Photos: 2012 Catalina Eco Marathon

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy During the course of the marathon, you will traverse single track trails, ridgelines, and vistas that will afford views of the Pacific Ocean – from BOTH sides of the island. You will run through three entirely different eco-systems and see the plant life and animal life in each. Don't be surprised to see buffalo on the course, seals in the water, and bald eagles overhead.

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy

Hundreds of runners turned out for the 2012 edition of the Catalina Eco Marathon, on Catalina Island. In this grassroots, no-pressure trail marathon, runners took on a hilly 26.2 miles of singletrack trails, dirt roads, and occasional stretches of pavement. Mike Davies of Santa Monica won this year's race in 3:22:26. The women's winner was Canadian Sheri Foster (3:52:14). Photo: Kurt Hoy