2016 Spring Run for Fun @ Redmond Watershed

03/06/2016

5-mile, 10-mile,

Half Marathon, Marathon

Sunday, March 6th, 8:30am & 9:30am starts

Redmond Watershed Preserve, Redmond, WA

Spring Run for Fun @ Redmond Watershed Preserve is a local favorite thanks to its flat to gently rolling course with only a few short steep climbs. Lined with beautiful forest of Douglas firs and lush ferns, it’s the magic carpet ride of trail runs: All the scenery of a quintessential mossy Pacific Northwest forest, but without the big hills or technical challenge of many other venues. The route follows primarily wide dirt paths, ideal for beginners and a ton of fun for veteran trail runners. This is a fast course by trail running standards!

Join us at Spring Run for Fun @ Redmond Watershed for a rewarding tour of “the Red Shed.”

Results
Registration
Course Description
Schedule
Dogs & Horses
Directions & Parking
Safety & Etiquette
Apparel

Results

2016 Results

Registration

	Open (through 11/29)	Early (through 2/14)	Regular (through 3/9)	Day-of-Event
5-mile	29.00	34.00	37.00	40.00
10-mile	34.00	39.00	42.00	45.00
Half Marathon	38.00	43.00	47.00	50.00
Marathon	43.00	48.00	56.00	60.00

Online pre-registration closes Friday, March 4th at 11:59pm.

This event has a runner limit. Availability of day-of-event registration will depend on pre-registration numbers.

Course Description

The 5-mile course is a lollipop loop, with runners leaving the start and returning to the finish via the same trail.

The 10-mile course is two times around the 5-mile course.

The Half-Marathon course is two identical laps, which generally follow the 5-mile course route but have two added out-and-back sections. Half-Marathon runners will pass by the aid station at the start/finish halfway through, and there will be an additional aid station passed twice at 3.54 miles into the 6.55-mile loop, for a total of three well-spaced aid stations for Half-Marathon runners.

The Marathon course is four identical laps, on the same loop as the Half-Marathon runners. Marathoners will pass by the aid station at the start/finish three times, and there will be an additional aid station 3.54 miles into the 6.55-mile Marathon course loop, for a total of seven well-spaced aid stations.

Distances were measured using a measuring wheel.

View a larger PDF of the course map here

Elevation Profiles

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Elevation Gain

5-mile: 415 feet
10-mile: 830 feet
Half Marathon: 1100 feet
Marathon: 2200 feet

Aid Stations
There will be an aid station at the start/finish point, so 5-mile runners should plan to be self-sufficient during their run. The 10-mile course returns to the aid station once, and the Marathon course three times. There is an additional Marathon (and Half) course aid station at 3.54 miles into each of the four Marathon course loops.

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

NOTE: Parking is offsite and you must take a shuttle to the start. However, carpools of three or more may park at the start while space is available. Please see further information below.

SUNDAY, MARCH 6
7:30am – Check-in and day-of-event registration opens
8:20am – Marathon pre-run briefing
8:30am – Marathon Start
9:20am – Pre-run briefing, 5-mile, 10-mile, Half Marathon
9:30am – 5-mile & 10-mile Start
9:35am – Half Marathon Start
4:30pm – Course closes

Dogs & Horses

DOGS
Pets are NOT allowed in the Watershed Preserve, so please leave your canine companions at home.

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.

Directions & Parking

Google Directions to Parking (Parking is offsite, you must take a shuttle to the start)

Offsite Parking and Shuttle
Due to the number of runners participating and the small size of the lot in the park, parking for this run will be offsite, and there will be a shuttle bus to take you to the start and back to your car after you finish. The lot is about one mile from the start, just East of Redmond Ridge Dr. NE, on the North side of NE Marketplace Dr. Please allow an additional 15 minutes to get from the remote parking to the start. Even with the offsite lot, there is limited parking. We encourage carpooling, and carpools of three or more people are welcome to park in the paved lot in the park while there is room.

Once the lot on Marketplace Drive fills, parking will be at the Redmond Ridge Park & Ride, which is about 0.6 miles south along Redmond Ridge Drive, just southwest of the traffic circle at NE Cedar Park Crescent. Also, it is sometimes possible to find street parking along NE Marketplace Drive, to the West of Redmond Ridge Dr. NE, however there will be no shuttle bus service to or from this location, so you would need to walk or take a short warm up/down jog if you park on the street.

Google map of parking locations and the start

From Seattle or Bellevue, follow SR-520 East to the end of the freeway in Redmond.
Continue straight, as SR-520 becomes Avondale Road NE.
After a little less than one mile, make a gentle right turn onto NE Novelty Hill Rd.
Go 2.9 miles, then turn right onto Redmond Ridge Drive NE.
Take the next left onto NE Marketplace Drive, then turn left into the parking lot and park.
Board the shuttle bus for the 5-minute ride to the check-in, start, and finish area.

Parking at the start is very limited and will likely be full, so please allow time to use the offsite parking and shuttle bus, and carpool if possible. The gravel lot near the start is reserved for equestrians and other park users.

Safety & Etiquette

DOGS
Pets are NOT allowed in the Watershed Preserve, so please leave your canine running companions at home for this run.

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.

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.

Apparel

New NWTR designs for Fall 2015 -Spring 2016, which feature our “Run Every Trail” slogan! We’ve got ’em available in a soft-feel tech (unisex, women’s and youth), long-sleeve tech, and cotton (t-shirt and hoodie). You can order them when registering and pick them up onsite, or order at RunningBug Apparel and have them shipped, or try on and buy at an event.