2018 Spring Run For Fun @ Redmond Watershed

03/31/2018

5-mile, 10-mile, Half Marathon, Marathon

Saturday, March 31, 2018

8:30-9:35am starts

Redmond Watershed Preserve, Redmond, WA

Spring Run for Fun @ Redmond Watershed Preserve is a local favorite thanks to its flat to gently rolling course with only a few short steep climbs. Lined with beautiful forest of Douglas fir trees and lush ferns, it’s the magic carpet ride of trail runs: All the scenery of a quintessential mossy Pacific Northwest forest, but without the big hills or technical challenge of many other venues. The route follows primarily wide dirt paths, ideal for beginners and a ton of fun for veteran trail runners. This is a fast course by trail running standards!

Join us at Spring Run for Fun @ Redmond Watershed for a rewarding tour of “the Red Shed.”

This event is part of the Half Marathon Trail Series, and runners in the Half Marathon distance will earn points toward their series standing. You can read more below or on the Half Marathon Trail Series page.

Results
Registration
Apparel
Course Description
Schedule
Directions & Parking
Dogs & Horses
Safety & Etiquette

Results

2018 Results & photos courtesy of Takao Suzuki

2017 Results & photos courtesy of Takao Suzuki

2016 Results

2015 Results

Registration

	Open (through 11/28)	Early (through 3/1)	Regular (through 3/29)	Day-of-Event
5-mile	29.00	34.00	37.00	40.00
10-mile	34.00	39.00	42.00	45.00
Half Marathon	38.00	43.00	47.00	50.00
Marathon	43.00	48.00	56.00	60.00

Use the red registration button on the left to register for multiple Half Marathon Trail Series events at once. Register for two races to get a 5% discount on your entry fees, three races to get a 10% discount, and four or more races to get a 15% entry fee discount. The green button on the right links to registration just for this race.

Online pre-registration closes Thursday, March 29 at 11:59pm.

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

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

Apparel

The NWTR design for Fall 2017 – Spring 2018 features our “Run Every Trail” slogan with all our favorite trail animals! You can order apparel when 1) registering and pick them up at the event, 2) order at RunningBug Apparel and have them shipped, 3) order at RunningBug Apparel and pick them up at the event or, 4) 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

Course Description

The 5-mile course is a lollipop loop, with runners leaving the start and returning to the finish via the same trail.

The 10-mile course is two times around the 5-mile course.

The Half-Marathon course is two identical laps, which generally follow the 5-mile course route but have two added out-and-back sections. Half-Marathon runners will pass by the aid station at the start/finish halfway through, and there will be an additional aid station passed twice at 3.54 miles into the 6.55-mile loop, for a total of three well-spaced aid stations for Half-Marathon runners.

The Marathon course is four identical laps, on the same loop as the Half-Marathon runners. Marathoners will pass by the aid station at the start/finish three times, and there will be an additional aid station 3.54 miles into the 6.55-mile Marathon course loop, for a total of seven well-spaced aid stations.

Both courses have low to moderate climb and mostly relatively wide, smooth trails, with few steep parts.

Click to view a larger PDF version.

Elevation Profiles

6.55-mile loop:

6.55-mile loop elevation profile. Click to see a larger version.

5-mile loop:

5-mile loop elevation profile. Click to see a larger version.

Aid Stations
An aid station is located at the turn-around point of the second out-and-back on the half marathon and marathon loop, about halfway (3.5 miles) into the 6.55 mile loop. There is also an aid station adjacent to the start/finish.

This means that Marathon runners will have 7 aid station stops, Half Marathon runners will have 3 aid station stops, 10-mile runners will have one aid station stop (half way), and 5-mile runners will not pass an aid station on-course. Food, water, and electrolyte drink will be available at the finish for everyone.

The aid stations offer 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

SATURDAY, MARCH 31
7:30am – Check-in and day-of-event registration opens
8:20am – Marathon pre-run briefing
8:30am – Marathon Start
9:20am – Pre-run briefing, 5-mile, 10-mile, Half Marathon
9:30am – 5-mile & 10-mile Start
9:35am – Half Marathon Start
4:30pm – Course closes

Directions & Parking

Directions to Parking (Google Maps) (Parking is offsite, you must take a shuttle to the start)

Offsite Parking and Shuttle
Due to the number of runners participating and the small size of the lot in the park, parking for this run will be offsite, and there will be a shuttle bus to take you to the start and back to your car after you finish. The lot is about one mile from the start, just East of Redmond Ridge Dr. NE, on the North side of NE Marketplace Dr. Please allow an additional 15 minutes to get from the remote parking to the start. Even with the offsite lot, there is limited parking. We encourage carpooling, and carpools of three or more people are welcome to park in the paved lot at the start/finish while there is room.

Once the lot on Marketplace Drive fills, parking and the shuttle bus will shift to the Redmond Ridge Park & Ride (link is to map), which is about 0.6 miles south along Redmond Ridge Drive, just southwest of the traffic circle at NE Cedar Park Crescent. Also, it is sometimes possible to find street parking along NE Marketplace Drive, to the West of Redmond Ridge Dr. NE, however there will be no shuttle bus service to or from this location, so you would need to walk or take a short warm up/down jog if you park on the street.

Google map of parking locations and the start

From Seattle or Bellevue, follow SR-520 East to the end of the freeway in Redmond.
Continue straight, as SR-520 becomes Avondale Road NE.
After a little less than one mile, make a gentle right turn onto NE Novelty Hill Rd.
Go 2.9 miles, then turn right onto Redmond Ridge Drive NE.
Take the next left onto NE Marketplace Drive, then turn left into the parking lot and park.
Board the shuttle bus for the 5-minute ride to the check-in, start, and finish area.

Again, parking at the start is very limited and will likely be full, so please allow time to use the offsite parking and shuttle bus, and carpool if possible. The gravel lot near the start is reserved for equestrians and other park users.

Dogs & Horses

DOGS
Pets are NOT allowed in the Watershed Preserve, so please leave your canine companions at home.

HORSES & OTHER USERS
The trails will be open to other users during the event, including pedestrians, bicyclists and equestrians (horseback riders). Please be courteous. Horses have the right of way, and if you encounter a horse in your path, stop running and talk to the rider; you will probably need to step to the side of the trail to let the horse past, but sometimes the rider will tell you it is okay to walk past. The amount of trail traffic will depend upon the weather.

Safety & Etiquette

SAFETY
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.