Photo/Medvejie Solstice Run

Shasta Smith and Carolyn Heuer talk about the 12th running of the Medvejie Solstice Half-Marathon, happening this Saturday, June 17 at 9am. The race is $40 per person, but offers 5 and 10K options for $20 and $30 respectively. All proceeds will be going to Sitka High‘s Track and Cross Country teams.

Pre-registration opens Friday, June 16 at 4pm in the Sitka High Commons and race day registration opens at 8:15 am at the course. The First 75 entrants get an event t-shirt.

Participants will start and finish at the Herring Cove parking lot in a hilly, but scenic, route that runs along Silver Bay in the Sitka Sound .

Downloadable audio.