King’s San Juan Island Marathon Receives National Exposure

Excerpt from Runner’s World Magazine, June, 2014 – Click to enlarge – Contributed image

The 12th Annual King’s San Juan Island Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K is the featured “Race of the Month” for June in the nationally published Runners World Magazine. The publication has a monthly circulation of 716,857.

This year marks several changes for the annual event. There’s a brand new course, still offering plenty of hills, the date is now Sunday, June 22 and the start and finish is at Lakedale Resort. This is also the first year the Three Lakes Triathlon (Saturday) and Marathon (Sunday) will be held back to back on the same weekend, both from Lakedale Resort.

“This has been a vision for the past six years. With the forward thinking, partnership mentality of Lakedale’s owners and their General Manager, Karl Bruno, we’ve been able to cooperatively put this weekend together. It’s good for the sport and good for the island” says Paul Hopkins, Owner of Island Athletic Events, LLC.

Both events have been presented by King’s Market, for 12 years running. A portion of the proceeds will go to FHHS Purple & Gold. To find out more about the event, or volunteer, visit www.lakedale.com or call Paul Hopkins at San Juan Island Fitness, 378-4449.

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