Alaska Run for Women

About the Event

Event Schedule

6:45-8:15 a.m. Bib Pick-Up; Registration for untimed events only; Merchandise sales

7:30 a.m. Yoga Warm-up with Melissa Becker

7:55 a.m. Survivor group photo under start line arch

8:00 a.m. Staging all events

8:20 a.m. National Anthem by Victoria Fraser

8:30 a.m. 1-mile run/walk start

8:45 a.m. 5-mile run/walk timed start

9:05 a.m. 5-mile run/walk untimed party start and strollers

10:15 a.m. Zumba workout with Suzy Spackman

11:00 a.m. Awards Ceremony begins!

11:30 ish Door Prize Drawings (must be present to win) and Annual RFW Raffle Drawing (you DO NOT need to be present to win)

Race Day Festivities/Door Prizes

Join the festivities with family and friends before and after the race! Yoga warm-up, free Kaladi coffee, free snow-cones at Murray Orthodontics tent, photo booth at Imaging Associates tent, The Alaska Club’s obstacle course, refreshments post-race including Great Harvest Bread Company, Zumba workout, and the awards ceremony honoring elite runners and breast cancer survivor competitors.

Special door prizes will be given to lucky Run participants! Enter the drawing to win a free trip for two to anywhere Alaska Airlines flies or a 90-Day Gold Family Membership from The Alaska Club! Your bib has a tear away section with your bib number on it. Write in your name and drop it in the entry box near the sound stage. MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN. Drawing following the Awards Ceremony. 

Wave Starts & Staging

All participants will be staged based on the race category for which they have registered. Staging will begin at 8:00 a.m. for all events.

It is each participant’s responsibility to be in the start area 30 minutes prior to event start time. Participant bib colors will match start times as shown on the map. Look for the colored flags in your start area.

8:00 a.m. Staging all events

8:30 a.m. 1-mile run/walk start |Start area at 8:10 a.m.

8:45 a.m. 5-mile TIMED run/walk start |Start area at 8:15 a.m.

9:05 a.m. 5-mile UNTIMED party run/walk start |Start area at 8:35 a.m.

Elite Corral

An elite corral is reserved for runners who completed a previous Alaska Run for Women in 35:35 or better (pace 7:07/mile). Runners with elite status will enter the starting area following the 1-mile participants and be escorted to the starting line after the 1-mile race is underway.

Entertainment on Race Day

A big thank you to all the wonderful volunteer entertainers who add fun out on the course and on the UAA Campus at Cuddy Quad.

PRERACE

Yoga warm-up, Melissa Becker

National Anthem, Victoria Fraser

ON THE COURSE 

Pepper Kit

JazzMom Melissa Fischer

Rick Zelinsky Jazz

Anchorage Scottish Pipes & Drums

Tomodachi Daiko Drummers

Knock on Wood, Marimba Ensemble

The SpeNerds

The Empty Nesters: Jim Kerr, Denise Martin, Carole Ann & Jim Wolfe

Mary Shallert Group

Alaska Button Box Gang

ON THE CUDDY QUAD  

April Powers and Mark Murphy are back in the announcer’s booth!

Alaska Career College Massage Therapy Student Sports Team

Suzy Spackman, The Alaska Club – Zumba workout

Be sure you visit all the booths hosted by our donors and grantees!

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