ROAM & Wander provide Coffee at the Start and NA beer at the Finish!

The owner of ROAM Coffee and Wander Brewing has run and loves the Chuckanut 50k so much that he wakes before most runners on Saturday morning to brew coffee and brings it to the start line. He also teamed up with Athletic Brewing to provide NA beers at the finish line. He provides this to our volunteers and runners. Bring your own cup and give Chad a big THANK YOU!!

Wander is where the post Party is at - from 4-9pm and the special collab Chuckanut 50k 30th running “Chinscraper IPA” is on tap and for sale in 4-packs. Does this guy just ooze community or what?!

Thank you Chad!

Please thank Chad when you pick up your coffee or beer and while in town support these awesome local businesses.

Parking

Friday Packet Pickup is at Prime Sports Institute - 1704 N State Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

You can park along the side of the Bellingham Fitness building, same side of the street and next door to Prime. There is also street parking across State from Prime. Or you can park at Tim’s Bike Shop (formerly Kona), just two doors south of Prime. Please be respectful of these businesses.

Saturday Race morning

All vehicles must park at Western Washington University Lot C, closest address is 1950 Bill McDonald Pkwy Bellingham, WA 98225, the actual entrance is about 100 yards past this location on the right-hand side if you are traveling northbound on Bill McDonald Pkwy.

The Baker Bus will shuttle runners to the start/finish line at Fairhaven Park. Shuttles begin at 6:15am; the last morning shuttle will depart WWU at 7:40am. Plan to arrive with plenty of time to park your car and hop on the shuttle (about a 10-minute drive). There will also be shuttles from 9:30am - 11:00 to transports participants in the Kids Race and their parents. Afternoon shuttles will run from 12:00-5:00pm to return you to your car.

Cupless 50k! and Aid Station Eats

Remember the Chuckanut 50k is a cupless event.

We encourage you to carry your own reusable cup to partake in the variety of liquid options we offer at aid stations. From Cola to Pickle Juice, Ginger Ale to HEED, we’ve got options that you’ll need a cup for.

Speaking of Aid Stations, the bins are sorted! Big thanks to Walla Trails Gretchen Walla for helping RD Krissy today. Spreading out the supplies and creating aid station bins is a weird collection of eats & supplies, and a game of Tetris fitting it all into transportable bins. I have to wonder what our fabulous aid station captains think when the open these black tubs with bright yellow lids.

If you are curious what eats are at the aid stations, there is a photo below of the snacks you will find. We will add bananas, oranges, cola, ginger ale, Endurolytes, peanut butter & jelly flour tortilla wraps, and peanut butter & pickle flour tortilla wraps.

We are hands-free aid stations - we ask that you use tongs and there will be muffin cups of single-servings.

We look forward to seeing you on Friday at bib pick up and/or Saturday morning in Fairhaven Park!

Fantasy Picks for Chuckanut 50k?

FreeTrail Fantasy is open for your picks!

All you need to do is visit the link above, click "Sign In" to create an account if you don't already have one, and pick five deep in each field. Make sure to click "Submit" after you make your picks, and know that you can change your picks as many times as you'd like before the race starts. FreeTrail will score the predictions after the results are in on Saturday. And it sounds like there are some fun prizes shipped to the best predictor for each race.

Entrants List is Live! Race Bib Information.

Pacific MultiSports is hosting the Live Entrants list. All runners that are ready to toe the line are shown.

This list also shows runners’ bib numbers. If your bib is over 9000 that means you have not yet picked up your bib. You will be assigned a race number when you pick up.

You can pick up your race bib (and shirt if you ordered one) at Fairhaven Runners this week until Friday at 1pm.

After that you can pick up your bib (and shirt if you ordered one) at Prime Sports Institute from 4-7pm at our race hosted packet pickup, along with swag from our sponsors, supporters and contributing brands.

Saturday morning we will assign the remaining bibs to runners at check in from 6:15-7:45am.

The race start is at 8am. We will line everyone up at 7:45am for the main wave start and a 30th running surprise! Early start is at 7am, you must notify Krissy if you intend to start early.

Each race bib has a bag tag for your finish line bag and a $7 meal ticket for use at the finish line food trucks. Please take care of these tags as we can not reissue them.

If you are not able to join us for any reason please email Krissy so that I can remove you from the start list.

10 minute Trip Down Memory Lane - Glenn Tachiyama

We are so thankful for the thoughtful work Glenn Tachiyama, long time race photographer for the Chuckanut 50k and tons of ultras around the country, put in to create a 10 minute slideshow of photos of the Chuckanut 50k over the years. It is challenging to find photos from the 90s and even early 2000s, but this collection captures some of the history of this long standing classic race.

With about 1 week till race day we thought we’d share this ahead of time to stir up your excitement for your race next weekend. We will also have this showing on loop at Wander Brewing on Saturday evening at the post party!

Wander Post Race Party

AFTER PARTY: Plan to stick around for the after party at Wander Brewing. Wander Brewing created a "Chinscraper IPA" that will be on tap, a special celebratory beer for our 30th Running. There will be food trucks, GirlnDog cookies and a 10 minute slideshow running on loop created by long time race photographer Glenn Tachiyama. Mostly we intend to create a space to hear your stories from the day, cheers the 30th running and share in that post run glow with each of you.

Chuckanut Kids' Race too!

We are in the two week window and we want to remind you that we host a Kids’ Race from the same start line at 10am on race day. After the 50k runners have left the park we line the half mile route with YMCA staff and volunteers to cheer on the kid racers (12 and under) for 30 minutes of loopy fun! Kids run as many loops as they can in 30 minutes and receive a jelly bracelet each loop to count the laps. We give out a ton of prizes and this year have a special partnership with Patagonia Kids!

Learn more race details HERE and Register your Kids on Pacific MultiSports HERE

Also, a version of the 2023 Chuckanut Kids race film, Run Like A Kid, was entered in the Trail Running Film Festival and made the cut! We will be at the Seattle showing!

This event benefits our Whatcom YMCA Girls on the Run and Trail Blazers programs.

Chuckanut Kids Race video 2023