PHOTOS: Casper Marathon draws runners from across the U.S. and beyond
More than 300 runners laced up before daybreak Sunday and took to Casper’s streets and trails for the 23rd Casper Marathon, one of the city’s signature annual races.
Weather for the event was typical of summer in Casper — cool and sunny early but rapidly warming as the sun rises — but finishers of the 10K portion had good things to say. Â
Crowded field
More than 300 competitors ran out of the gate at 6 a.m. on Sunday, June 7, 2026 at the WYO Sports Ranch, which hosted the starting line for the 2026 Casper Marathon. The event offered different routes for a 10K, a half marathon and a full marathon.
Moving the goalpost
Casper Marathon race director Marlene Short helps pack up the starting gate after runners departed the WYO Sports Ranch on Sunday, June 7, 2026. Sunday marked Short's last year running the event and her seventh total as director. "I'm just helping with the transition," she said.Â
Spectator sport
Two- and four-legged spectators watch and sporadically cheer on Casper Marathon runners as they follow Events Drive near the beginning of the race on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
Events... run?
Competitors run down Events Drive near the beginning of the Casper Marathon on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
Cool your jets
A Casper Marathon volunteer readies bandanas soaked in ice water to help cool 10K finishers at the Casper Marathon on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
Happy campers
Lindsay Posten, left, finishes her 10K moments before her mother, Jodi Hubert, with a smile at the 2026 Casper Marathon on Sunday, June 7, 2026. Posten said she convinced her mom to run the race with her as a gift for her 26th birthday, which is coming up on Friday.
A shady saunter
Runners jog through a shady portion of Crossroads Park during the Casper Marathon on Sunday, June 7, 2026. Though the race started early, the sun was out the whole time.
Definitely not lazy
Joe Zabel is the first competitor to make it to the Morad Park aid station, which was around Mile 21 of the Casper Marathon. Zabel, a paraplegic, traveled from Gillette to participate in the marathon on Sunday, June 7, 2026. He joked that he should be called "lazy" for his use of the bike.Â
Motivation station
Casper Marathon volunteers Ralph and Barbara Juarez, at the Casper Marathon aid station at Morad Park put out motivational signs along the race path on Sunday, June 7, 2026. Ralph said he's been volunteering at the race for all of its 23 years, spurred on by his wife who started out those years ago as a runner.
Sign of the times
Volunteers placed several motivational signs along the Casper Marathon race path where it passed through Morad Park on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
Lightning fast
The second runner to make it to the Morad Park aid station during the Casper Marathon arrived just after 8 a.m on Sunday, June 7, 2026. The first runner was moving too quickly for a certain out-of-practice photographer to get the shot in focus.
Stop for a sip
A Casper Marathon racer briefly pauses for refreshment on Sunday, June 7, 2026.Â
Leading the pack
The first female Casper Marathon runner made it to Morad Park around 8:10 a.m. on Sunday, June 7, 2026.Â
Almost there
A runner makes his way through Morad Park with around five miles to go in the Casper Marathon on Sunday, June 7, 2026.Â
Waiting at the finish
Andrew Parsell was greeted by Tracie and Levi Parsell as he wrapped up his 10K race at the Casper Marathon on Sunday, June 7, 2026. Parsell said he has previously run half and full marathons, but this year was his first Casper Marathon 10K.
Father-son bonding
Geoff Sherman ran a 10K with his son William on Sunday, June 7, 2026. The pair trained for the race for about three months. Geoff credited his son with the idea. "My other family was going to do a half marathon," William said. "So I decided to do a 10K. I kind of forgot when."
'Longest run ever'
Lindsay Posten, left, and her mother, Jodi Hubert, ran a 10K race at the Casper Marathon together on Sunday, June 7, 2026. Posten said she got the idea to run from a friend and convinced her mother to join her for the 10K as a birthday gift. Hubert said the race was her "longest run ever," and Posten said it was her first 10K.
Long way from home
Steve Wallace of Columbus, Ohio, ran a 10K during the Casper Marathon on Sunday, June 7, 2026. Wallace was on vacation in Casper for a fishing trip when he decided he may as well do a 10K in the Casper Marathon. Wallace is training for the Columbus Marathon this fall and said the Sunday race "helps keep you motivated."
Dylan Farrell
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