After many years of trying to get a spot in the ladies race Holly finally succeeded. She was number 444 which ironically was the winning time in the men's race. The top man finished in 44 minutes and 40 seconds!
Here she is waving from the second group. There were two waves of about 150 runners in each group. The second wave started 5 or 10 minutes after the first wave.
They are off and running.
Mt. Marathon in Seward is 3022' tall and it is only? a 3 mile race. The hardest part is running the 1/2 mile plus in the streets at the bottom of the mountain.
They hike up the left trail and run fast down the right side.
After the race Holly doesn't even look winded. She wants to do it again next year!She finished in about the middle of the pack. They have to finish in less than 3 hours to get a spot next year. She wanted to do it in less than 2 hours and would have been real happy with 1:45. She did it in 1:37!
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