Marc Lester Photography

  • Marc Lester, photojournalist, Anchorage, Alaska

    Runners take off from the start line in downtown Seward in the 2011 Mount Marathon men’s race on July 4, 2011.

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    Holly Brooks, front, reaches the turnaround point with Kikkan Randall close behind. Women climbed to the 3,022-foot high point and back to the streets of Seward in the 2011 Mount Marathon race on July 4, 2011.
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    2006: William Andariase, 13, of Anchorage, tumbles down the scree slope after begining his descent from the turn-around in the junior race of Mount Marathon. He rose to his feet and continued down the slope.

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    2007: Karolyn Knuepple reaches the summit of Mount Marathon during the women’s race.

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    2007: A women’s Mount Marathon racer climbs toward the summit of the course.

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    Racers slide in the snow near the peak of the Mount Marathon race. About 350 participants in the Mount Marathon women’s event raced to the 3,022-foot high point and back down to the streets of Seward, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.

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    Gabe Esposito follows another junior competitior through the brush on the Mount Marathon course.

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    Competitors in the women’s Mount Marathon race hike the highest portion of the race course which reaches 3,022-feet over Seward, Alaska.

  • 2005: A stream of competitors heads up Mount Marathon during the women's race.
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    2002: Wendy Leseman leads a group of runners down the gully toward the base of Mount Marathon.

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    Todd Lowery approaches the finish line during the Mount Marathon men’s race in Seward on July 4, 2010.

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    At the finish line of the Mount Marathon men’s race, Ryan Lewis proposes to Erika Dirks. She said yes. The couple met in school at the University of Idaho.
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    2006: Amber Sheffield-Burke leads a group of women’s Mount Marathon racers from the turnaround back down the mountain.

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    2007: A women’s racer heads under a snow bridge that formed over the creek on the lower part of Mount Marathon.

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    Trond Flagstad hits the finish line in first place during the Mount Marathon men’s race in Seward on July 4, 2010.

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    2003: Darin Markwardt, 22, of Palmer, cools off after crossing the finish line in the Mount Marathon men’s race. He finished in sixth place.