Army rides to rescue for Mayor's Marathon: MARATHON: Fort trail goes from rough to ready for Saturday's race.

From: Anchorage Daily News (Anchorage, AK) | Date: June 16, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Doyle Woody

Jun. 16--When word trickled through the running community last month that a four-mile section of the Mayor's Marathon course was a disaster waiting to happen, Anchorage's John Clark decided to inspect the evidence.

Clark, who finished fifth in the race last year, went for a Sunday jaunt along the dirt-and-gravel road commonly called the tank trail on U.S. Army property in the foothills of the Chugach Mountains. Running with his friend Je...

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