2016 Wilburton Hillbilly

05/05/2016

Join us for a NEW addition to the Tuesday Night Trail to Grill series at Wilburton Hill Park, in Bellevue, WA!

Wilburton Hill Park is just blocks from downtown Bellevue, yet it is a quiet haven that is home to the Bellevue Botanical Gardens, a sweet picnic area, a newly-renovated children’s play area, sports fields, and plenty of beautifully-groomed trails over a gently-rolling, forested landscape. The 4-kilometer loop used by the Wilburton Hillbilly course provides a fast-paced tour of the variety of landscapes the park has to offer, from wide and fast gravel promenades with views of soccer games and the gardens to swooping and woodchip-covered trails in the shade of the forest.

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

Results

2016 Results

Registration

	Early (through 3/29)	Regular (through 5/3)	Regular (through 5/22)	Event Day
4k	21.00	22.00	25.00	30.00
8k	23.00	27.00	31.00	35.00
12k	25.00	32.00	36.00	40.00

Online pre-registration closes Sunday, May 22nd at 11:59pm.

You can also register onsite on event day, and we accept cash, card, or check made payable to Northwest Trail Runs.

Course Description

The 4k-loop course is composed of an out-and-back on a wide, gravel path to the west along the Bellevue Botanical Gardens, followed by a loop through the forested trails and around the baseball fields in the east part of the park. There is a variety of trail widths and surfaces on this course, making for a course that changes character throughout the loop. Apart from the moderate elevation gain, most of the route is fast and non-technical, with just a few windy trails to keep runners on their toes.

The 4k course completes the loop once, the 8k twice, and the 12k three times. 8k and 12k runners will pass next to the finish and have access to an aid station there between laps.

Here is a map of the route:

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Click the map image above or this link for a high-resolution map (2.5 MB PDF)

ELEVATION GAIN
4k: 250 feet (76m)
8k: 500 feet (152m)
12k: 750 feet (228m)

AID STATIONS
An aid station located next to the start/finish point will 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. 8k runners will pass this aid station once, at the midway point of their run; 12k runners will pass it twice, after 4k and 8k.

Schedule

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

Directions & Parking

There are frequent baseball games at Wilburton Hill Park in the spring, so expect the main parking lot to be in demand. Additional parking is available immediately to the west at the Bellevue School District administrative complex, as well as 0.2 miles away at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens.

Here is a map you can use to get driving directions.

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.

Apparel

Northwest Trail Runs and RunningBug Apparel have a new T-shirt design for the Spring/Summer 2016 race season! Created in-house by Patrick Nuss, this Tahoma design is 100% Pacific Northwest! You can order apparel when registering and pick up your order onsite, or order at RunningBug Apparel and have your items shipped, or try on and buy at an event.