2023 The Whidbey Woods Trail Run

04/08/2023

The Whidbey Woods Trail Run

5k, 10k, Half Marathon

Saturday, April 8, 2023

Langley, Whidbey Island, WA

Come try it out at Putney Woods, which features beautiful forest, flat to gently-rolling terrain punctuated by steep-sided ravines, and a mix of sweet winding singletrack and wider and straighter trails!

Results & Photos
Registration
Course Description
Schedule
Directions, Parking & Lodging
Apparel
Safety & Etiquette

Results & Photos

2023 Results & photos by Taryn Graham

2021 Results & photos by Somer Kreisman

2019 Trail Run Results & photos by Takao Suzuki

2018 Trail Run Results & photos by Takao Suzuki

2018 Checkpoint Run Results

Registration

	Open (through 2/24)	Early (through 3/10)	Regular (through 4/6)	Day-of-Event
5-km	27.00	30.00	34.00	40.00
10-km	31.00	35.00	39.00	45.00
Half Marathon	44.00	48.00	52.00	60.00

Online pre-registration closes Thursday, April 6 at 11:59pm. Event-day registration will be available. We accept cash, card, or check made payable to Northwest Trail Runs.

Runners in elementary, middle, or high school are eligible to receive a $10 discount on online pre-registration prices. The discount will be applied automatically based on your date of birth.

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

Active duty or retired veteran service members are eligible to receive a $10-off discount code. Email us a photo of your military ID, and we’ll send you the code.

Course Description

5k – 5.2 km, 285 feet climb
10k – 10.7 km, 615 feet climb
Half Marathon (10k course x 2) – 21.4 km, 1230 feet climb

Putney Woods is a little known trail running gem of South Whidbey Island, with a mix of wider mostly-straight trails and narrower winding trails. The variety of trail sizes includes enough twists, turns and roots to make it fun, but not so many that you get dizzy. The hills are modest, with climbs that are either gentle or shorter and steeper where they climb or descend the sometimes steep-sided ridges and ravines. The area is blanketed with a lovely Puget Sound lowland second-growth forest, including conifer trees, salal, and ferns.

Chick here for PDF version of the course map

Aid Station Distances:

5k: no aid stations on the course
10k: 1 aid station, at 3.2 miles
Half Marathon: 3 aid stations, at 3.2 miles, 6.6 miles and 9.8 miles

Course preview:

Schedule

SATURDAY, April 8

8:00am – Check-in and Registration opens
9:00am – Half Marathon start
9:30am – 10k & 5k start

11:00am – Cutoff time for starting Half Marathon second lap
1:00pm – Course closes

Directions, Parking & Lodging

Putney Woods County Park is about a 20 minute drive from the Clinton ferry terminal on Whidbey Island, near the lovely town of Langley. There is a gravel parking lot at the park that will serve as the primary parking location. If this lot fills, then please park along the adjacent road as directed by event staff.

You can get directions using this map.

FERRY
Those approaching from the South will want to take the Mukilteo/Clinton Ferry. On Saturday morning the ferry leaves from Mukilteo at 6:00am, 7:00am, and 8:00am. There is often a line at the ferry dock, so it is advised to arrive at least 30 minutes before the departure that you intend to catch. The ferry ride itself takes approximately 20 minutes. The drive from the Clinton (Whidbey Island) ferry landing to the start at Putney Woods takes approximately 20 minutes.
View the ferry schedule here

LODGING
Whidbey Island is a fabulous place to spend a weekend! Consider staying in the cozy town of Langley.

CAMPING
The nearest camping to the event site is at the south end of the Island County Fairgrounds, located along Langley Road about a half mile walk or drive from downtown Langley. Check the Fairgrounds Campground website, or call 360-221-7950 for information. There are also a few State Parks and a county park farther north on Whidbey Island that offer camping.

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

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.

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.

COVID-19 & RESPIRATORY VIRUS SAFETY
Outdoors settings are among the safest, due to the open air dissipating virus particles to greatly reduce the risk of transmission. However, especially if virus season is still hanging on by event day, please continue to take simple precautions:

Get your flu and COVID-19 shots when possible
Mask wearing is generally not required at our events, but you are welcome to wear a mask if you feel it is best for your own health
Please stay home if you are sick (with any contagious respiratory virus); we’ll happily give you a credit toward another race or a full refund
At times when viruses are going around, keep a six foot distance from others when it is practical, or at least avoid being in close proximity for a long time in still air
Limit touching of shared surfaces and items, and clean your hands before and after
We encourage you to wear a mask when riding a shuttle bus

Thank you for helping us keep our events safe and fun for you and everyone else!

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.