AWARDS: January Segment Awards Announced

February 01, 2021 by Race Director

The January Segments are complete! And now for the fun part - to announce your prizes! Names were first announced on Ginger Runner Live Monday night February 1. The following list shares the prizes of our individual winners.

Awards will ship the middle of February. All prize winners had to meet the minimums of the required mileage and elevation gain or loss as specified.

GingerRunner Live

Segment 1 - Sponsor: Wander Brewing

$100 cash each

Fastest Female Open (under 40) - Corrine Malcolm

Fastest Male Open (under 40) -Andy Wacker

Fastest Female Masters (40+) - Monica Ochs

Fastest Male Masters (40+) - Allen Carburt

Segment 2 - Sponsor: Aspire Adventure Running

$100 Gift Cards to an upcoming Aspire Adventure

Got the most time out there!

1. Tessa Burchardt

2. Kirstie Polentz

3. Jennifer Wascher

4. Sherry Gallant

Segment 3 - Sponsor: Trail Butter

Big Squeeze Pack, Headwrap and 1 jar

Most Attempts on Segment 3

1. Kelsey Groenhoet (3)

2. Maxwell Chmielewskie (2)

3. Scott Barrow (2)

4. Twila Wiebe (2)

5. Tessa Burchardt (2)

Segment 4 - Sponsor: Ultimate Direction

Hydration Packs

Middle of the Pack

The 4 runners that are middle of the pack, based on time.

1. Shelby Traeger

2. Amanda Cook

3. Meghan Lelonek

4. Dana Sturtz

Segment 5 - Sponsor: ProTec Athletics

Top 3 in Mileage to achieve the required elevation loss 1601 ft

$100 Katherine Gifford

$75 Alana Killeen

Top 3 most elevation loss accumulated

Foam Roller & IT Band Support

1. Rod Putney

2. Angela Kuzior

3. Dorene Hopkins

4. Dimitri Hunter

Segment 6 - Sponsor: Fairhaven Runners & Hammer Nutrition

Randomly assign 8 prizes!

(All runners that submitted to this segment were eligible for prizes)

Fairhaven Runners $25 GC’s

1. Ashtyn Mott

2. Brett Jamieson

3. Diana Kitching

4. Carl Reppun

Hammer Nutrition Products

1. Jocelynn Rooke

2. Jordan Nash

3. Scarlett Graham

4. Erin Brunner

Monthly Awards Announcements: to be hosted on GRLive!

January 19, 2021 by Race Director

We are teaming up with Kim and Ethan on GingerRunner Live to announce our Monthly Segment Awards!

Kim and Ethan are PNW Trail Runners, Race Directors of the Tiger Claw in Issaquah in addition to creating amazing community for 10+ years through their online and in-person gatherings.

Creating a new Chuckanut Virtual 50k has been an incredible challenge our team keeps responding to, and coming up with, awesome ways to engage with our runners. From surprise PRIZE giveaways to local editions of the segment challenge (first to launch is OLYMPIA) we are continuing to work within this virtual world to stay engaged with our Chuckanut 50k running community.

2021 Race Registration is still open and we would love for you to join!

Participating in even one segment counts and supporting the 2021 Virtual Event ensures priority registration for our next in-person event (2021 and 2022).

We are so excited that Ethan and Kim are IN to share time on their regular Monday evening segments to help us announce the winners of the fun segments. Each segment is sponsored and there are fun prizes to be announced and shared! GRLive will help get the word out and make sharing even more fun!

Our January Segment Award Winners will first be announced on GRLive on February 1st! Join the show!!

GO! - 2021 is here! Time to start the January Segments

January 02, 2021 by Race Director

Ready? Set. Yes and yes - You registered and then paused until the calendar flipped over. Now it is time to GO! Happy New Year and fun kick off to 2021!

We are excited to have participants start uploading their segments. Those that are currently registered received an email from Pacific MultiSports yesterday (Jan 1) with instructions and details on how to upload their segment results. Please let us know if you have any questions!

2021 SHIRTS are available for sale NOW!

December 29, 2020 by Race Director

If you have already joined us by registering for the 2021 Chuckanut 50k, THANK YOU! We are excited to get things rolling next week! For those still looking to register we encourage you to do so asap so you enjoy all of the benefits through these next three months.

