2023 Carkeek Warmer

06/27/2023

5k & 10k

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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!

2023 TUESDAY NIGHT TRAIL TO GRILL SERIES

May 30 – RAVENNA RUN THE RAVINE
4k, 8k, 12k, Ravenna Park, Seattle, WA

JUNE 13 – SUNSHINE SALUTATION
5 mile & 10 mile, Redmond Watershed, Redmond, WA

JUNE 27 – CARKEEK WARMER
5k & 10k, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA

JULY 11 – SEWARD SIZZLER
4.2 mile & 10k, Seward Park, Seattle, WA

July 25 – WOODLAND PARK ZOOM
5k & 10k, Woodland Park, Seattle, WA

AUGUST 8 – INTERLAKEN ICE CREAM DASH
5k & 10k, Interlaken Park, Seattle, WA

Motivated by swag?

Consistency pays off! Participate in 4 or more Tuesday Night Trail to Grill Series events and you’ll earn a 26-ounce high-quality water bottle in your choice of colors (turquoise, yellow, or green), featuring our mascot Chippy!

Image of three bicycling-style water bottles in turquoise, yellow, and green with Tuesday Night Trail to Grill series logo

Thanks to Oiselle for helping promote the Tuesday Night Trail to Grill Series. Bring in your bib number post race or proof of race registration and get 15% off any item at the Seattle Flagship store in University Village!

Results & Photos
Registration
Schedule
Course Description
Directions & Parking
Hot Dogs, Watermelon & More!
Apparel
Safety, Etiquette, Dogs

Results & Photos

2023 Results & Photos by Somer Kreisman

2022 Results & Photos by Somer Kreisman

2021 Results & Photos by Aaron Roche

2020 Results & a few photos by Heather Gonzalez

2019 Results & Photos by Lizzie Krawczak

2018 Results & Photos by Aaron Roche

2017 Results & Photos by Ross Comer

Registration

	Open (through 4/22)	Early (through 5/30)	Regular (through 6/26)	Day-of-Event
5k	23.00	26.00	29.00	35.00
10k	27.00	30.00	33.00	40.00

Use the red button on the left to register for multiple Tuesday Night Trail to Grill series runs, or use the green button on the right to register only for this run.

Online pre-registration closed Monday, June 26, 2023 at 11:59pm. Event-day registration was available by cash, card, or check made payable to Northwest Trail Runs.

Youth Runner Discount

Runners who are 19 or younger are eligible to receive a $10 discount on online pre-registration prices for all Northwest Trail Runs events. The discount will be auto generated based on your birthday.

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

Photo by Lizzie Krawczak

Schedule

TUESDAY, June 27

5:30pm – Day-of-event registration opens
6:25pm – Pre-start announcements
6:30pm – Start
7:45pm – Cut-off for 10k runners to start second lap
9:00pm – Course closes

Photo by Somer Kreisman

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, gels, and one or two carbohydrate-rich or salty foods, such as fruity candy or chips.

Photo by Somer Kreisman

Directions & Parking

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

IMPORTANT
Weekday evening traffic can often be very busy in the Seattle metropolitan area and the beautiful parks we host the Tuesday Night Trail to Grill Series at can get very busy, particularly on sunny days. As such, we recommend you allow yourself extra time for travel and finding parking on race evening.

Hot Dogs, Watermelon & More!

Make sure to stick around after your race for hot dogs, veggie dogs, watermelon, and other yummy snacks. We will present awards for the top 3 Female and Open category finishers in each distance, and we’ll raffle off fun prizes, so you might win something just by showing up!

Photo by Lizzie Krawczak

Apparel

You can add the 2023 Northwest Trail Runs apparel to your race registration and pick them up at the event, check them out at the event, or order them here and have them shipped.

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

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 sanctioned, and USATF policies forbid people from taking their dogs with them on course. If you bring your dog with you to the event, please be sure they have a safe place to wait while you are on the course.