I have completed the most challenging half Marathon in the northwest called Robie Creek- seven times. But, on 3/27/2021, I did it twice, so it is the most challenging marathon! Some know it as the long climb to Aldape Summit; others see it as a “rite of spring” that arrives each year in the Boise foothills just before or on tax day. As a result, it has been proclaimed “The Toughest Race in the Northwest. But no matter what label you put on it, the annual Race to Robie Creek® is a challenge to all who dare to participate. 

History: It was 6:30 pm on August 16, 1975, that Boisean Jon Robertson and 24 other participants competed in the first “Idaho Summer Road Racing Championships.” The start would be at Fort Boise (elevation 2725’), up Reserve Street and Shaw Mountain Road, and then climbing the long and winding road up through Rocky Canyon and over Aldape Summit (elevation 4797’), to a 13.1-mile finish at Robie Creek campground at Lucky Peak Reservoir (elevation 3065’) — combining a half-marathon distance with a 2072 foot ascent, and a 1732 foot descent. Such was the relatively quiet birth of the Rocky Canyon Sail toads and the Race to Robie Creek®. Run Race to Robie Creek.

The other purpose of keeping me motivated throughout was keeping my pace to thirteen-fifteen min miles. 

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