Our 2021 shirts are now available for order! Patagonia Cap Daily Long Sleeved Shirts. This is an amazing fabric for running and running around (same as the 2020 shirts).

Women’s Cap Cool Daily Long Sleeve (Link to Patagonia site)

Men’s Cap Cool Daily Long Sleeve (Link to Patagonia site)

If you have already registered you will receive an email with instructions on how to order. If you have yet to register you will be able to add one of these beauties to your registration. Shirts are not included, but sold at $25 (MSRP is $45).

Chuckanut 50k 2021: Registration Opens December 4, 8amPST on Pacific MultiSports

November 23, 2020 by Race Director

We are extremely motivated by the hope of bringing the community together again. With the 2020 event fully planned and having to postpone just 10 days prior to race day and then eventually having to cancel we got creative and have engaging options for the 28th running in 2021. Please note registration has moved to Pacific MultiSports.

Check out our Event Description for Details about our January, February Challenges and March Event - ALL included in your Registration Fee.

Registering for the 2021 Virtual Run Gives priority Registration on the next In-Person Event.

We have in-person options ready to add for 2021, if possible with permits, vendors and based on the status of the pandemic. An in-person event will require an additional registration made available based on original sign up order.

Please note - your registration for the 2021 Virtual Event gives you priority registration for BOTH the possible 2021 event AND priority registration for the 2022 event (not a guaranteed spot, but early registration access.)

Registration opens on December 4, 8am PST on Pacific MultiSports.

Thank you for your support and understanding as we navigate the changes and challenges of race directing and event production in a pandemic.

Chuckanut 50k Shirts Available: Long sleeve, Patagonia, not race specific

November 17, 2020 by Race Director

Because we were not able to host the race in 2020 but we had nearly everything ready to go we had over 350 shirts on hand ready to print. After officially canceling the event in July we opted to print the backs of the shirts different than during a race year - see the following photos. If you have run the Chuckanut 50k or one day want to, we still have some of the 2020 Long sleeve, Patagonia Cool Trail Fabric shirts available. Both Mens and womens.

Shirts sell for $25 (same cost as at registration) plus $6 for shipping. Please email Krissy your size and address. Payments receivable via Venmo or mailed check.

2020 SHIRTS - Patagonia Long Sleeve Capilene Cool Daily (retail $49)

2019 Shirts

We have a few shirts leftover from the 2019 race. We are selling these for $20 each plus $6 for shipping. Please email Krissy your size and address. Payments receivable via Venmo or mailed check.

Mens & Womens colors for 2019 shirts - back

Limited Number of 2020 Shirts for Sale - $25plus shipping

October 07, 2020 by Race Director

Those people that ordered a Chuckanut 50k shirt should have them in hand, and if not yet, SOON! Please post your photos and tag us on instagram so we can see you putting it to use this fall. @chuckanut50 on Instagram.

There are only a few left over after the first shipment, so if you would like a 2020 OR 2019 Chuckanut 50k shirt please email Krissy . Photos of the 2020 and 2019 shirts can be seen HERE.

The best form of payment is via Venmo. I will send you the account information in my response email. Shirts are $25 each plus $6 for shipping. Unfortunately (we learned the hard way) we do not have a way to sell these outside of the USA.

Sizes available:

2020

Men’s = 3 Small, 5 Medium, 5 Large, 2 XL

Womens = 12 Small, 4 Medium, 2 Large, 2 XL

2019

Men’s = 1 Small, 2 Medium, 5 Large

Womens = 3 Medium, 6 Large, 2 XL

Address Updates

September 21, 2020 by Race Director

Have you moved since you registered for Chuckanut 50k December 6, 2019? If so you need to update your address by emailing Krissy. We have already printed labels and are packing up shirts to mail. We’d like to ensure that we send these to the correct address. This is only if you ordered a shirt which you can check on your UltraSignUp account. Please send confirmation of shirt order with address change. Thanks!

Final Refunds written! Shirt Update.

September 17, 2020 by Race Director

Those that requested a partial refund on or before September 17, the checks are in the mail this evening (9/17). The “request by” date is September 18, so if you meant to request you still have 24hours to get that emailed to me. After that, please understand that we will not write any more refund checks for the 2020 event.

