Big Wild Life Runs--Events

Anchorage Running Club's Big Wild Life Runs will take place on Sunday, August 17, 2008.

Humpy's Marathon. We are pleased that Humpy's Great Alaskan Ale House will be back with us in 2008 sponsoring the marathon, the marathon walk, and the marathon relay. The marathon route will take you alongside Cook Inlet on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail and then through several parks and greenbelts on the Chester Creek Trail. There were 274 marathon finishers in 2007. This is a beautiful and uncrowded course. Sign me up!

Humpy's Marathon Walk. The marathon walk starts at 8:00 a.m. and participants have approximately seven hours to finish. Sign me up!

Humpy's Marathon Relay. New in 2008 will be a four-person marathon relay. The legs will be approximately 4.85, 7.5, 7.5, and 6.25 miles. Get your team organized and register!

Skinny Raven Half Marathon. We are happy to announce that in 2008, Skinny Raven Sports will be sponsoring the half-marathon race. This is the most popular race with some 568 finishers in 2007. Sign me up!

Snow City Cafe 5K. We will have the five-kilometer race again and are welcoming Snow City Cafe as the new sponsor. Sign me up!

Alaska Museum of Natural History's Run For Your Life Kid's Fun Run. This is a new, non-timed fun run for 2008. We are happy to have the Alaska Museum of Natural History as sponsor. Kids, parents, and friends are welcome to participate. This is a Healthy Futures event! Sign me up!

See the registration page for more details on these events.

All events start and finish on Sixth Avenue next to the Performing Arts Center. (view map) The races are conducted almost entirely on paved bicycle trails with a dirt path to the side for those who prefer a softer ride. Our participants encounter only one mile of road (the first half-mile outbound and the last half-mile inbound), and then never have to worry about crossing streets or competing with cars, and there is plenty of beautiful scenery to simulate the senses as the course takes you through wooded vistas and alongside historic Cook Inlet.

Start Times

The marathon is a Boston Marathon Qualifier race. The marathon, half-marathon and 5K are USATF certified. Timed races use the Champion Chip system.

The race course and finish chute will be held open until 3:00 p.m. -- that allows 6 hours for marathoners and 7 hours for marathon walkers.

Bib pickup and last chance registration is scheduled for Saturday, August 16, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Performing Arts Center, located on Sixth Avenue across from Humpy's Great Alaskan Ale House. There is no race day registration.

There will be a designated place near the start area for clothing drop off staffed by volunteers. Please do not leave valuables as we cannot be held responsible for items.

The Awards Ceremony will be near the finish area next to the Performing Arts Center. The tentative schedule is: 5K awards at 10:45, Half Marathon awards at 11:30 a.m. and Marathon awards at 1:00 p.m. Medals and ribbons will be awarded to the top three male and female finishers in each race in 5-year age groups as well as the top overall race winners.

Please see the registration page for more details. Contact the Race Director with questions.