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Glacier August 26th 1972 (Saturday) 7:00AM | Distance: 26 miles Location: Mendenhall Glacier The second Juneau Parks and Recreation marathon of 1972, run through driving winds and heavy rain. Guy Thibodeau won in 2:53:46, which the Empire noted was "a mere three seconds off Jack Beedle's record set in the first marathon" - the June race. Carol Hogins took the women's record with 3:31:10, undercutting Pat Watson by nearly 20 minutes, and five-year-old Kevin Strain set an age-group record. John Beedle had the fastest junior high time at 3:26:32. Thibodeau's Market provided refreshments and volunteers kept time at the checkpoints. Three men are recorded as finishing with no time taken: Jack Beedle, John Sanchez and Mark Rosier. The Empire's own text gives Kevin Strain 6:56:39 while its results table gives 6:59:39. The value held here is 6:56:39, which is what was already on file. DATE AND YEAR: this event was previously dated 1971-05-15, holding Jack Beedle's 2:53:43. That is the JUNE 1972 winning time to within half a second, and his result has been moved to the June race accordingly. The Empire of 30 August 1972 reports this race as having been run "Saturday", which is 26 August. No source has been found for a 1971 marathon, and the August 1972 report describes the June 1972 race as the first. (11 records) | Floyd Strain leg+:no club:no cup:no results: yes pics:no |
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau June 10th 1972 (Saturday) 5:00AM | Distance: 26 miles Location: Mendenhall Glacier Start Time: 5:00 AM Race Director: Floyd Strain A marathon run by Juneau Parks and Recreation, twice the length of the Mendenhall Loop Road. The half way point of each lap was at DeHart's, where refreshments were provided. Open to everyone, men and women of all ages; entrants under 19 needed a parental permission form from the Parks and Recreation office, Mount Jumbo School or the Community Programs office at 210 Admiral Way. Competitors were told to come dressed warmly and ready to run, since there were no dressing rooms, and were given track numbers. Place medals went to the top six. Everyone who completed the 26 miles received an award. Twenty-two started, 16 finished the 26 miles, five covered 13 - Guy Thibodeau, John Parsons, Mark Heard, Dale Sams and John Harris - and Bob Garrison retired with a leg injury. The 13-mile group and Bob Garrison are not held as results here because the Empire printed no times for them. Four women finished the full distance: Pat Watson, Denice Blefgen, Peggy James and Betty Watson, who is Pat Watson's mother. The youngest entrant, John Harris, was 12. Pat Watson is held without a time. The Empire printed 3:15:15 for her, which cannot be right: she is placed 8th, between George Fisher's 3:45:28 and Jim Beedle's 3:51:15, and the report of the August race says Carol Hogins' 3:31:10 undercut Pat Watson's women's record by nearly 20 minutes. Her real time was close to 3:51 and is not recoverable, so none is claimed. DATE: the Juneau Empire of Wednesday 14 June 1972, page 3, carries this report under the headline "Jack Beedle Wins Marathon" and opens "Last Saturday at 5 a.m." - which is Saturday 10 June 1972. This event was moved to 17 June at one point on the strength of a clipping filed in a folder named for 22 June; that crop carried no date line of its own, and the copy the owner later supplied shows the masthead. A story printed on the 14th cannot describe a race held on the 17th, so the event is back on 10 June. (16 records) | Floyd Strain leg+:no club:no cup:no results: yes pics:no |
[27] records entered in 1972