I visited Bellingham for the first time this past weekend- wow. What a beautiful community with an abundance of running trails. If they had a university here they could rival Eugene as a running mecca.
I was in town for the 41st running of the Chuckanut 7 mile foot race- the oldest race in the state of Washington. All I can say is the course was fantastic- beautiful, shaded, mostly flat 7 mile point to point. A couple of challenging hills strategiclly placed after 2 and 5 miles- just enough to make it interesting. I ran a very good race- averaging 6:10 per mile on trail for 7 miles is about as fast as I can go.
The Greater Bellingham Running Club did a fantastic job handling 1,000 plus participants. results
Steve DeKoker Seattle, WA 27 M............ 00:37:47.1
263 Ian Fraser Port Townsend, WA 34 M...... 00:37:55.8
543 Michael Lynes Tacoma, WA 42 M.......... 00:38:43.5
117 Dusty Caseria Bellingham, WA 21 M...... 00:39:09.9
792 Joshua Simpson Sedro Woolley, WA 19 M.. 00:39:39.4
424 Cory Jenkins Lynden, WA 20 M.......... 00:39:40.2
51 Dagen Bendixen Bellingham, WA 29 M..... 00:39:56.4
346 Travis Harris Bozeman, MT 24 M........ 00:40:33.7
671 Peter Oviatt Bellingham, WA 38 M...... 00:40:38.0
501 David Larpenteur Bellingham, WA 23 M.. 00:40:45.8
270 Marc Fuhrmeister 17 M................. 00:40:50.5
527 Danny Lindstrom Anacortes, WA 19 M..... 00:41:02.9
324 Jason Gulley Ferndale, WA 28 M........ 00:41:11.4
216 Robert Durrant Langley, BC 43 M....... 00:41:14.2
922 Keefer Whan Mount Vernon, WA 43 M..... 00:41:48.0
885 Joshua Vander Wiele Lynden, WA 27 M... 00:41:52.3
53 Hunter Bennett Bellingham, WA 16 M..... 00:42:04.8
198 Rusty Dodge Bellingham, WA 29 M....... 00:42:23.0
238 Alex Evans Bellingham, WA 22 M........ 00:43:05.8
973 Dave Elger Coupeville, WA 54 M........ 00:43:19.7
Way to go, Dave!
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