Grab your speediest shoes and join us for the first annual Matanuska Mile at 6pm on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at the Palmer High School track!
The race is a full mile--1609 meters--which is a little longer than four laps around the track, and it is hand timed. At 5:45pm, competitors will be split into heats according to pace (slower racing first, faster racing last), with a maximum of four heats. The first heat will start at 6pm with additional heats to follow at approximately 15-minute intervals.
Online registration closes at noon, July 23.
All registration fees go to the Palmer High School Cross Country teams.
See you on the track!
Jul 23, 2026
Distance — 1 Miles
Type — Running
18:00
$10.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for July in Palmer.
Learn more about the host city, Palmer.
Palmer is a city of 7,500 people (2019) 42 miles northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway in Southcentral Alaska.
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