Moose’s Tooth Marathon

The race is out-and-back and starts and finishes at the intersection of 6th Avenue and F Street adjacent to Town Square Park. The route showcases the area's excellent scenery. From downtown Anchorage, runners will run along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail and then along the Chester Creek Trail. En route runners will pass many stunning beauty spots including Westchester Lagoon, Earthquake Park, Postmark Drive and Point Woronzof. Our Marathon, Marathon Walk, and Marathon Relay USATF certified course has a few rolling hills and great views of the Aleutian Range, the Alaska Range, and the Chugach Mountains. Throw in a possible encounter with a moose or bear and you'll depart with the full Alaska experience! This Boston Marathon qualifier race has been chosen as the 2016 RRCA Western Regional Marathon Championship.

The race is out-and-back and starts and finishes at the intersection of 6th Avenue and F Street adjacent to Town Square Park. The route showcases the area's excellent scenery. From downtown Anchorage, runners will run along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail and then along the Chester Creek Trail. En route runners will pass many stunning beauty spots including Westchester Lagoon, Earthquake Park, Postmark Drive and Point Woronzof. Our Marathon, Marathon Walk, and Marathon Relay USATF certified course has a few rolling hills and great views of the Aleutian Range, the Alaska Range, and the Chugach Mountains. Throw in a possible encounter with a moose or bear and you'll depart with the full Alaska experience! This Boston Marathon qualifier race has been chosen as the 2016 RRCA Western Regional Marathon Championship.

The 26.2 mile course begins in the heart of downtown Anchorage. Runners head west on 6th Avenue, north on H Street, then straight ahead on Christensen Drive to 2nd Avenue where the course turns left to join the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. They run past Westchester Lagoon, Earthquake Park, Postmark Drive and Point Woronzof. Runners turn around about 100 yards beyond a point known by locals as “the Blue Bridge.” They run back north to Westchester Lagoon where they veer right (east) on the Chester Creek Trail. From the Chester Creek turnaround (a bit beyond the branch-off bridge to East High School) runners return to the lagoon and head back to the finish line in downtown Anchorage.

The route showcases the area's excellent scenery. From downtown Anchorage, runners will run along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail and then along the Chester Creek Trail. En route runners will pass many stunning beauty spots including Westchester Lagoon, Earthquake Park, Postmark Drive and Point Woronzof.