2021 Corn Maze Craze

09/25/2021

5k & 7k

September 25, 2021, 7:30-8:30am starts

Bob’s Corn & Pumpkin Farm, Snohomish, WA

We love fall! It’s not just a great time to run, but it’s also a beautiful and invigorating time of year. What better way to spend a fall day than to visit a working farm during harvest time? Connect with the damp soil under your feet, inhale the fragrances of autumn foliage in crisp morning air, run through misty lowland fields bejeweled with dew—this is what it is to feel vigorous and alive!

Now that you’re picturing yourself with feet on the ground in this beautiful setting and the residue of the weekday grind is falling away, are you ready to really lose yourself in an extraordinary experience? Enter the corn maze! After a run through a tunnel and over dirt farm roads, you embark on a well-marked route through a corn maze where your mind will be absorbed by the straightaways, lefts, and rights—just you, the corn, and the dirt in front of you—for a time-bending magic carpet ride. Dive back into the maze for another lap for the longer (about 7k) course, or move on to the dash through the wide open fields to the finish on the 5k.

Thanks to Bob’s Corn & Pumpkin Farm for welcoming us back this year! The farm is located in the beautiful Snohomish River Valley, just across the river from Lord Hill Park. Your run entry covers your entry into the maze during the run. If you want to make a fun day of it, you can visit the country store after the run to purchase farm admission ($19.95/person), which includes entrance to the corn maze again and a smaller kids’ maze, pumpkin patches, hay rides, a kids area, a cow train, food booths, a play barn, and a corn crib. These activities and more open at 10am.

Results & Photos
Registration
Start Waves
COVID-19 Safety Measures
Course Description
Schedule
Directions & Parking
Apparel
Post-Race Festivities
Safety, Etiquette & Dogs

Results & Photos

2021 Results & Photos courtesy of Lizzie Krawczak

2020 Results & Photos courtesy of our own Heather Gonzalez

2020 video:

2019 Results & Photos courtesy of Ryan Thrower & Video by Heather Gonzalez

Registration

	Early Registration (through 9/7)	Regular Registration (through 9/23)	Day-of-Event
5k	29.00	34.00	40.00
7k	34.00	39.00	45.00

Please register at the event on Saturday. Pre-registration is closed.

Please consider the 9:45 AM course closing time when selecting your start wave. It will take an average 15-16 minute/mile pace in order for anyone starting in the 8:30am wave to finish the 7k on time.

Your run entry includes your entry into the maze during the run. If you want to make a fun day of it, you can visit the country store after the run to purchase farm admission ($19.95/person), which includes entrance to the corn maze again and a smaller kids’ maze, pumpkin patches, hay rides, a kids area, a cow train, food booths, a play barn, and a corn crib. These activities and more open at 10am.

Online pre-registration closes Thursday, September 23 at 11:59pm. Event-day registration will be available. We accept cash, card, or check made payable to Northwest Trail Runs.

View the registration confirmation list to check your start wave time or to see who else is registered.

Start Waves

We’ll be starting runners in waves to make distancing easier and to reduce crowding in the maze.

You can choose a start wave when you register, or you can start individually between waves.

COVID-19 Safety Measures

Part of our duty as event organizers is to plan carefully for safety. We take this responsibility seriously, and we appreciate the trust you place in us by coming to our events.

Outdoor endurance events remain one of the safest and most health-promoting things you can do during the still ongoing pandemic. Thanks to the high rates of vaccination in our region, you are unlikely to catch COVID-19 at the race. There is only a very small chance of serous illness should a vaccinated person be so unlucky as to catch it, but the risk is higher for people who are not yet vaccinated.

