Mount Marathon Race
Current mood: chipper

Ok,

So.

More AK adventures. As some of you may know, Seward hosts the annual Mt. Marathon foot race. The race begins in town and ascends just over 3,000 feet and decends the same distance on a very steep, rough trail.

The standing record for time is 43:23. That's minutes by the way. Yea, run up and barrel down. Want more info? Check out Seward.org for more pictures and background.

Anyway, the race is pretty amazing and it's not uncommon to hear about some pretty serious injuries. I believe there may have even been fatalities in the past but you'll have to research that one for yourselves.

In addition to the race, Seward hosts a plethora of 4th activities...you know, pie eating, fireworks, music...etc.

But I only took pictures of the race.



I'm not sure if you've heard before....but this weekend brings 30,000 people into town. That's 10 times the usual population.



So the race climbs this mountain.....if you look closely you can see the trail. The up trail is to the right and the down trail is to the left.



The finish is basically a huge rockfall. This is the women's division winner....think her name is Cedar and she is a local. She finished nearly FIVE minutes before the second place woman. Crazy.



Few more ladies finishing.....



Here's the men's start. I believe they start in two waves by age division. By the way...this is the ONLY opportunity in Seward to see a large amount of physically fit men without shirts.....see you next fourth ladies.



Here are the first couple of men coming down the last pitch. The men tend to approach this route more aggressively.....pretty fun to watch.



Seriously we are all just silently waiting for someone to fall. That's it for Marathon pictures.

One last shot of my sweet 1970 Honda Trail 90. I let Cody borrow it to run home, and he found the most awesome place to park it. I almost peed myself when I saw this.



See ya.