Steidl, participating in this competition for the fifth time, will be among 152 competitors from 34 different countries running in this annual event. The senior men's race will be three loops of the 4.34-kilometer course for a total distance of 13.02 kilometers, with a total altitude change of 825 meters during the race.
The eight-time Seattle Marathon winner is no stranger to international competitions, as he finished in 37th place at the IAAF World Marathon Championships in Osaka, Japan, in 2007. In 1991, Steidl won the junior men's race at the World Mountain Running Championships, which led to his participation representing Germany in the U-20 races at both the World Cross Country Championships and the European Junior Championships.
The race is scheduled to begin at 11:45 a.m. local time, which translates to 2:45 a.m. Pacific time. Results of the race can be found at the US Mountain Running Team website (http://blogspot.usmrt.com) or the World Mountain Running Association website (http://www.wmra.ch/).