Dash Point Half Marathon & 10K

Runners will start the race in the park’s parking lot area just off Highway 509 (Dash Point Road), which lies just a short walk from the shoreline on Puget Sound, where visitors can take in both the beach and the wildlife, and where they may spot ducks, eagles, foxes and perhaps even coyotes. From the start/finish area near the parking lot, they’ll head south across Dash Point Road and into the trails that wind through the park, which is bordered by residential developments on all sides. The trails in the southern half of the park feature some long, gradual climbs — between the starting line and the mile 2 marker, the course elevation rises more than 400 feet — as well as some equally gradual downhill descents. Once runners make it to the peak elevation just past the mile 2 marker, the course then unfolds along a very gradual descent over the next few miles, which runners in the half marathon will repeat a second time, as they’ll run the out-and-back loop course twice, while those running the 10K will run it a single time. Following the registration and check-in on the morning of the race starting at 8:00 AM, and the starting time for the half marathon race is scheduled for 9:00 AM. Runners will have just over 4 hours to complete the half marathon, as the course will officially close at 1:30 PM. Want to know what the course will look like in Dash Point State Park? You can check out photos posted by the race organizers at their Facebook page.