Safety Video from Max Romey Productions

• First-time racers must attend the Safety Meeting (with their parent if a junior racer) at 6:45 p.m. July 3 in the Seward High School auditorium.

Hello, first-time racers! (or parents of rookies)

This year Mount Marathon has a record number of about 250 first-time racers. We welcome you and wish you a fun and safe event! Mount Marathon can be a dangerous race so we have implemented several measures to help prepare first-time racers.

First-time racers:

• must complete the FULL race course in training — no exceptions.
• must sign a statement (or their parent if a junior racer) on July 3 that they have completed the entire course in training (the safety tour is not sufficient)
• must attend the Safety Meeting (with their parent if a junior racer) at 6:45 p.m. July 3 in the Seward High School auditorium. Preview the excellent 2022 Safety video by Max Romey Productions HERE: https://vimeo.com/716522212/43c729d8a6 . The safety meeting also includes a presentation.
• may pick up their bib at the conclusion of the safety meeting as long as they have met these requirements.

The more you know about the course, the better prepared you will be on race day. Check out our detailed map and short videos about various sections of the course here: https://mountmarathon.com/for-racer/course/

Our SAFETY TOURS at 12 p.m. Saturday, June 18 and June 25, 2022 are led by experienced Mount Marathon racers and cover the lower third of the mountain. This does not meet the requirement of completing the full race course.

Dear 2022 Mount Marathon entrants,
Race day is just 5 weeks away! Please read the following important announcements:

1) BIB AND WAVE ASSIGNMENTS have been published! Click your division link on the website Homepage:
https://mountmarathon.com/

2) Our ONLINE LIVE AUCTION will be at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31! Share this link with anyone who may be interested in one of 3 men’s or 3 women’s spots:
https://mountmarathon.com/news/online-live-auction-may-31-details-announced/

3) VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT is ongoing! Please consider volunteering or having someone in your support crew do so. Sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c45aca62eabfbc43-mount

4) SAFETY TOURS are scheduled for Saturday June 18 and June 25! They are a great way to learn how to negotiate the lower half of the mountain. Tour leaders are also needed. Details here:
https://mountmarathon.com/news/safety-tours-offered-june-18-and-25/

Stay tuned for more upcoming messages and best wishes for your training!
The Mount Marathon Race Committee &
Matias Saari, Race Director

Safety Tours June 18 and June 25, 2022! 

WHAT: Safety tours led by veteran Mount Marathon runners
WHEN: Saturday June 18 and Saturday June 25 from 12:00-1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Meet at the picnic table near the gate on upper Lowell Canyon Road beginning at 11:30 a.m. The Tour starts at 12 p.m.
WHY: The tour will focus on helping participants travel safely up and down the bottom third of Mount Marathon. The cliff and roots routes, along with the creek (also known as The Gut) and a portion of scree running will be covered. Participants will be divided into small groups.
NOTE: this tour does NOT fulfill the first-timer requirement of completing the entire course before race day.
WHO: Anyone is welcome, but first-timers at the 2022 race or future newcomers would benefit most.
HOW MUCH: Free! No pre-registration required. Participants must sign waiver. Junior participants must have a parent or guardian sign their waiver.
WHAT TO BRING: Suitable trail shoes, water, gloves
INFO: Contact Matias Saari at director@mountmarathon.com

***VOLUNTEER TOUR LEADERS NEEDED: If you have run at least five Mount Marathon Races and believe you would be a good tour leader, please sign up here (3 leaders available for each session):
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c45aca62eabfbc43-mount

Ireland Hicks is the winner of the 2022 Mount Marathon Race Logo Contest!

Her unique design shows the Barrier Islands at the end of Resurrection Bay, which are visible on clear days from Race Point, the top of the Mount Marathon course.

“I went for a sort of Rockwell Kent theme while keeping it simple,” Hicks said.

Hicks, 20, grew up in Northern Utah and discovered Seward upon working a summer job there in 2019. That experience made such an impression that she relocated there a year later.

Seward has become a good fit and she hopes to run her first Mount Marathon in 2022.

“I’ve been creating art for as long as I can remember,” says Hicks, who earned $250 for the winning design. “I painted mostly with oil growing up, but found I don’t have the time for it these days so I’ve switched to gouache, watercolor, and digital art. I love hiking, biking and anything outdoors!”