50 STATES MARATHON TOUR: ALASKA (39/50)
2012 BIG WILD LIFE MARATHON, ANCHORAGE: 3:31:24 (2012-08-19)
Photos:
https://www.facebook.com/730374053784599/photos/?tab=album&album_id=735525656602772
Race report:
http://bikingviking.net/listing/big-wild-life-marathon-anchorage-alaska-2012-08-19/
Big Wild Life Marathon Website:
http://bigwildliferuns.com/
ALASKA, USA
State capital: Juneau (33,000)
State population: 732,000 (Anchorage 299,000)
State nickname: The last frontier
State bird: Willow Ptarmigan
State mammal: Moose, Bowhead whale, Alaskan Malamute
State motto:
North to the future
Famous people from Alaska:
Joe Juneau (prospector), Margaret Elizabeth Bell (author), Sydney Mortimer Laurence (painter)
Fun facts about Alaska:
In 1867 United States Secretary of State William H. Seward offered Russia $7,200,000, or two cents per acre, for Alaska.
More facts:
http://www.50states.com/facts/alaska.htm#.U8Jcl15n7eY
Logistic:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60880-Anchorage_Alaska-Vacations.html