We would like you and everyone attending our events to take common-sense precautions to minimize the risks of transmission: Avoid remaining in close proximity to others (where you are face-to-face or breathing the same air) for prolonged periods, especially in still air or enclosed spaces. Be conscious of hand hygiene, including washing or sanitizing frequently and avoiding touching your eyes with dirty hands. And of course, stay home if you have cold- or flu-like symptoms or a new loss of your sense of taste or smell that could be COVID-19. You don’t need to wear a mask at the event if you are vaccinated and maintaining your distance from others. If you are not vaccinated, please wear a mask in the registration/start/finish area and at other times when you cannot maintain six-feet distance from others. Everyone may run without a mask. Thank you for your participation in keeping your fellow runners safe!

Maintain Physical Distancing

Avoid prolonged close contact with others, where you are breathing the same air (especially in still air or confined/enclosed spaces) or are in close, face-to-face proximity. Try to keep at least a six-foot interpersonal distance from anyone not in your household whenever possible. As a rule-of-thumb, if you and a person nearby could reach toward each other and touch fingertips, then you are closer than six feet. Briefly being within six feet is unlikely to be a problem, so this applies primarily to situations where you are near to others for several minutes, especially if you are unvaccinated.
Travel to and from the event only with people in your household, or with one other household if you and they have been vaccinated. Driving with windows ajar for ventilation probably significantly mitigates transmission risk in the confines of a vehicle.
Abide by COVID safety guidelines if you make stops on the way to or from the event. Indoor spaces continue to pose a far greater transmission risk than outdoor activities.
Avoid gathering around the registration/check-in area in order to facilitate distancing for yourself and others. You can hang out with others nearby where there is more space.
If you are unvaccinated: Unless you are passing, please maintain at least a 20-foot distance or position yourself to the side rather than directly behind when following other runners who are going a similar speed on the course. If you are vaccinated, you are at significantly lower risk and need not observe this guideline, although we still recommend you observe normal distancing most of the time while running.

Wear a Mask if You’re Unvaccinated & Practice Good Hygiene

If you are unvaccinated, please wear a mask or face covering at the event, only uncovering your face when you are starting or are eating or drinking.
Vaccinated people are also welcome to wear a mask, and those who are habitually unable to keep from getting physically close to others should certainly do so, as they could have COVID-19 without knowing it and spread it to others.
Wash your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer promptly after contact with respiratory fluids or possibly contaminated objects, like portable toilet doors and other commonly-touched surfaces.
If you need to cough or sneeze please cover it with a tissue (which you should then throw away as soon as possible) or with your elbow.
Avoid touching your mouth, nose, and eyes.
When taking your bib number, drinks, snacks, or any other items, please use care to touch only the item(s) you are taking. Drinks and snacks will be served in individual portions only, and common water and snack containers are to be touched by staff only.

Stay Home if You’re Sick or Vulnerable

Do not attend the event if you have a temperature of 100.4F or greater, feel sick, have had a positive COVID-19 test or illness within the past 14 days, or believe you may have recently been exposed to the COVID-19 virus
Consider your risk before deciding to attend the event if you are a member of a high-risk group or are in close contact with one or more people in a high-risk group (per CDC: 65+, immune compromised, having another health condition that exacerbates COVID-19 and unable to be vaccinated).
If you begin to experience the flu-like symptoms of COVID-19 while you are at the event, please immediately notify a staff person (at a safe distance) and self-quarantine away from others until you are able to safely depart the event

We ask you and everyone attending the event to abide by this code of conduct. We also ask that we be allowed to contact you after the event if we discover that someone at the event was sick and have reason to believe you may have been exposed. If you become sick soon after attending the event, we would appreciate you letting us know, so that we can track potential risk to our staff and other participants.

Thank you!

Course Description

The route will be very clearly marked, so even though part of the course is in a corn maze, no navigation or guesswork will be required; just follow the marked route!

Both the 5k and 7k courses will begin and end with a run from the start/finish area to the maze entrance/exit and then back. The 5k course will do one lap of the maze, and the 7k course will do two laps. The 5k course is a bit long, around 5.05km, and the 7k course is a bit short, around 6.95km.

