
On a recent August day, Haines resident Harry Subertas was running through Sierra Nevadas near Lake Tahoe through scenic dirt trails. Despite his arduous, sub-eight-minute mile pace, Subertas was enjoying himself, but he was leaving his competition in the Marlette 50K ultramarathon in the dust.
For the 32-year-old, competing in the ultramarathon was almost an afterthought.
“I signed up a couple days before,” he said in a recent phone interview.…

