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 ...

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 ...

Jul. 4—SEWARD — In the past few years, Klaire Rhodes has established herself as a world-class trail runner. The USATF Trail Marathon champ in 2022, Rhodes has excelled at distance races 50K and even ...

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 competitors at Mount Marathon know it all to well, particularly Max King of Bend, Oregon. King has won two titles, but finished second to Norris for the third time Friday with his time of 44:23.

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 ...

SEWARD — In the past few years, Klaire Rhodes has established herself as a world-class trail runner. The USATF Trail Marathon champ in 2022, Rhodes has excelled at distance races 50K and even longer.