Area runners take on wet, windy, cold Boston Marathon

Published 7:31 am Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Gabriel Juliussen of Soldotna led the Kenai Peninsula by finishing 6,578th overall and 5,305th among men Monday at the rainy, cold and windy Boston Marathon.

Juliussen finished at 3 hours, 25 minutes, 3 seconds.

Also from the peninsula, Kenai’s Bill Wood was 8,037th overall and 6,143rd among men at 3:30:16, and Soldotna’s Lisa Juliussen was 12,545th overall and 4,244th among women at 3:46:51.

Another story of local interest came when Ira Edwards of Anchorage finished 24th overall in handcycle and 23rd among men at 2:24:21.

Edwards competed in the Kenai River Marathon in late September 2017 to build his case to get into the Boston Marathon.