 5000 km in events including Paris-Brest-Paris, a Flèche, and 200km, 300km 400km, 600km and 1000km brevets within 48 months. (An Audax Club Parisien award, not RUSA.)
ACP Randonneur 10000
Ride 10000 km in events including Paris-Brest-Paris, a Flèche, two series of 200km, 300km 400km, 600km and 1000km brevets, and a Super Randonnée 600k within 72 months (six years). (An Audax Club Parisien award, not RUSA.)
LRM Challenge Lepertel
In each of four successive years, complete a Grand Randonnée, one of which must be Paris-Brest-Paris, and not all of which can start in the same country. This award started in 2019, so 2023 was the first year having awardees.
Paul Foley
Vernon Smith
Can-Am Challenge
Complete a US grand randonnée and a Canadian grand randonnée in one season.
And now for RUSA awards that randonneurs can work towards over multiple years ...
American Explorer
Cover at least ten different U.S. states and territories on RUSA rides.
Riders new to the American Explorer award,
or added states in 2025:
or added states in 2025:
John Lee Ellis (28) +2 *
Malcolm Fraser (30) +7 *
Brent Myers (14) +4 *
* States added
RUSA Cup
Complete at least one of each type of RUSA event, accumulating at least 5000km over a two-year period.
Ultra Randonneur
Complete ten Super Randonneur series over any number of years.
John Lee Ellis
Coast to Coast
Complete four different RUSA 1200km or longer events over any number of years.
The new Coast-to-Coast plaque featuring event logos,
developed by Dan Driscoll and Pam Wright
Mondial
Complete 40,000km in RUSA rides - was a lifetime achievement award,
but can now be earned multiple times.
but can now be earned multiple times.
Paul Foley
Vernon Smith
Galaxy
Complete 100,000km in RUSA rides, over any number of years.
Complete two or more RUSA 1200km or longer events in one season.
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| Courtesy Randonneurs USA |
K-Hound
Complete 10,000 km or more in RUSA events in one calendar year. Riders can also count foreign Grand Randonnées if needed.
ELLIS, John Lee
HARDING, Dustin
HOWELL, Jim
MANGIN, John
SMITH, Vernon
Rando Scout
Ride at least 25 distinct RUSA populaire, brevet, or grand randonnée routes. No time limit. ("+" indicates additional new routes ridden this year.)
| RUSA# | Routes | Rider |
| 13567 | 25 | BUSH, Debbie |
| 1471 | 79 (+7) | FOLEY, Paul |
| 12631 | 41 (+2) | HARDING, Dustin |
| 3230 | 28 (new) | HOFF, Peter |
| 11847 | 41 (+2) | HOWELL, Jim |
| 5692 | 31 (new) | JONES, Lloyd |
| 11754 | 39 (+4) | KHAN, Rashid |
| 1679 | 45 (+1) | MANGIN, John |
| 11755 | 44 (+4) | MOORE, Jennifer |
| 1211 | 34 (new) | SCHMIT, Michael |
| 1842 | 60 (+5) | SMITH, Vernon |
| 10173 | 47 (+5) | TUREK, Michael |
| 7898 | 51 (+3) | WARREN, Corinne |
Rouleur
Complete RUSA populaires of 100km-125km, 126km-150km and 151km-199km, a 200km brevet,
and a Dart Populaire in one year.
This award was not reported on for 2024, so we're adding the 2024 awardees here.
Corinne Warren - 2024 *
David Weigel - 2024
* gravel rouleur
A Final Thought
RUSA has created these awards over time to give you more and more diverse goals to shoot for. Maybe you don't have the personal time to achieve K-Hound mileage, but have the grit to complete an R-12 ride each month for a year in hot and cold, sun and snow.
Set your own goals, and let your imagination and determination be your guides!
You can find details on each of these awards via the RUSA Awards page,
including all those who've applied for recognition.
Bonne route!
-jle
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