Racing against the deepest women’s field in the race’s 49-year history, Allie Ostrander came out on top at the Statesman Cap10K. Ostrander stormed to a course record in Austin, Texas, covering the 6.2-mile course in a blistering 32 minutes, 45 seconds, breaking a...
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Allie Ostrander was voted our Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning the Austin Cap10K — Texas’ Largest 10K — in a scorching 32 minutes, 45 seconds. Competing against the deepest field in the race’s 49-year history, the runner from Soldotna slashed 58 seconds off...
Allie Ostrander placed eighth against a strong field at the US Half Marathon Championships in Atlanta, Ga. The 29-year-old professional runner from Soldotna covered the undulating 13.1-mile course in a brisk 1 hour, 11 minutes and 26 seconds. Ostrander, an...
Sisters by blood, competitors at heart, the Ostrander sisters opened the year with fireworks at the Houston Half Marathon. Allie Ostrander covered the 13.1-mile course in a blistering 1 hour, 10 minutes and 8 seconds to finish 18th, lowering her own Alaska record in...
Claire Nelson made her marathon debut at the California International Marathon one to remember. The 22-year-old from Eagle River clocked a scorching 2 hours, 43 minutes and 51 seconds in Sacramento to finish third in her age group and 101st among women. Nelson also...
Jeff Young, the Anchorage man who won his age group at the 2015 Boston Marathon less than a year after running his first marathon, died late last month from a disease that struck quickly, leaving family and friends stunned and heartbroken. Nicknamed “Hardcore” by...
On the morning of Thanksgiving, Allie Ostrander turned in one of the fastest times in the nation at her local turkey trot. The Oiselle athlete defended her title at the Alpine Bank Boulder Thanksgiving Day 5K, winning in a blistering 16 minutes, 7.44 seconds....
Riley Howard’s main goal at the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon was straightforward: break 2:20. The Anchorage resident and Service High graduate did much more than that, crossing the finish line in a blistering 2 hours, 17 minutes and 11 seconds — averaging a pace...
Taylor Deal ran her way into Alaska history at the Chicago Marathon. The 31-year-old Anchorage resident covered the 26.2-mile course in a scorching time of 2 hours, 48 minutes and 42 seconds. Deal finished 95th out of 24,548 women. She also became the eighth-fastest...
Whether it be on the track, the trails or the road, Allie Ostrander is the queen of comebacks. The 28-year-old made her return to the roads, placing runner-up at The Boulevard Race in Spokane and later taking third at the Boulderthon in Colorado. Ostrander clocked...
With the world championships fast approaching, Klaire Rhodes initially treated the 28K race at The Rut as a long run. But for an athlete of Rhodes’ caliber, she came away with the win in Big Sky, Mont., crossing the finish line in 3 hours, 53 minutes and 6 seconds....