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July 13th 2008:

Blanchard Mountain Ultra - August 16 2008

The 5th Edition of the Blanchard Mountain Ultra will be on Saturday August 16th 2008. Start time is 8am. The course is a 11 mile loop being done 3 times for 33 miles. The route is on 2 miles of Forest Service roads and 9 miles of trails. Each loop has about 2000' of elevation gain in it. There will be 2 typical NW Ultras aid stations. Click here for more details.

Harvey Manning 50k Trail Run - September 21 2008

The first running of the Harvey Manning 50K is being organized as a NW Ultras fun run and is scheduled to be held on Sunday September 21st 2008. This course is a point to point run starting on the east side of Tiger Mountain and ending on the shores of Lake Washington. The course has approximately 4600 feet of elevation gain and over 90% is run on single track trail through lush forest and wilderness areas. Runners will be expected to be self-sufficient with the exception of some very basic information. Click here for more details.

20th Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run- July 12th 2008

Scott and Michael recently ran Knee Knackering in Canada and collected some notes and pictures. Click here for more details and sign up for 2009.

20th Century 2008

Thank you to our 15 volunteers and 43 runners for making our event the success that it was.

Seven new course records were set so congratulations to Ryan McKnight, Lisa Bliss, Gilles Barbeau, Van “pigtails” Phan, Dave Dutton, Shawn Lawson / Tony “*tc” Covarrubias, Mike Mahanay and Jeff Wright. We had a 12 year old run 20 miles on a relay team and Adam Stritzel broke his distance PR of 20 miles to finish 100K. The ride and tie team was hours ahead of their prediction and Michael scrambled our aid stations into place early.

2008 Factiods

• 8 of 11 2007 finishers returned
• 3 dropped down in distance
• 3 DNF'd
• 2 finished the 100K- Ryan McKnight and Kate Merrill
• Ryan McKnight took 1:37:20 off his time and went from a tie for 3rd to a new course record
• Kate Merrill other took 1:08 off her time and dropped from 8th overall to 9th! That does not seem fair.
• DNF rate was about the same rising from 21% to 25%.
• Of the 5 early starters 1 made it and 4 DNF'd
• Only one of the DNF's started at 7:00
• This year due to record snow fall the trail and tunnel being blocked the course was altered. Net result was more up hill and double the pavement. Distance run on sidewalks and pavement was 6m (9.5%) this year (90.5% trails).

Click here for complete 20th Century 2008 Results.

2008 20th Century 100k Trail Run These photos and more can be found here

Ghost of Seattle Marathon

The Seattle Ghost Marathon races include 13.1 half, 26.2 full and 50K options. This is not a race just a fun run starting from tiny Mt Baker park near Seward Park in Seattle. Parking is limited so it is OK to walk from Seward Park. Start is 8:00 am on Saturday November 29th 2008 and the aid shuts down at 2:00. more...

2007 - Results

Birch Bay Ghost Marathon

The Birch Bay Marathon and 15.1 mile option will start at 9:00am and finish at 2:00pm on Saturday December 13th 2008 from Birch Bay State Park. The weather should be terrible so please plan accordingly! But this year we may get a break from the Gods. Beware of ice on the roads and drive carefully.

An 8:00 start is available for those who plan on taking 5 or more hours. It does cause us aid issues so plan on carrying your own until mobile aid finds you on the loop. more...

2007 - Results

Tiger Dumb Ass 50k

On Saturday December 15th 2007 starting at 7:00am we'll have the first Winter Edition of this fun run. The Half-Ass late start will be at 9:00am for those planning to DNF (3 or less loops).
With any luck we'll have snow on the mountain or, at the very least, driving rain. There will be a Summer Edition too sometime around the Summer Solstice.

It's all good training for something! more...

The 20th Century 50K and 100K Trail Run

On (still TBD for 2009). A 50K and 100K point-to-point almost entirely on railroad grade trails down the I-90 corridor:

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2007 and 2008 - Results