Anyone in the CSE community is welcome to run as part of the Race Condition Running team. We interpret this broadly.

You can choose how far, and we'll be able to satisfy essentially any distance preference from .5 to 40 miles.

Also up to you. We'll plan based on your pace estimate, taking into account things like the elevation change and the street context as well. You may be scheduled to run more slowly than your preference to accommodate other runners.

Depends on how long and where you want to run. The RCR team expects to take about 8 hours to complete the event (running from 08:30 to 16:30). If you have a hard time constraint, please include it in your registration comments.

No. We typically plan the legs through the downtown core only modestly faster than walking pace, so we'll have no problem accommodating a broad range of abilities.

We recommend you join an RCR weekday run before the relay so that we can figure out what's appropriate. This is especially important if you're new to running or if you're returning after a long break.

The organizers have run the course and put together some notes about what to expect along each leg, so do click around the route map. For the RCR team, multiple people will be assigned to each leg and at least one experienced runner will be in the group at all times. Please note any concerns or constraints on the open-ended part of the sign-up form so we can accommodate you.

The form will stay open until the Sunday before the event. Once it closes, the schedule won't be changed to accommodate your preferences, but you can join for any legs that you are able to. Please message us in the event Slack channel, #light-rail-relay-24, so we know to expect you.

You can update your responses on the form until the weekend before the event. After that point, you can reduce or increase the number of legs that you run if it does not affect the pace schedule, otherwise there will be no changes.

LRR24 Captains,
I got to chat with many of you and team and heard lots of positive feedback. If you have or hear other ideas or less-positive feedback, please share. The event will continue to evolve, especially as the Link system grows.

Please do send station photos (as many as you have) when you can. I will post a results table when I have enough. We don’t publish the photos, but I hope you share them someplace to celebrate your team’s accomplishment. If it’s easier, a list of links to public Strava activities covering the line should also work.

If you want to be notified before the next LRR, you can opt in by leaving your email address at this form. Registration email addresses are only used for communicating about registration (and not marketing).

I will get you copies of any team portraits I got at the finish, but I’m generally slow to churn through photos. Sorry about that.

Thanks for running!
—Nick

Hi LRR24 Captains,
Hope you and team are set for Saturday. Weather is looking nice and mild.

• Team/Solo entry closed yesterday. With additions/withdrawals, we now total 12 teams and 2 solo runners, with about 120 participants total.
  • I hope you’ll get the chance to see other teams on the way, but it’s a big course!
  • Come to Angle Lake early if you want to guarantee meeting people. Several caravanning teams will be there en masse.
• Please have your team members (including you) fill out the waiver. You should have a link to a view of who has completed it.
• Teams that requested schedules:
  • I’ve put a “suggested schedule” in another tab of your sheet. It’s what you get if you try to respect all the preferences given, which often isn’t exactly what you want! Just a reference point.
  • These schedules also include a small exchange time buffer and climbing-based pace adjustment. Nailing exchanges saves time (easier said than done).

• Those taking the 1 Line to the start, I recommend catching this scheduled trip (#2018):
• There are several major road disruptions this weekend which may impact travel from outside Seattle proper.

• Rob of team Velociraptors put together a quick turn-by-turn PDF which he has kindly shared in case it’s useful for other teams.
  • Be like Rob; make sure your team has a navigation solution that works for them. If you’re running with your phone, you can always use the route map on the site. Location information shared with the map is only used to draw your dot on the map and does not leave your device.

Copies of these emails (sans my contact information) will be posted on the site. Any last minute updates will go out to you via email only.

See you soon,
Nick

Hello LRR24 Captains,
I hope you’re looking forward to next weekend. Here’s your brief.

We expect 10 teams and 3 solo runners, with about 80 participants total. The median finish time estimate is 7 hours.
Team/solo entry will close Tuesday night (9-24), and the runner sign up form will close Thursday night (9-26). Let your friends know they only have a few days to decide 😉
Weather (as of 9-21): dry, starting in 50s, ending in 60s F

• Please have your runners sign up! There’s a waiver so they understand what they’re getting into, and it allows me to confirm team sizes for results.
• We’ll send recommended schedules to teams that asked for them Thursday morning.
• The route on the website was updated with minor street and exchange tweaks. No further changes expected. Grab a fresh GPX and update any materials you made for your team.
• Tell runners to review the route and notes.
  • It’s an open, unmarked course, and it is possible to get lost
  • The route is detailed down to the level of sidewalks and crossings
  • When in doubt, stick to the route. It avoids construction and pedestrian-hostile areas.
• Warnings ⚠️:
  • Leg 3: Runner must be prepared. Difficult to navigate, long, and hilly. Uses multiple narrow overpass bridges and has a couple sidewalk-less segments.
  • Leg 11/12, Pioneer Square exchange: The street can be rough, so this is the only exchange where we recommend meeting inside the station.
  • Leg 21: NE 188th St is a big hill with no sidewalks, and the turn+crossing on 15th Ave NE is unprotected. Use caution.
  • Leg 13 (Pike Place): Routed for sights. It’s also the halfway mark this year. Convenient spot if you want the team together for one photo.

• The start is at 08:30 from the Angle Lake station platform, right under the hanging “Cloud” sculpture (photo attached). I will be on the platform from 8:00 to distribute batons and answer questions. It’s usually chilly.
• Remember to take station photos (even when runners aren’t exchanging at a station!)
• The map has live and scheduled train data:
  • Zoom in to see which trip number you’re on. Useful if you’re sharing an ETA or riding together!
  • Zoom into stations to see the arrivals board.
• It’s unlikely, but:
  • Major medical incidents: contact emergency services, then contact me (phone number withheld).
  • Missing runners: contact me (phone number withheld).
• Solo runners:
  • See the notes on recommended pitstops under “How do we manage our team’s logistics?” in the FAQ. TLDR: plenty of shops along the way; libraries are the safest bathroom bet.
• Fun:
  • There’s a street party in the U District: U District Chowdown
  • Olive Garden is a half mile from the end of the line in Lynnwood 🥖

• Here’s the upload link for photos (23 zipped): Photo upload link
  • These are for timing, we don’t share them. Results will be posted Sunday evening or sooner.

See you in a week,
Nick