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The Mount Marathon Race is one of a number of races believed to be among the oldest foot races in America. [12] [13] [14] Various claims say it was first run in 1908, 1909, or 1912—but there is no evidence to support any date before the first organized run in 1915. [13]
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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.
Aerial view of Seward, Alaska, in the 1990s, looking north. The mouth of the Resurrection River and the base of Mount Marathon are visible. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.5 square miles (56 km 2), of which 14.4 square miles (37 km 2) is land and 7.1 square miles (18 km 2) (32.93%) is water.
Mount Marathon Race; S. St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Seward, Alaska) Seward Silver Salmon Derby This page was last edited on 10 October 2023, at 21:35 (UTC). ...
On July 9, 1927, the Balto Building was dedicated and the new flag was raised for the first time at the Jesse Lee Home. The date is still commemorated in the state as Alaska Flag Day. On July 4, 1928, another Chignik boy, Ephriam Kalmakoff, at 14 years old won Seward's Mount Marathon Race, a mountain foot race above Seward that stood until 1957 ...
Ostrander frequently competes in the Mount Marathon Race in Seward, Alaska, which she began running in grade school. She won the half-distance, junior version of the race six consecutive times from 2009 to 2014. [ 51 ]
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