2024 Ravenna Run the Ravine

05/28/2024

4k, 8k, 12k

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

6:30pm Start

Ravenna Park, Seattle, WA

Nestled just north of the University District, Ravenna Park is a forest-filled ravine that serves as a green retreat for city dwellers. According to Seattle Parks & Recreation, a local realtor named Ravenna Park after “an Italian seacoast town that was famous for its pine trees, where poets, warriors, and statesmen once strolled in a state of euphoria…” Experience your own trail running-induced euphoria at Ravenna Run the Ravine! Whether it’s your first trail run, a chance to set a personal record, or simply some motivating maintenance miles, you’ll be glad you ran at Ravenna Park.

Join us for a 4k, 8k, or 12k trail run at Ravenna Run the Ravine, part of the Tuesday Night Trail to Grill series!

2024 TUESDAY NIGHT TRAIL TO GRILL SERIES

MAY 28 – RAVENNA RUN THE RAVINE
4k, 8k, 12k, Ravenna Park, Seattle, WA

JUNE 11 – SUNSHINE SALUTATION
5 mile & 10 mile, Redmond Watershed, Redmond, WA

JUNE 25 – CARKEEK WARMER
5k & 10k, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA

JULY 9 – SEWARD SIZZLER
4.2 mile & 10k, Seward Park, Seattle, WA

JULY 23 – SUMMER EDDY
4 mile & 8 mile, St. Edward State Park, Kenmore, WA

AUGUST 6 – 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 some sweet swag. This year’s item is a premium pair of moisture-wicking Fitsoks, featuring our mascot Chippy!

Thanks to Oiselle for helping promote the Tuesday Night Trail to Grill Series. Bring in your bib number or proof of race registration after the race 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

Registration

	Open (through 3/25)	Early (through 4/30)	Regular (through 5/27)	Day-of-Event
4k	22.00	25.00	29.00	35.00
8k	26.00	31.00	35.00	40.00
12k	30.00	36.00	41.00	45.00

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, May 27 at 11:59pm. Event-day registration will be available by cash, card, or check made payable to Northwest Trail Runs.

Youth Runner Discount

Runners who are age 19 or younger are eligible to receive a $10 discount. When registering online, the discount will be automatically generated based on your date of birth.

Photo by Lizzie Krawczak

Schedule

TUESDAY, May 28, 2024

5:30pm – Day-of-event registration opens
6:25pm – Pre-start announcements
6:30pm – Start
8:10pm – Cut-off to start last lap
9:00pm – Course closes

Photo by Somer Kreisman

Course description

All courses use the same 4.1 km loop, with low to moderate climb (230 feet per loop) and nicely groomed forested trails. There are a few steeper pitches, but most of the course is gently sloping, as the course takes runners up and down the ravine.

Click the course map to see a larger image.

Click the elevation profile to see a larger image. Elevation data were measured with a Suunto Ambit sport watch.

Aid Station
There will be an aid station at the start/finish point, so runners doing the 8 km and 12 km distances will pass the aid station once and twice, respectively.

The aid station will be set up to offer individual portions only, and participants may touch only items they are taking from the table. Only staff may handle communal serving containers, and surfaces will be sanitized frequently throughout the event.

The aid station offers water, electrolyte drink, and some carbohydrate-rich or salty foods, such as cookies, pieces of energy bar, gels, chews, chips, fruity candy, fig bars, and/or bananas.

Photo by Heather Gonzalez

Directions & Parking

The parking lot at Ravenna Park is very small (fewer than 30 spaces), so be prepared to find nearby street parking North (unrestricted, but a bit farther scenic walk) or South (2-hour limit between 7am and 8pm) of the park.

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. Please 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 2024 Northwest Trail Runs apparel to your race registration and pick them up at the event, or check them out and purchase at the event.

You don’t see your preferred size? Email us, and we may be able to accommodate.

$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; $27.70 + tax – cotton hoodie, unisex

Safety, etiquette & dogs

GENERAL 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.