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In high school, Ariel wanted to be on the track team but didn’t want to run, and so tried out for pole vault. She liked it enough and was good enough that it took her to college at a Division 1 school, Seattle University. But, after graduation she was left with a big competitive hole in her life because, as she says “you cannot just go to the track and play a pickup game of pole vault.” After a few years focusing on career and moving from Seattle to Boise she met her now husband who was into Triathlons. In...

The Tunnel Marathon course has a unique history. From 1908 until 1980 several railroad lines, including the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroads, operated on this section of the course. The Department of Natural Resources purchased the land from the railroad for recreational use. The smooth, gravel-surfaced rail trail is never more than a 2.2% downhill grade as it follows the old railroad line down to the finish in North Bend. The footing is firm enough that if you look you can catch glimpses of the Snoqualmie Valley to the west.  What other marathon course takes you through...