Runners with peninsula connections shone Saturday morning at the 2019 Alaska Heart Run in Anchorage.
Denali Strabel, a 2008 Seward High School graduate, won the women’s 5-kilometer race in a dominating time of 17 minutes, 39 seconds, more than a minute ahead of women’s runner-up Julianne Dickerson. Dickerson grew up in Kenai but now lives in Anchorage, and finished second in 18:49.