2015 End of Summer Run

09/26/2015

5k & 10k

Saturday, September 26, 9:30am

Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA (venue change!)

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!

It’s the end of summer and the end of the Tuesday Night Trail to Grill Series. Series winners will be recognized at this event at 10:45am!

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

Results

2015 Results & Photos

Registration

	Open (through 1/31)	Early (through 8/31)	Regular (through 9/22)	Day-of-Event
5k	22.00	26.00	29.00	35.00
10k	26.00	31.00	34.00	40.00

Online pre-registration closes Thursday, September 24th at 11:59pm.

Day-of-event registration by cash, card, or check made payable to Northwest Trail Runs.

Apparel

New Northwest Trail Runs designs for 2015-16, which feature our “Run Every Trail” slogan! Available in a soft-feel tech (unisex, women’s and youth), long-sleeve tech, and cotton (t-shirt and hoodie). You can order them when registering and pick them up onsite, or order online and have them shipped, or try on and buy at an event.

$19 – short sleeve tech shirts, in unisex and women’s cuts

$23 – long sleeve tech shirts, in unisex and women’s cuts

$28 – cotton hoodie, unisex $19 – cotton blend t-shirt, unisex

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%.

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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

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
8:30am – Check-in and day-of-event registration opens
9:30am – Start
10:45am – Tuesday Night Trail to Grill Series Winners Awards
12:30pm – Course closes

Directions & Parking

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

Google Map

Safety & Etiquette

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.