Run With The Kokanee

10/22/2023

5k & 10k

Sunday, October 22, 2023 9:30am

Lake Sammamish State Park, Issaquah, WA

Come enjoy fall running on this flat and fast 5k loop course through and around lovely Lake Sammamish State Park. About two-thirds of the route is paved, and the remainder is on dirt or grass trails. 10k runners will loop the park twice.

This is a great course for both runners and walkers, and there are team categories for middle school and high school cross country teams.

Your entry helps support the Kokanee Salmon recovery work of the Three Rivers Chapter of Trout Unlimited. The Kokanee are unique to Lake Sammamish and are in danger of becoming extinct. Some of Trout Unlimited’s work includes: protecting the Kokanee’s access to spawning areas, educating fishermen to properly identify Kokanee, educating residents about environmentally-friendly lawn care, and more.

The Three Rivers Chapter was recently awarded the King County Green Globe Award for their work on recovering the Lake Samammish Kokanee!

Join us for a fun run with a cause at Run with the Kokanee!

Registration
Results & Photos
T-shirt
Course Description
Schedule
Youth Team Competition & Discount
Directions & Parking
Post-Race Festivities
Safety, Etiquette, & Dogs

Registration

	Open (through 9/5)	Early (through 9/21)	Regular (through 10/20)*	Event Day*
5km	34.00	39.00	44.00	45.00
10km	39.00	44.00	49.00	50.00

* Registration by October 14 includes a T-shirt. No T-shirt is included for registrations after that or on event day.

Online pre-registration closes Friday, October 20 at 11:59pm.

Day-of-event registration will be available by cash, card or check made payable to Northwest Trail Runs.

You can check to see who is signed up on the registration confirmation list.

Results & Photos

2022 Results & photos by Aaron Roche

2021 Results

2020 Results & photos by Heather Gonzalez

2019 Results & photos by Yutaka Suzue

2018 Results & photos by Yutaka Suzue

2017 Results & photos by Yutaka Suzue

2016 Results

T-shirt

The above artwork is from last year. This year’s artwork will be unveiled soon.

Participants who pre-register by October 14 receive a FREE, limited edition tech t-shirt featuring custom salmon artwork by Shaun Peterson! T-shirts come in Medium Youth – Adult XXL and are unisex. We cannot guarantee shirt availability for anyone registering after October 14 or on event-day.

Don’t want a T-shirt?

You can register for the no-T-shirt option and get a discount on your entry.

Course Description

The course is a 5k loop, starting out on paved park paths (67%) and then finishing on wide, grassy trails (33%). The route is basically flat, with no hills. 5k participants will do this loop once, and 10k participants will do it twice.

View a PDF of the course map here

Aid Station
There will be one aid station at about 1.7 miles into the loop.

Aid stations 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.

Schedule

SUNDAY, October 22

8:30am – Check-in and day-of-event registration opens

9:30am – Race Start

10:30am – Raffle and awards

12:00pm – Course closes

Youth Team Competition & Discount

YOUTH (UNDER 20) TEAM COMPETITION
Middle school, high school, or youth club teams can compete as a team for special awards and recognition at the event. To participate, list your team affiliation on the entry form when you register online. Details on team size and scoring will be posted.

YOUTH DISCOUNT
Youth runners (under 20 years old) get a $10 discount on online pre-registration prices. You don’t need to enter a code; the discount is applied automatically based upon your date of birth. Northwest Trail Runs is a founding member of USA Track & Field and American Trail Running Association’s Youth Trail Initiative.

The $10 youth discount also applies to event-day registration at the park.

Directions & Parking

Note that parking at this park requires a Discover Pass. If you purchase a Discover Pass online, you can print out a temporary pass before your pass arrives in the mail. There are also many vendors that sell passes in-person. See this website for details.

Google Map

Post-Race Festivities

Stick around after the race for awards, a raffle, and refreshments.

Safety, Etiquette, & Dogs

SAFETY
The trails will be open to other users during the event, including pedestrians with pets, and cyclists. Please share the trail courteously with other users and other participants in this event. Look for vehicles at uncontrolled road or driveway crossings, and stop for cars when necessary where the course crosses the signaled crosswalk of a parking lot entrance.

PASSING ETIQUETTE
When passing on narrow parts of the course, please announce your intention in advance. And 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 choose between turning off the music or leaving 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
This event is USATF sanctioned, and under USATF policies dogs are not allowed to accompany runners on the course.

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.

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, fall and winter are virus season, so we encourage you to take simple precautions:

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
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
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

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