2018 Carkeek Warmer

07/10/2018

5k & 10k

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

6:30pm Start

Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA

Carkeek is home to six miles of fun, roller-coaster trails that traverse the forest! The trails range from wide and rolling, to narrow and steep. If ever you’re feeling like the climb is tough, remember that you get to fly back down!

2018 TUESDAY NIGHT TRAIL TO GRILL SERIES

MAY 8 – WOODLAND PARK ZOOM
5k & 10k, Woodland Park, Seattle, WA

MAY 22 -WILBURTON HILLBILLY TRAIL RUN
4k, 8k, 12k, Wilburton Park, Bellevue, WA

JUNE 12 – RAVENNA RUN THE RAVINE
4k, 8k, 12k, Ravenna Park, Seattle, WA

JUNE 26 – SUNSHINE SALUTATION
5 mile & 10 mile, Redmond Watershed, Redmond, WA

JULY 10 – CARKEEK WARMER
5k & 10k, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA

JULY 24 – SEWARD SIZZLER
4.2 mile & 10k, Seward Park, Seattle, WA

AUGUST 7- SUMMER EDDY
4 mile & 8 mile, St. Edward State Park, Kenmore, WA

AUGUST 21- INTERLAKEN ICE CREAM DASH
5k & 10k, Interlaken Park, Seattle, WA

Results
Registration
Course Description
Schedule
Parking & Directions
Apparel
Hot dogs, watermelon, & more!
Safety, Etiquette, Dogs

Results

2018 Results & Photos courtesy of Aaron Roche

2017 Results & Photos courtesy of Ross Comer

Registration

Open (through 3/28) Early (through 6/20) Regular (through 7/9) Day-of-Event

5k 21.00 24.00 27.00 30.00

10k 25.00 28.00 31.00 35.00

Online pre-registration closes Monday, July 9th at 11:59pm. Event-day registration is available by cash, card, or check made payable to Northwest Trail Runs.

Runners in elementary, middle, or high school are eligible to receive a $10 discount on online pre-registration prices for all Northwest Trail Runs events. Simply use this code at checkout: #YOUTH

Young runners registering at the event may receive $5 off day-of-event registration.

Course Description

The course starts and finishes in the Lower Meadow next to Piper’s Creek. The route is mostly in the forest (85%) and has a mix of fast, wide trail (64%) and narrower rolling trail (36%), with some flatter sections and some moderate to steep sections.

The 5k course goes the length of the wide, Piper’s Creek Trail, climbing first gently, then more steeply to the head of the valley before turning around and going over half the distance back. The route then turns left up the South Ridge Trail, which climbs steeply then becomes a rolling traverse through some of the older forest in the park. Upon reaching the Clay Pit Trail, the course turns right down the hill, then descends to the meadow on the Hillside Trail and goes a few hundred meters to the finish.

The 10k course is two loops of the 5k course.

Climb
5K (3.1 miles), with 480 feet of elevation gain*
10K (6.2 miles), with 960 feet of elevation gain*

*Distances were measured using a measuring wheel, and climb was measured using a detailed contour map. The distance is most likely within 1% of actual, and the climb within 10%.

View a PDF of the course map here

Aid station
The aid station will be stationed at the start/finish, which is the halfway point for 10k runners.

The aid station offers water, electrolyte drink, and some carbohydrate-rich or salty foods, such as cookies, pieces of energy bar, gels, chews, chips, bagel, fruity candy, fig bars, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and/or bananas.

Schedule

TUESDAY, JULY 10

5:30pm – Day-of-event registration opens
6:30pm – Start
9:00pm – Course closes

Parking & Directions

Drive past the upper meadow area that includes the restroom building, play area, and picnic shelter, and follow the road down the hill to the meadow in the valley bottom.

Google Map

Apparel

The NWTR design for Spring 2018 – Fall 2018 features a stamp we think you’ll approve of! You can order apparel when 1) registering and pick them up at the event, 2) order at RunningBug Apparel and have them shipped, or, 3) try it on and buy at the event.

$18.10 + tax – short sleeve tech shirts, in unisex, women’s cuts & youth

$22.70 + tax – long sleeve tech shirts, in unisex and women’s cut

$18.10 + tax – cotton blend T-shirt, unisex / $27.20 + tax – cotton hoodie, unisex

Hot dogs, watermelon, & more!

Make sure to stick around after your race for hot dogs, veggie dogs, watermelon, and other yummy snacks! We will do awards for the top 3 male and female in each distance and a raffle for fun prizes (included in entry fee).

Safety, Etiquette, Dogs

SAFETY
The trails will be open to other users during the event, including pedestrians with pets, and cyclists. Participants are responsible for their own safety while participating, and the organizers are neither qualified nor equipped to render medical care in the event of a serious injury. In case of an emergency, call 9-1-1. You are encouraged to bring a cell phone with you as a safety precaution, if you wish.

PASSING ETIQUETTE
Where the trails are narrow, please let other participants pass you if they want to get by. It is a passing runner’s job to tell the person in front that they wish to pass.

HEADPHONES
If you’d like to listen to music while you’re on the course, please use headphones or earbuds, so that runners around you can’t hear it. Others may prefer a quieter event experience or may have different musical tastes. Runners playing music in the open air may be asked to leave the event.

Also, keep the volume low enough that you can hear someone talking to you in a normal voice, for example, another runner saying they would like to pass on your left.

DOGS
Our events are USATF certificated and under the USATF policies, dog are not allow on course.