Beginnings

The core of our running festival, the marathon, began in the 1990s as Humpy's Marathon. In 2008 it grew to include a Thursday through Sunday celebration of races and was newly dubbed Big Wild Life Runs in accordance with Anchorage's brand "Big WIld Life." In the fall of 2015, we adopted the name Anchorage RunFest to lend more attention to our home site, Anchorage, and to bring attention to the diversity of ways we celebrate running. The Anchorage RunFest attracts runners from all over the United States and across the globe. The number of participants continues to grow as individual runners and groups both large and small travel to Anchorage to run the fast and flat Anchorage Mile, and our scenic 5K, 13.1 mile, 26.2 mile, and 49K courses.

49K Champions

2014 was the first year for the 49K.

Year	Men	Time	Women	Time
2017	James Miller	3:26:55	Heather Helzer	4:40:30
2016	James Miller	3:28:28	Lisa Drumm	4:28:12
2015	Raj Hathiramani	3:46:21.9	Renee Mitchell	4:01:42.1
2014	Scott Clemetson	3:52:00	Ginny Kinnebrew	4:11:07

Marathon Champions

Year	Men	Time	Women	Time
2017	John Naylor	2:54:58	Lauren Kuhns	3:17:37
2016	Kenneth Brewer	2:37:44	Katie Krehllik	3:00:33
2015	Gary Krugger	2:44:34^	Michelle Baxter	3:06:34^
2014	Amjed Aboukhadjeh	2:45:43	Christina Knapp	3:17:07
2013	Tom Ritchie	2:38:43	Katie Conlon	3:05:51
2012	Jake Moe	2:45:11	Talva Parker	3:14:42
2011	Matias Saari	2:43.43.4	Davia Flaharty	3:04:49.6
2010	Erik Johnson	2:41:09.5	Regina Joyce	3:09:49.3
2009	Vin Robinson	2:56:14	Debbie Cropper	3:12:14
2008	Jerome Ross	2:46:51.4	Debbie Cropper	3:14.05.0

Marathon Relay - Overall Champions

Year	Team	Time
2017	4 the Duse	3:14:14
2016	Arctic Terns	3:03:53
2015	For the Duse	3:05:44
2014	Raw Nipples	3:12:48
2013	Skinny Raven	3:09:44
2012	Whitfield Bros for the Win!	3:05:51

Half Marathon Champions

Year	Men	Time	Women	Time
2017	Juan Bonnet	1:15:07	Michelle Baxter	1:24:46
2016	Tom Ritchie	1:14:58	Taylor Ostrander	1:26:12
2015	Ryan Davis	1:16:55.6	Anna Dalton	1:19:18.9
2014	Tom Ritchie	1:13:40	Anna Dalton	1:24:53
2013	Allan Spangler	1:19:10	Susan Tanui	1:21:45
2012	Steve Chu	1:10:34	Gina Slaby	1:19:08
2011	David Kiplagat	1:07:35.2	Jane LeBlond	1:26:04.3
2010	Tom Ritchie	1:15:00.9	Monica Ross	1:28:20.8
2009	Daniel Knappmiller	1:16:46	Gretchen Flora	1:27:24
2008	Jake Moe	1:13:55.3	Amanda Vicent-Lang	1:29:40.4

5K Champions

Year	Men	Time	Women	Time
2017	Chaven Davidson	19:04	Jess Klain	21:03
2016	Christopher Smith	17:36	Denali Strabel	18:18
2015	Andrew Ochoa	16:18.3	Kelly Staruch	18:59.6
2014	Ryan Davis	16:42	Kikkan Randall	17:31
2013	Gillean Szweda Mittelstadt	18:00	Kate Maker	18:40
2012	Maxwell Romey	18:09	Kaitlyn Mondl	20:07
2011	Jonathan Demmert	15:20.6	Ashley Mortenson	19:46.0
2010	David Bondi	15:34.1	Sheyenne Lewis	20.07.9
2009	Jason Potsander	18:58	Amanda Scott	19:26
2008	Luis Alonso	17:24.5	Holly Brooks	19:33.1

The Anchorage Mile Champions

2013 was the first year for The Anchorage Mile.

Year	Men	Time	Women	Time
2017	Jake Moe	4:24	Jess Klain	6:04
2016	Christopher Smith	4:50	Anna Dalton	5:36
2015	Andrew Ochoa	4:28.3	Anna Dalton	4:55.3
2014	Jerry Perkins	4:38	Denali Foldager	5:19
2013	Issac Lammers	4:25	Susan Tanui	5:17

The Military Mile Champions

2016 was the first year for the Military Mile.

Year	Branch of Service	Winning Team Time / Average Time	Their top five finishers
2017	Army	30:28.24 / 6:06	Jason Coupe, Jamieson Barnes, Bill Schneider, Zachery Pasag, Ken King
2016	Air Force	35:31 / 7:06	Tim Carlson, Larry Markwell, Nicholas Woolridge, Timothy Ferber, Jessica Heath

* Names and times in BOLD denote progression of race records.

^ The 2015 marathon course was .96 mile short. These times have been adjusted to reflect a time over a 26.2 mile course given the runner's average pace.

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