The Mount Marathon Race started as a bet in a bar or so tradition goes.
Two gentlemen who saw the Mountain differently, one said the Mountain could
be climbed up and down in less than an hour, the other said it could not.
So the next day, after putting his money down, off he went up Mount Marathon.
Well he didn't do bad going up and down the 3,022 foot steep
mountain. Unfortunately he lost the bet but by only a few minutes.
The first Mount Marthon Race was run in 1915, making it one of the oldest
marthon races in America. Our logo,the leftside top of page, shows runner
coming down Seward's main street racing to the finish line. The run up
the Mountain is steep and on loose shale rock. If your a mountain goat
or have the shear footedness of a goat you might want to run the race.
You should also train as this is classified as a Hard race. Their is a
limit to how many people can run each year. That limit fills up within
a day or so. Forms are available from the Seward Chamber of Commerce.
email Seward Chamber of Commerce:
If your not the runner type, wait at the finish line to cheer the runners
on. This race is a one of a kind, and once you see it you will always remember
it.Some local runner train all year long you will see then on the hiking
trails, as they zip by you. For years the race was dominated by local runner
but now a days any one can be the winner. The present men's record is held
by Bill Spencer who set this record in 1981 with a time of forty
three minutes and twenty three seconds.The men and women race in two different
races as do the junior racers. The fastest time in the women's race was
set in 1990 by Nancy Pease who's time was fifty minutes and thirty seconds. |
