Runners take off at the starting line of the Mount Marathon race in Seward, July 4, 2023. (Dev Hardikar/Alaska Public Media) More than a thousand runners are set to scramble up and back down Seward's ...

Jul. 5—SEWARD — It's hard to parse the expectations for David Norris running the Mount Marathon Race. He's twice set a new speed mark in the Fourth of July classic mountain race and has won every time ...

The 2026 Mount Marathon Race introduces a team competition and a new children’s event, “Race From the Base,” while eliminating the Skip-A-Year deferral to open more lottery spots.

Seward’s hometown Mount Marathon Race holds legendary status among professional and novice runners alike as the world’s toughest 5K. Each year, more than 1,000 runners enter a lottery for a chance to ...

The 97th running of the Mount Marathon race is set for Friday in Seward. The annual Fourth of July race, touted as the “toughest 5K on the planet,” runs up the nearly 3,000 feet of Mount Marathon and ...

One streak lived while another streak ended during a brilliantly sunny men’s race at the 97th running of the Mount Marathon Race in Seward. On a day when David Norris, a 34-year-old who grew up in ...

Jul. 29—Christy Marvin, one of the top mountain and endurance runners in Alaska, is in the midst of a summer in which she's captured titles at both Mount Marathon and the Crow Pass Crossing. However, ...