The 12th annual Missoula Marathon gets started officially on Friday, when over 6,000 runners and walkers will descend on Missoula for an entire weekend of fun and fitness.
The Missoula Marathon weekend occurred in picture perfect weather with lots of human interest stories, including a Missoula fireman who ran the half marathon in full turnout gear.
A picture perfect weekend began on Friday with the traditional Missoula Marathon 'Beer Run', and then on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. the starter's pistol sounded for the 2017 5k race.
When you're looking for someone to help you train for a community road race, you turn to a former Olympian 10,000 meter runner, and a coach to over a million runners and walkers, namely Jeff Galloway.
The crowd squeezing together Saturday morning under the awnings near the Wilma Theater attempted to stay out of the rain just prior to the 5k portion of the Missoula Marathon weekend,