{"product_id":"seward-alaska-holiday-ornament-mount-marathon-shoe","title":"Seward Alaska Holiday Ornament - Mount Marathon Shoe","description":"\u003c!-- Seward Alaska Holiday Ornament - Mount Marathon Shoe | Version: R4.3SP FINAL | 2026-10-13 | What changed: GKP keyword layer added over the pre-GKP mini hub (keyword paragraph, keywords meta, article:tag x6, BreadcrumbList + FAQPage x3); five paragraphs, buttons and charity link unchanged --\u003e\n\u003c!-- GKP 406: R1 8\/23 (34.8%); R2 1\/24 (4.2%); two-run 9\/47 (19.1%) | Keywords meta: 8 measured | Embedded in visible text: 6 | article:tag x6 | Store tags unchanged --\u003e\n\u003c!-- IP Clean: town name and Merlin art only; no business, team or brand marks; measured terms withheld: trail running shoe | Content audit: PASS (buttons full width, labels one line, charity linked, local spellings as entities) --\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.mc-orn{max-width:100%;}.mc-orn p{margin:0 0 1em 0;line-height:1.6;}.mc-orn a{color:inherit;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-underline-offset:3px;}.mc-orn a.mc-btn{display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;padding:13px 16px;margin:0 0 14px 0;background:#F0EAD6;color:#1a1a1a;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.03em;border-radius:4px;}.mc-orn a.mc-btn:hover{background:#E6DEC4;}.mc-orn .mc-spec{font-weight:600;}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mc-orn\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"mc-btn\" href=\"\/collections\/crystal-glass-town-ornaments\"\u003eOther Town \u0026amp; Animal Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA mud-caked trail shoe with the laces undone, a red race bib tucked underneath, and the bare mountain it just came down rising behind. The Fourth of July in Seward.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mount Marathon race has run every July 4 since 1915: from downtown to the 3,022-foot summit and back, straight up and straight down, on a course of scree, mud and cliff. The fastest finish in under 45 minutes. Most runners come back bloodied, and the whole town lines the street to watch them do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe race began as a bet in a bar, which locals consider the right way for a race to begin. The shoes rarely survive the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA town that celebrates the Fourth by running up a mountain is a town worth an ornament. The race bib is the one bit of color, and the shoe tells the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mount Marathon race runs straight up and down the mountain every Seward 4th of July, the hardest mountain race in Alaska. This running ornament is an Alaska ornament for anyone who has run Mount Marathon or watched from the street, a piece of Seward, Alaska history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mc-spec\"\u003e3-inch faceted crystal glass ornament, white-backed print, line-drawn in 1880s engraving style, your choice of white or gold gift box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery Seward ornament ships ready to give, and \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/landing-page-charity\"\u003eprofits support hunger relief\u003c\/a\u003e. 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