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2026 GREEN RIVER HALF MARATHON and DOUBLE HALF MARATHON (full)Saturday, February 7, 2025
Every year come rain or shine (usually rain!) on the first or second Saturday in February, we hold another fundraiser half marathon. All donations benefit Northwest Harvest or other local food banks. In previous years we only had a half marathon at the beginning of February. In 2023 we successfully added a full marathon distance and have continued to the inclusion of a full marathon since then.
EVENT MAIN WEBPAGE:
https://greenrivermarathon.com/results/2026_Green_River_Half_Marathon.html
TWO EVENTS 1 WEEK APART
The Green River Half Marathon and Double Half event is the second of two events held 1 week apart. See:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreenRiverMarathonSeries/events/
SCHEDULE
Upon arrival at the 3 Friends Fishing Hole parking lot, please check in with the race director, Steve Barrick; or a volunteer and make your $20 donation. Steve will arrive in time to check-in people and start runners at the 6AM start time. If you have a timing device, you can start before the race director arrives and when you finish, you can make your donation while self-reporting your finish time. If you start before sunrise, please remember to bring a headlamp or flashlight so you can see the course markings. Runners are not limited to the following start times if they have a timing device or app to self-report their finish times.
->6 AM – Super Early Marathon Mass Start
->7 AM – Early Marathon Mass Start
->8 AM – Mass start for Full Marathon runners and Half Marathon runners who need more than 3 hours
->9 AM – Mass start for Half Marathon runners who need less than 3 hours
->12 PM – Course closes at Alki Beach
->2 PM – Course closes at the Tukwila start/finish line.
When you finish, please confirm your finish time with one of the volunteers carrying a clipboard or with the race director. If you arrive at the finish after everyone is gone, please email your finish time to:
[email protected]
REGISTRATION
To register, runners need to email the race director Steve Barrick at [email protected] and supply the following information:
- First and last name
- City, State
- Date of Birth
- Age on Feb 7, 2026
- Gender
- Best half marathon time
- Predicted finish time
THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE !!!
Our event is a donation-based race benefiting Northwest Harvest. Your donations will be matched and matched again so that a donation of $20.00 will become $80.00. Also, if racers care to donate more than the initial $20.00, it will be sincerely welcomed.
ZELLE
Racers have the option of pre-paying a $20 donation via ZELLE (https://www.zellepay.com/) to Steve Barrick at [email protected].
If you wish to run our race as a virtual race, please donate via ZELLE and forward a screenshot of your GPS app finish time and distance with your registration email to the race director. Virtual racers can complete their race distance on any date before the official race date.
START/FINNISH ADDRESS
Three Friends Fishing Hole (on the Green River Trial)
19970 Russell Road
Kent, WA 98032
Map: http://tinyurl.com/3FriendsFishingHole
PLEASE NOTE: In previous years people had serious difficulty finding the start location via smartphone GPS app. If you want to avoid frustration, please copy and print the following travel instructions:
TRAVEL DIRECTIONS FROM I-5
1 - Take Exit 152 onto Orillia Rd (not onto S 188th St)
2 - Go downhill toward the Kent Valley on Orillia Rd
3 - After about a half mile, take the first available left onto S 200th St
4 - After another half mile you will cross the Green River and take an immediate right onto 58th Pl S
5 - Follow 58th Pl S a short distance into the parking lot area. The check-in table is under a large picnic shelter near the trail.
TRAVEL DIRECTIONS FROM HWY 167
1 - Take the S 212th St Exit (WinCo exit) and go west (not uphill) onto S 212th St.
2 - Go about 3.5 miles completely across the Kent Valley on S 212th St and further as it continues uphill as Orillia Rd S (If you reach I-5, you have gone about a half mile too far.)
3 - Take a right onto S 200th St.
4 - After about a half mile you will cross the Green River and take an immediate right onto 58th Pl S
5 - Follow 58th Pl S a short distance into the parking lot. The sign-in table is under a large picnic shelter near the trail.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
HALF MARATHON COURSE ~ Start/Finish at 3 Friends Fishing Hole. Repeat the South out-and-back course twice. See the South out-and-back Course Map below.
FULL MARATHON COURSE~ Start/Finish at 3 Friends Fishing Hole. Run the South and North courses one time each. (The Full Marathon course is subject to changes pending trail construction completion.) See both out-and-back Course Maps below.
Green River Trail South out-and-back Course Map: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/edit/6370884400/
Green River Trail North out-and-back Course Map:
https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6370897153/
The courses will be well marked with spray painted orange arrows on the pavement. If participants pay attention to the course markings, it is almost impossible for them to go off course. The restrooms at the start are closed for the season so take care of your restroom needs ahead of time. There are full restroom facilities at the playground near the halfway point of the South out-and-back. There is also a porta-potty at the far end of the North out-and-back.
PARKING and TRANSPORTATION
There is plenty of free parking at 3 Friends Fishing Hole. Feel free to use the discussion area to arrange ride share and carpooling.
COURSE SUPPORT
Please bring your own water bottles or hydration backpacks. The restrooms are closed for the season at the Start/Finish. Water and Gatorade will be available. Restrooms are available mid-course on the South out-and-back. A porta-potty and hydration station are available near the turnaround of the North out-and-back course. The north support station will close around noon. Please bring your own hydration supplies if you plan on arriving after it closes.
CONFIRMATION LIST
Please allow the race director a few days to add your name to the confirmation list which can be found here:
https://greenrivermarathon.com/results/entriesall.html
DOGS, BABY JOGGERS, WALKERS and EARPHONES
Green River Series races are friendly to all levels of participants including walkers. We have no special restrictions. Dogs are allowed if they are well behaved.
QUESTIONS?????
If you have any questions, feel free to ask (or answer) questions in our Facebook group discussion section.
RACE DIRECTOR
Steve Barrick
[email protected]
GREEN RIVER MARATHON SERIES RACE CALENDAR
http://greenrivermarathon.com/RACES.html
Event post last updated on 12/18/2025.
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