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The juniors' race starts at 9am, while the start times for the men's and women's races alternate each year. [2] The halfway point is a stone marker [1] on Mount Marathon, [3] 2,974 feet (906 m) above sea level, [4] and a mile and a half from the finish line. The total race course distance is about 3.1 miles (5 kilometers).
Mount Marathon, or officially Marathon Mountain, is a 4,826-foot (1,471 m) mountain summit directly west of Seward in the Kenai Mountains in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is situated in Chugach National Forest , rising above Resurrection Bay , 2.35 mi (4 km) south of Mount Benson , and 2 mi (3 km) north of Bear Mountain .
The race takes place once a year on either the last weekend in August or the first weekend of September in the Alps. It follows the route of the Tour du Mont Blanc through France, Italy and Switzerland. It has a distance of approximately 171 kilometres (106 mi), and a total elevation gain of around 10,040 metres (32,940 ft).
The race is 3 miles of suffering, contested almost entirely on the steep, punishing mountain peak in the heart of Seward. An extreme sport before anyone ever uttered the phase "extreme sport," ...
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It is considered one of the classic long-distance hiking trails. The circular route is normally walked in a counter-clockwise direction in 9-14 days. [1] It is also the route of an annual ultramarathon, the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, which covers the entire distance at once with a time limit of 46 hours and 30 minutes. [2]
Pheidippides (Ancient Greek: Φειδιππίδης, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [pʰeː.dip.pí.dɛːs], Modern Greek: [fi.ðiˈpi.ðis] lit. ' Son of Pheídippos ') or Philippides (Φιλιππίδης) is the central figure in the story that inspired the marathon race.
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