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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
The man: Geoff Roes finishes the men's marathon at Savikko Park with a time of 2 hours, 49 minutes and 59 seconds to win. The clock was started an hour early for early racers expected to run a slower race.
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