I’m a huge fan of the team aspect of running, therefore relays are one of my favorite types of races. In fact I’m going to try and add a relay race section to my Race Schedule page in the near future. If you have never taken part in a relay race I would highly recommend [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Races’
March 16, 2009
2009 Henry Weinhard’s St. Patrick’s Day Dash
Over 7,000 participant braved the snow, rain and cold to take part in the 2009 St. Patrick’s Day Dash in downtown Seattle. This year’s event had a completely new (well not quite, the start was still the same) course. Instead of running on the Viaduct, runners now did an out and back on Aurora (Hwy [...]
February 10, 2009
2009 Love ‘em or Leave ‘em 5K
With just under 2000 finishers, I think the 2009 Love ‘em or Leave ‘em 5K at Greenlake was the largest running of this event so far. Yet due to the new course (course map) that is primarily on the roads around Greenlake and the great job of the event staff there were no problems handling [...]
February 2, 2009
Tony Young beats the indoor mile World Record for 45 and over
On January 31st at the UW Invitational at the Dempsey Indoor track 46 year old Tony Young of Redmond, WA ran a 4:13.25 in the mile. This was not only faster than indoor world record for age 45 and over but the fastest mile indoor or outdoor that a runner 45 or older has ever [...]
January 29, 2009
2009 Hayward Classic Masters Track Meet Cancelled
I am currently working on putting together a list of outdoor track meets in Northwest that will be available to open and masters runners to compete in this spring and summer. Hopefully I will have that up soon. But I do want to let everyone know that one of the best masters track meets around [...]
December 23, 2008
Washington teams at XC Club Nationals
Sorry it has taken me so long to post this, but due to the snow I haven’t been at my computer very much (I don’t have a computer at home). Washington teams had a pretty strong showing at the USATF XC Club Nationals in Spokane on December 13th. Below is a list of how each [...]
December 15, 2008
Cold, Windy Day of Racing at the 2008 USATF XC Club National Championships
While the 7 – 11 inches of snow that was predicted for race day in Spokane, WA never quite materialized (there was just a dusting of snow on the course at race time), the wind and cold temperatures were definitely a factor. By the time the races began on Saturday the temperature was about 20 [...]
December 10, 2008
Fairhaven Runners Team heading to Spokane for XC Club Nationals
Today’s issue of the Bellingham Herald has an article about how the Fairhaven Runners Team and I are heading to the USATF XC Club National Championships in Spokane this weekend. Its always great to see local papers giving some space to covering running (especially when you are the top of the article). In case anyone [...]
December 9, 2008
2008 USATF XC Club National Championships
Saturday, December 13th, is the USATF XC Club National Champioinships in Spokane, WA. This is always a very fun race because it has such a wide range of runners, from Olympians to your average local runner. Plus, the emphasis on the team aspect of running is great.
The race will be held at Plantes Ferry Park [...]
December 4, 2008
Schedule of Indoor Track Meets for Winter 2008/2009
When it comes to running indoor track in western Washington there is really only one place to go, the UW. The UW has a great indoor facility and they host several meets every winter. Below is a list of indoor meets at the UW that allow non-collegiate runners to enter. I will also post the [...]
