SPORTS
JUNEAU EMPIRE
Taxi driver Maria Miller expected to share Douglas Island's roads with "maybe 40" runners as she approached Savikko Park in her canary yellow van during Saturday's 17th annual Frank Maier Marathon. She didn't expect the stream of 170 contestants, a race record, that lit up the roadside with colorful shoes, shorts and identification bibs.
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Record 170 runners fill annual race
Record 170 runners fill annual race
Michael Penn / Juneau Empire
Holly Koester pushes up the last hill before the downhill into Douglas as she completes her marathon in 3 hours, 27 minutes and 17 seconds.
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