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Race | Distance | Location | Date | Result |
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Tunnel Light Marathon | Marathon | Snoqualmie Pass, WA | Sep 15, 2019 | 4:20:00 |
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Tunnel Light Marathon | Marathon | Snoqualmie Pass, WA | Sep 15, 2019 | 4:20:00 |
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Tunnel Light Marathon
Great course in dry weather, rainy not
Tunnel Light Marathon
Beautiful gradual downhill course. I ran this race two times – once in dry weather and most recently in 2019 September in terrible downpour weather windy cold rainy muddy conditions. … MORE
Beautiful gradual downhill course. I ran this race two times – once in dry weather and most recently in 2019 September in terrible downpour weather windy cold rainy muddy conditions. Two dramatically different experiences. I BQ’d when it was dry and it was a horrible experience when it was pouring down rain.
After half mile you go through a 2 mile long train tunnel. This can be tricky and I saw several people twist their ankles. It’s heavily cambered when you first get into the tunnel so try to stay in the middle.
The course is easy trail with gravel and some larger stones. On a dry day there are 2 rutted out lanes which you can get into and cruise down the course. In September 2019, the rain was sheeting down and both of those lanes were full of water and muddy as heck. So you had a choice – either run on the side of the trail in the grass and wet leaves or run in the little hill between the two write it out lines were all the bigger stones were kicked up. It was an absolutely miserable experience in the rain and wind so you had a choice – either run on the side of the trail in the grass and wet leaves or run in the little hill between the two rutted out lanes where all the bigger stones were kicked up.
Because of the secluded nature of this trail, which I enjoyed immensely when it was dry, there is no sag wagon and only one bail out point around mile 13. I just checked the race results and they were 876 registered runners, 599 actually finished – which means about a third of the field either didn’t start or didn’t finish this race.
It was a test of endurance of another kind, and I think I ran the last half mildly hypothermic. Coming through the finish line they ran out of space blankets and then I spent 20 minutes shivering uncontrollably in the pouring down rain waiting for the bus to get back to the parking lot. In talking with other runners that ran this on Strava, sounds like the ambulances were very busy trying to get to people that had wiped out and injured themselves. IMHO, they should have postponed this race. It ended up being a very dangerous race.
Overall, in dry conditions I would absolutely recommend this race, maybe even in slight sprinkling or showers. In a torrential down pour absolutely not. It was a dangerous place to be and I feel grateful to have finished without any major issues.