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Update: Race to Robie Creek registration sells out in 12 minutes, 9 seconds

Statesman staff
The starting line at the 2016 Race to Robie Creek half marathon April 16, 2016. Nearly 2,500 runners and walkers signed up for the 39th annual event.
The starting line at the 2016 Race to Robie Creek half marathon April 16, 2016. Nearly 2,500 runners and walkers signed up for the 39th annual event. Katherine Jones Idaho Statesman file

The Race to Robie Creek is celebrating its 40th birthday. Online registration for the “Toughest Race in the Northwest” began at noon Monday at robiecreek.com and quickly sold out.

There were 2,100 first-chance spots available for this year’s half-marathon, which is April 15. The cost is $55. A second-chance drawing starts Monday afternoon and closes at 5 p.m. Sunday. Approximately 200 second-chance participants will be chosen.

The 2016 race sold out in 10 minutes, according to race officials.

The Race to Robie Creek is known to be a brutal half-marathon with an uphill climb and downhill finish. The course starts at Fort Boise (elevation 2,725 feet), climbs over Aldape Summit (elevation 4,797) and finishes at Robie Creek campground (elevation 3,065).

This year’s theme is Retro Robie: Forty Years of Pain and Suffering.

This story was originally published February 19, 2017 at 11:37 PM with the headline "Update: Race to Robie Creek registration sells out in 12 minutes, 9 seconds."

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