Missoulian Newspaper Missoula Marathon Articles

June 4, 2007

Training days: Marathon runners race toward July finish line Anders Brooker didn't know what to expect when he offered to sponsor an 18-week training class to help local runners prepare for the first-ever Missoula Marathon and Half Marathon in July. By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

July 11, 2007

Starting line looms: Organizers tying up loose ends before Sunday's marathon
With just days to go before the inaugural running of the Missoula Marathon, race volunteers and coordinators are huffing and puffing to the finish line. Necessary details still linger, such as assembling the 17 aid stations that will line the event. By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

July 14, 2007

Mind your marathon manners Sunday
Tom Alsaker has land bordering the route of the Missoula Marathon, and he's got some big sprinklers, too. Alsaker, who lives on Mullan Road about seven miles from the marathon's starting line, is wondering if he should fire up those sprinkl... By MICHAEL HEINBACH of the Missoulian

July 14, 2007

Runners geared up for inaugural race
As it's sung in the title of the old George Jones country hit, “The Race is On.” After a little more than two years of planning, course modifying and detail hammering, the inaugural Missoula Marathon will get under way Sunday at 6:30 ... By MICHAEL HEINBACH of the Missoulian

July 17, 2007 (day after race day)

Legs kick off Missoula Marathon
The starting gun for the Missoula Marathon won’t fire yet for another couple of days, and already the first leg is done. And the second, and the third. In fact, despite several severe fractures along the way, 26 legs have been completed in a sp... By JOE NICKELL of the Missoulian

Hot to trot: Inaugural Missoula Marathon a success
It wasn't the fierce heat or the beautiful course that made the inaugural running of the Missoula Marathon so memorable, it was the throngs of boisterous bystanders who showed up Sunday to cheer on the hundreds of athletes. Noisemakers blared, c... By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

Survival of the fittest: Missoula's Kiefer Hahn, Jenny Newton top placers in Missoula Marathon
For all the planning and coordinating organizers of the Missoula Marathon did over the last two years, they could never have forseen a Garden City sweep. Sunday morning, local Missoula athletes took home overall titles in both men's and women .... By MICHAEL HEINBACH of the Missoulian

July 19, 2007

CHAD DUNDAS: A local idiot's guide to the Missoula Marathon
Let's get one thing straight: I'm not a runner. I don't enjoy jogging and before last Sunday I had never in my life participated in an organized race of any kind. I'm not built for running, nor do I possess the great strength of w... By CHAD DUNDAS of the Missoulian

July 22, 2007

Letters for Sunday, July 22, 2007
Missoula Marathon Race a reminder of how great this town is It's 24 hours after I finished the Missoula Marathon and my knees still don't like the stairs. With each stair step I am reminded of the effort put in Sunday morning and I smile. ...