The number of people to attempt the inaugural Ironman Alaska fell well short of expectations, but an estimate of the economic benefit to Juneau may have been surprisingly close.
Ironman Alaska finishers Richard Secretaria of New Jersey, left, and Joseph Paray of New York pose for a photo with their medals at Centennial Hall in Juneau on Aug. 8, 2022. Funny thing about people who subject themselves to swimming in 56-degree water, biking 112 miles in the rain and running a marathon on the same day: they grin as they talk about it.
“The support of the Filipino communities in Juneau? They rock, man,” Paray said. “It was like it was like back home. They were everywhere!” Besides Ironman events, they visited the Mendenhall Glacier, rode the Goldbelt Tram and ate at local restaurants.“Souvenirs, yeah!” Paray said. “You’ve been to Alaska! You need some remembrance.”City Finance Director Jeff Rogers was also an Ironman finisher. On Monday, he was browsing the swag at a pop-up shop at Centennial Hall.
“To be clear, I have not done a study on this, right?” she said. “These are just my numbers, because I obsess over all these things, and I love, like, trying to figure these things out.”
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