Running

Raney, Fritz breeze to victory in Girdwood marathon

Miles Raney and Lauren Fritz ran to impressive wins Saturday in the 2nd annual Girdwood Trail Marathon.

Raney beat defending champion Matias Saari by more than three minutes, and Fritz finished fourth overall and 20 minutes ahead of the second-place woman.

The race was held on a 26.2-mile loop on Girdwood's trail system.

Raney, 39, and Saari, 47, were the only runners to finish in less than four hours. Raney clocked 3:53:20, Saari clocked 3:57:02.

Soren Wuerth, 52, was third in 4:03:18. Fritz, 29, was fourth in 4:05:10, well ahead of women's runner-up Julie Johnson, 31, who finished in 4:25:53.

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