2021 Awards & Thank Yous
Thank you for your support this year and to those of you that joined us Sunday, thank you for sharing your stories at the virtual post-race party. It was wonderful to hear your counts and see so many faces after our first all virtual race. We can not wait to be with you all (hopefully) in-person next year.
Remember!: Your registration in 2021 means priority registration in 2022!
Watch your email early December for a link to early registration and your chance to beat the rush and secure your spot.
Prizes!
We handed out a lot of prizes on Sunday; for speedsters, for climbers, for sharing, and for being with us. Prize winners are listed at the bottom of this post.
We need to put together these prize packages from our sponsors, and we are aiming to get those out to those that won them by April 16th (if not sooner). We will communicate with all of the prize winners to figure out if you can pick up your goods from Prime Sports Institute or if you would like us to mail them.
Doug
We are SO thankful that race founder Doug McKeever continues adding his energy to the Chuckanut 50k. For those that ran the course 3/13 and 3/20 Doug set up signs and manned the 3.5 aid station for runners and hikers as they came off of the ridge. He also shared stories on our Sunday Virtual Post Party. What I did not know when I (Krissy) took over the race in 2003 was the life long friend I would gain in this local legend.
Photos
Fellow Virtual runner, local photographer, and phenomenal bread baker, Ben Groenhout created an awesome album of photos of local racers that ran the course on 3/20. He has given us the thumbs up to share away. If you download any of these photos please give him photo credit. (Instagram handle: @ben_groenhoet )
https://bengroenhout.smugmug.com/Chuckanut-50k-Virtual-Race-Day/
SPONSORS
And last, a huge thank you to all of our sponsors that helped make this virtual race happen, and help us make this race special year after year :
Patagonia, Hoka One One, Wander Brewing, Aspire Adventure Running, Trail Butter, Ultimate Direction, ProTec Athletics, Fairhaven Runners & Hammer Nutrition
See you all next year!
Krissy, Kevin and Tyler
2021 PRIZE WINNERS
Most Segment Attempts (Jan - March) - Kelsey Groenhoet (15 segments)
Most Mileage & Vert accumulated (Jan - March) - Katherine Gifford (179 miles, 7,749ft, 11 segments)
First Person to enter their 50k result in March: Monica Ochs
Last Person to enter their 50k result before the noon 3/21 cutoff: Bill Tokhein
Biggest Donations: Amanda Cook, Evan Griffith & Jennifer Bard
non-profit organizations we support: Girls on the Run Whatcom County, The Conservation Alliance and Recreation Northwest.
FASTEST on 50k COURSE:
Time: Kristina Randrup - 4:43:08
Male: Maxwell Chmielewski 4:49:01
Female Masters: Corinne Sayler 5:32:54
Male Masters: Kevin Sayler 5:07:47
Previously Picked Finish Times by the Race Directors
5:03:41 Kevin Sayler
5:30 Tad Ochwat
6:10:44 Mike Agamenoni
6:49:32 Albert Frederick
7:23 Emily Johnston
8:02:19 Brendan Bracken
Random Prize Draw from people present at Virtual Party
Dana Sturtz
Colleen Rice
Scotty Johnson
Random Prize Draw from 50k finishers
Brendan Bracken
Morris Arthur
Rod Putney