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Northwest Trail Runs are non-competitive runs that emphasize personal achievement and the joy of exercising in the outdoors in a relaxed and fun setting. We provide courses that are clearly marked and precisely measured, we record a finish time for all finishers, and we post results to the website after the event. Longer courses will have aid stations, and there will be refreshments at the finish. There are no awards, and we may or may not provide a few prizes for noteworthy runs or just for showing up and having your name drawn at random.
These events are inspired in concept by the excellent Pacific Coast Trail Runs events in California. We greatly enjoy participating in PCTR events when we're in the greater San Francisco area and we hope our runs can approach the fine standard PCTR has set.
2008 Run Schedule
Date and time | Venue | Course details | Registration |
March 1, Saturday, 9:00 a.m. start
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Des Moines Creek Park, SeaTac, WA, directions, weather. Results
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10 km, 3-hour, 6-hour, and relay
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mail:pdf | doc
online | Relay (pdf, mail-in)
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March 30, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. start
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Soaring Eagle Park, Sammamish, WA, directions, weather. Results
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5.1 mile (8.2 km) and 10 mile (16.1 km)
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mail:pdf | doc
online
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April 26, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. start
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Squak Mtn. State Park, Issaquah, WA, directions, weather. Results
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10 km and Half Marathon (21 km)
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mail:pdf | doc
online
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May 29, Thursday, 6:30 p.m. start
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Soaring Eagle Park, Sammamish, WA, directions, weather.
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5.1 mile and 10 mile, with buddy division
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mail:pdf | doc
online
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August 24, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. start
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Redmond Watershed Preserve, Redmond, WA, directions, weather.
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5 miles, 10 miles, Marathon
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mail:pdf | doc
online
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October 26, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. start
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Soaring Eagle Park, Sammamish, WA, directions, weather.
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5.1 mile (8.2 km) and 10 mile (16.1 km)
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mail:pdf | doc
online
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November 16, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. start
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Kitsap Peninsula or Bainbridge Island, WA (venue TBA)
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10 km and Half Marathon (21 km)
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mail:pdf | doc
online
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Questions? Contact Eric Bone, 206-291-8250, eric mergeo com
2007 Run information and results
2006 Run information and results
Other trail runs in the Northwest
Most of these are in Washington State. I'm not attempting to include all events in neighboring states and BC, but I've included a few. Let me know if there's a run you'd like me to include here.
Seattle Running Company organizes
Visit the Seattle Running Company website for details, as well as schedules of group training runs and local running events.
Capitol Peak Ultras hosts organized and group runs, mostly in the South Sound area, but also in some other breathtaking locations.
Cascade Running Club organizes
Pigtails Run (9.6 & 19.2 mi, and 50k), January 26, 2008
Lord Hill Trails Fun Run, February 3, 2008
Hagg Lake Trail Run 25/50k, February 23, 2008
Chuckanut 50k, March 15, 2008
McDonald Forest 50k Trail Run, May 10, 2008
Uncle Joe 50 Km Ultramarathon, September 6, 2008
Cle Elum Ridge 50k, September 13, 2008
Baker Lake 50k, September 20, 2008
The 20th Century 100k Trail Run, on October 13, 2007, one of the low key ultra runs hosted by NW Ultras.
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Other calendars
with trail running events
Seattle Running Company
Northwest Runner Magazine
OnTheRUNevents.com
Outdoors NW
USA Track & Field, trail run calendar
Marthon Maniacs
Oregon Trail Ultramarathon Series
RaceCenter.com
Trail Runner Magazine
NW Ultras Calendar
Stan Jensen's Web Site, featuring 100 Milers but with links to lots of other info.
Ultrarunning Online Calendar, for Pacific states: AK, CA, HI, OR, and WA.
Active.com Washington | Oregon | Idaho
Sporg.com
Other trail runs outside the Northwest
Way Too Cool 50k, March 8, 2008 (California)
Lean Horse Ultra-Marathon, August 23-24, 2008 (South Dakota)
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