Ironman World Championship miles to link it to the start of the marathon course. In 1981 the race was moved to the less urbanized Big Island, keeping the distances the same: a open water swim in Kailua-Kona Bay, a bike ride across the Hawaiian lava desert to Hāwī and back, and a marathon (26 miles 385 yards, 42.195 km) run along the coast of the Big Island from Keauhou to Keahole Point and back to Kailua-Kona, finishing on Alii Drive. Since 1982, the race has been held in the fall each year, before which it was held in the spring, giving two races
Mount Marathon Race town, every arriving ship had its challenger who wanted to beat the one hour bet. This may have been how the race evolved. Mt. Marathon was first run as an organized race in 1915. The 2015 running was the 100th Mount Marathon Race. The Mount Marathon Race is one of a number of races believed to be the second oldest footrace in America. The event was honored in February 2011 with an official induction into the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. During the 2012 race, an Anchorage man, Michael LeMaitre, disappeared after last being seen by race officials approaching the