Merrell traverso3/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Rottich, a 29-year-old who lives in Portland, is part of the marathon's recent history. "I remember being out there cheering for them at Goose Lake," Bolling said. Her parents, Tom and Cathy Miller, "always ran the Mayor's," she said. The Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon is the oldest marathon in Anchorage, and Bolling's connection with the race goes back decades. Runners enjoyed ideal conditions for racing - cloud cover brought an end to the city's heat wave, an early morning rain halted before race time and there was little to no wind. ![]() ![]() More than 3,000 runners from 49 states and 24 countries participated, with nearly 800 taking on the marathon, 30 percent of which is held on unpaved trails. In the two-mile Youth Cup, Palmer's Brandon Ellis (8:20) and Anchorage's Olivia Dimmick (9:29) were the winners. In the four-mile race, Ryan David of Girdwood won the men's title in 22:08 and Susie Scott of Portland, Oregon, paced the women in 22:53. "It took me a good mile to get back into it." Hawks fell on a downhill at about halfway through the race and was covered with scrapes and dirt at the finish line. I was surprised when I came through at 1:07."Īshley won in 1:20:25, beating Anchorage's Anna Dalton - the 2013 women's marathon champion - by more than two minutes. Hayden ran an impressive 1:07:51 and narrowly missed the 2010 record of 1:07:47 set by Marko Cheseto. Victories in the 13.1-mile half-marathon went to Hayden and Ashley Hawks of Cedar City, Utah, a husband-wife duo who compete in Division I track and cross country at Southern Utah. "Then my stomach cramped for the first time in the race." I've got this, no problem,' '' Tilly said. "I saw him and I thought, 'I'm gonna win this. He sliced Rottich's lead from 2.5 minutes with about seven miles left to about 10 seconds with a mile remaining. Tilly, who finished in 2:32:47, made it close. "After last year, I wanted to win it," Rottich said. A year ago Rottich placed a close second to his brother, three-time Mayor's champion David Kiplagat. ![]() Rottich, who ran track and cross country at UAA from 2007-11, became the second Kenyan to claim victory in the 42nd annual race. In the men's race, Paul Rottich, who missed victory by less than two seconds a year ago, eked out a nine-second win over a fast-closing Sam Tilly of Indian to win in 2:32.39. She was more than two minutes faster than she was in 2011, when she triumphed in 3:17 in her marathon debut. With a throng of family members cheering and babysitting for her, Bolling won the women's 26.2-mile race in 3 hours, 14 minutes, 37 seconds. So does keeping active with a baby on board. Staying active through her pregnancy helped. "I've kinda lucked out."īut it wasn't luck that got Bolling, 33, into shape after giving birth to her first child. "I've happened to do it in a couple years when the competition wasn't great," she said. The day after her baby turned 1, Colleen Bolling of Anchorage ditched her chariot stroller, put little Max in the loving arms of relatives and ventured outside for a little me time.Ī few hours later, mother and son reunited in front of television cameras as Bolling explained how luck led to her second win in five years at the annual Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon. ![]()
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