Due to a medical emergency in the Chuckanut 50k family, restrictions to groups gathering due to COVID and the volume of shirts myself and Tyler need to sort, package and print labels for, in addition to sending BibBoards if ordered, I am still working to create a process to get these great shirts to the runners that ordered them and create a way to sell those that are remaining. Thank you for your patience! I will post another Race Update with delivery information soon.

Refunds are in the mail! And... 2020 Shirt preview

September 03, 2020 by Race Director

REFUNDS

For all runners that requested refunds prior to September 2 we wrote checks and put them in the mail September 3. I still need international postage for some envelopes, so they will be in the mail soon.

Runners still have until September 18, 2020 to send their request for partial refund.

2020 SHIRTS - Patagonia Long Sleeve Capilene Cool Daily (retail $49)

We finalized the Chuckanut 50k 2020 shirts are excited with how they turned out. We are hopeful you are too. Thank you for your patience as we work on a process to bundle and deliver over 350 shirts. We will first get shirts to those runners that ordered them at registration. Any extra shirts will sell for $25 (same cost as at registration). We will share those quantities and how to purchase soon.

2019 Shirts

We have a few shirts leftover from 2019. We will sell these for $20 each. Sizes available: 1 mens Small, 2 mens Medium, 6 mens Large, 3 womens Medium, 6 womens Large, 2 womens XL. Please email Krissy your size and address. Payments receivable via Venmo or mailed check.

Making the call for 2020

July 02, 2020 by Race Director

EDITED 7/22 - refund processing changed

It has taken three and a half months to wrap our heads around the idea of canceling the 2020 Chuckanut 50k. On March 11 when we announced our postponement due to COVID and Washington State Governor’s group size order (weeks before we really understood the implications) we held on to the hope of putting together a fall Chuckanut 50k. In our current Phase 2 status that limits group sizes & travel, the City of Bellingham not issuing permits through August (at a minimum), and in having multiple conversations with our staff and other race directors, we have decided to cancel the 2020 event.

I intend to cover all questions associated with this decision below - please read through and then of course email me if you have any other concerns and I will add them to this post.

Unique Cancelation and Refund Opportunity: our cancelation policy does not allow for refunds, but our team worked through our numbers, and taking this whole situation into account, created a Covid refund policy that we posted on March 20. We will offer a $50 refund to each runner that requests it by email to Krissy. All refund requests must be submitted by September 18, 2020. Refunds will be issued through mailed checks. Please ensure your mailing address is current on your UltraSignUp account or include your current mailing address in your email request.

(We originally planned to use UltraSignUp.com for refunds, but we are past the allotted 90 days that the credit card companies allow. Thank you for your patience as check writing and mailing will be a slower process.)

Shirts: Each year runners have the option to buy a long sleeve Patagonia Cool Trail shirt at registration. Those of you that bought shirts for the 2020 event - the fronts are screen printed and we see them as yours. We are planning a special design to add to the back to acknowledge the uniqueness of 2020. Once they are screened we will ship them to each individual that ordered one. If we have any leftovers we will sell them to anyone else at the original cost of $25.

Decision to cancel: In addition to the above stated immediate reasons, our team decided to put our energy into creating necessary options and be prepared for 2021 event possibilities.

2021 planning: RD Krissy Moehl has been working with the Race Director Alliance to create a document of best practices for putting on an event amidst the Covid era. This document is available for all to review, download and adapt for their events. The Chuckanut 50k will follows these guidelines when race production becomes possible.

In the meantime: There is amazing creativity happening in the ultra/trail space, from personal backyard adventures, to Virtual Races to connect globally. We are inspired by the massive efforts to create community utilizing technology until we can gather in-person again.

GRGR2020 - July 6-12

WallaTrails Hamster Runs - August 22-23

iRunFar To the Moon Relay - June 29 - July 5

BuDu Racing Beat the Virus - complete 6/28

These are just a few. Please feel free to add others in the comments below. Also, please share with us the adventures you have created.

We will continue to post updates on the race website as we create options and make plans for 2021. Thank you for the incredible level of understanding and support we have felt from this community for the past 28 years and especially in this challenging cancelation. WE MISSED YOU in MARCH! And really look forward to gathering again in Fairhaven Park and the Chuckanuts when it is safe.