Winter Trail Series

The Winter Trail Series celebrates Seattle and the Eastside’s local parks with trail runs that will keep your winter fitness warm. All events have a choice of at least two distances, with shorter course lengths ranging from 4-8 kilometers (2.5-5 miles), and longer course lengths ranging from 10-21 kilometers (6-13 miles). So rally your running pals and put these motivating events on your calendar!

Current Standings Last Updated: February 6, 2023

Date	Event Page		Distance	Location
11/04/2023	Carkeek Cooler Trail Run	Register	5k, 10k	Seattle, WA
11/18/2023	Ravenna Refresher Trail Run	Register	4k, 8k, 12k	Seattle, WA
12/02/2023	Redmond Reindeer Romp	Register	5 mile, Half Marathon	Redmond, WA
12/16/2023	Seward Solstice Run	Register	4.2 mile & 10k	Seattle, WA
12/31/2023	Absolution Run	Register	4mi, 8mi	Kenmore, WA
01/20/2024	Frost Eagle Trail Run	Register	5 mile, Half Marathon	Sammamish, WA
02/03/2024	Interlaken Icicle Dash	Register	5k, 10k	Seattle, WA

Series Swag & Competition

SERIES SWAG

Are you motivated by swag?

Consistency pays off! Participate in four or more of the Winter Trail Series events in the 2023-24 season and you’ll be awarded a special Winter Trail Series dry bag to recognize your achievement.

SERIES COMPETITION

Are you competitive?

Your best 4 performances in the Winter Trail Series will rank you in the series standings!
If you want to do fewer events, that’s OK! Series events are open to everyone.
You may register for events individually, or use Series Registration to sign up for more than one event at once for your own convenience. Using Series Registration is not required to be part of the series competition.
If you complete any of the 2023-24 season Winter Trail Series events, you are automatically entered.
Points will be awarded to women and men/open runners separately (both the fastest man/open runner and woman runner will earn 100 points). After receiving points for placement within those two categories, participants will then be divided into their age category for the series competition. (You may be the fastest in your category without scoring 100 points, if you are not the overall women’s or men’s/open winner).
The series rewards those with the most points, regardless of what distances they ran.
The 1st place woman and 1st place man in each event score 100 points, 2nd place scores 95, 3rd scores 92, 4th scores 90, 5th 89 and so on. Places 64th and lower score 30 points.
In the event of a tie, each runner’s highest point score is used for the tie-breaker. If two runners have identical highest point scores, then the next highest point scores are compared until the tie is broken. If all scores in rank-order are identical for two or more runners, then the tie is broken according to the size of the competitive field (largest number of runners ranks higher) at the run where the highest score was earned (then second highest, and so on, until the tie is broken.)
The top series participants receive special recognition and free entry to a future trail run to be announced.
A runner must have at least three scores to be eligible for awards.
Awards will be presented in the following categories: Women, Men/Open, Masters Women 40+, Masters Men/Open 40+, Youth Girls 12/under, Youth Boys/Open 12/under, Junior Girls 13-19, Junior Boys/Open 13-19