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Download 261 marathon runner12/15/2023 “Mile 25 was the first time I’d seen him since mile 8 or 9,” Kopecky said. He passed Chris Osiensky on a hill as the two approached the finish line at the west end of the Delaney Park Strip. Kopecky finished in 2 hours, 40 minutes, 3 seconds to win a race he didn’t lead until the final half-mile. Saturday’s race marked his 38th state, his 51st marathon and his eighth victory. Louis, and he’s trying to do a marathon in every state. Marathoners run in the rain on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. It was perfect for tourists.”īenjamin Kopecky was one of those tourists, although he didn’t see the Goose Lake bear - none of the top four marathon finishers did. “There was a moose at those baseball fields on Lake Otis standing in the middle of the lush grass. “Those bears were right next to me,” said Heather Helzer of Anchorage, the sixth-place woman. Saturday marked the 47th edition of the marathon, which over the years has become a destination race for many, including those trying to run a marathon in every state. (Bill Roth / ADN)īooze was among scores of out-of-state runners in Anchorage this weekend for the Mayor’s Marathon & Half Marathon. “We all stopped our watches.”Įlite runners leave the start of the Anchorage Mayor's Marathon at Kincaid Park. The diversion added about 0.15 of a mile and 10 minutes to his race, said Bobby Booze of Greensboro, North Carolina.
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