Wear Your Shirt to celebrate!
I’ve been thinking on how to celebrate 20 years of race directing. There is nothing that makes me happier than seeing Chuckanut 50k race shirts on people. I awkwardly call them out pretty much where ever I see them. On instagram posts, along the trails or even through town if I happen to see our logo popping up. So my thought is to have as many runners as are willing to race in a previous Chuckanut 50k race shirt on race day this year. It seems like a simple ask, but also as a coach I know how important it is to train in the gear you are going to race in and know how it is going to perform. So be sure to do some training runs in your race shirts and decide which one to wear come March 19.
If you are in need of a previous Chuckanut 50k race shirt I have some in my office and would love to have them on people rather than in boxes. I’ll post sizes and prices below and you can email me to have one shipped or you can pick up at Prime Sports Institute on State Street in Bellingham.
For those of you curious on dates: Doug McKeever and Richard West founded the race in 1993. They directed through 2002, 10 years. I took over in 2003. I am counting race directing in 2020 because we had done everything and had to cancel 11 days out and then still had a ton of follow up with refunds. I’m also counting RD’ing in 2021 as a virtual year. Now to count the race years. This will the 28th running of the Chuckanut 50k because we were not in-person 2020 or 2021. Does this math work for everyone else?
Thank you for helping me celebrate this 2 decade commitment!
And looking ahead to at least a few more years…
