Anchorage RunFest - Anchorage, Alaska - Obstacle & Mud Runs

The Anchorage RunFest is a Obstacle & Mud Runs race in Anchorage, Alaska consisting of a Adventure Run With Mud & Obstacles.

The Anchorage Runfest is the Anchorage Running Club's premier event! The money raised from this event supports the Clubas mission to promote healthy lifestyles through exercise and running in the Anchorage community. Proceeds from this event are used to fund scholarships for Anchorage high school senior runners.

Our 49K Ultra is meant for those interested in a bit more of a challenge than that presented by the marathon distance. And then thereas the uniqueness of running a 49K in the 49th state in the Union.

The 49K Ultra (or 30.44860 miles for the metrically challenged) 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. Their first turnaround point is approximately 1/4 mile below the top of the Kincaid hill by the chalet. Back at Westchester Lagoon runners bear right (east) on the Chester Creek Trail. From the Chester Creek turnaround (the roundabout at the base of the hill beyond, or east of, the bridge to East High School) runners return to the lagoon and head back to the finish line in downtown Anchorage.

There are five uphills of significance:

1. Earthquake Park at mile 4
2. Point Woronzof at about mile 5.5
3. Kincaid Park at mile 10.5
4. Near Goose Lake at about mile 23.5
5. Christensen hill at about mile 29.5.