Inside the maze, the route is mostly narrow, however there is one very wide open area, as well as a few somewhat wider paths where passing will be easier, and we will mark the most significant of these zones. Please announce yourself if you need to pass a runner in front of you, and try to pass briefly and efficiently.

Here is the route map:

Click the map image for a high-resolution PDF

Schedule

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

6:45am – Check-in and day-of-event registration opens
7:30am – First start wave
7:50am – Second start wave
8:10am – Third start wave
8:30am* – Fourth start wave
9:00am – Cutoff for 7k runners/walkers to start second lap of the maze
9:45am – Course closes
10:00am – Maze and farm open to the general public

Sign up for one of the four start waves above, or start individually between start wave times. We will cut off individual starts about five minutes before each wave, so that we can attend to getting wave start runners ready and entered into the timing system. Faster runners may wish to start in the first wave in order to be assured clear passage through the maze, at least on their first lap and most of the second lap (for those running the 7k.) We will have exclusive use of the maze during the run, so you don’t need to worry about dodging other maze users going random directions.

* 7k participants in the 8:30am start wave will need to average a pace of around 15 minutes/mile or faster in order to finish in time. We will close the maze to people starting their second lap at 9:00am (subject to adjustment based on the final course map), and any 7k runner not starting their second lap by this cutoff time will be switched to the 5k (i.e., a single lap of the maze.)

Directions & Parking

Once you arrive at Bob’s Corn & Pumpkin Farm, please park in the designated parking area south of Elliott Road, and follow the signs east to the start/finish area near the gazebo shelter on the other side of the farm building complex. The race takes place mostly on the other side of the road, and the course will use an underpass to get from the start/finish area to the maze and back.

Bob’s Corn & Pumpkin Farm
10917 Elliott Road
Snohomish, WA 98296
(360) 668-2506

Latitude: 47.8376658
Longitude: -122.0729327

Directions from Seattle & Bellevue:

-Interstate 405 north
-Take Exit 23 to Eastbound Hwy 522
-Take Fales Road/Echo Lake Road Exit
-Go left under overpass onto Fales Road
-Continue for two miles to stop sign.
-Left at stop sign onto Elliott Road
-Farm is ahead on your left.

Directions from North
-Take Highway 9 South toward Clearview.
– Take left at light at 164th Street SE.
-Proceed one mile to stop sign.
-Turn right and immediately left onto Elliott Road.
-Cross railroad tracks and proceed one mile down windy hill.
-Farm is on your right.

Apparel

The Northwest Trail Runs apparel merchandise for 2021 featuring our “Run Every Trail” slogan is here! You can order our apparel when registering and pick them up at the event, purchase it in person at the event, or order at RunningBug Apparel and have them shipped. (Click to enlarge images)

You don’t see your preferred size? Email us!

$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 – short sleeve cotton blend shirts, unisex; $27.20 + tax – cotton hoodie, unisex

Post-Race Festivities

Bob’s Corn and Pumpkin Farm will be open starting at 10am, in case you want to stick around after your run to enjoy some corn on the cob or other fall fare and fun activities.

Our finish refreshment selection will emphasize grab-and-go options. You are welcome to hang out before or after your run, but please enjoy the lawn area and leave space for others to get to and from the check-in table without crowding.

Safety, Etiquette & Dogs

SAFETY
The maze will be closed to the general public during the run, however there is still a chance that you could encounter a worker or a farm vehicle on the course, so please be alert. 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.

COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS
Outdoor activities remain relatively safe. With the Delta variant, we ask that you wear a mask in the start/finish area if you are not yet vaccinated

FOLLOWING AND PASSING ETIQUETTE
If you find yourself following other runners at a similar pace, please do so at a distance of at least 20 feet (6 meters). When passing, please announce your intent well in advance, in case the runner in front of you wishes to step to the side of the path to maintain a comfortable distance. If possible without slowing down too much, please wait to pass until one of the marked passing zones where there is more room. Where the route is narrow within the maze, 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.