IN UNITY WE RUN Marathon & Half Marathon

IN UNITY WE RUN
Marathon & Half Marathon (or any distance you choose)

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SCHEDULE
Saturday, November 1st, 2025
The Race Director, Steve Barrick, will arrive before 6 AM and start checking people in
6 AM ~ Super Early Start for the Full Marathon
7 AM ~ Early Start for the Full Marathon
8 AM ~ Regular Start for the Full Marathon
9 AM ~ Half Marathon Start
2 PM ~ Course closed
All runners are expected to track their own times and report their finish times to the race director. If anyone prefers to start on their own instead of with a group start, he/she is welcome to do so.


IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Check in with your $20 donation before the race.
Runners needing more than 8 hours can arrive before 6AM, self-start, self-report finish times, and make their donations after they finish. Runners reaching the finish line after 2PM can email finish times to:
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If you plan on starting before daylight, please remember to bring a headlamp or flashlight.


Event Main Webpage
http://www.greenrivermarathon.com/results/2025_IUWR.html


THERE IS NO PRE-RACE REGISTRATION FEE !!!
Our event is a donation-based race benefiting Northwest Harvest Food Bank. Your day of race 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 YmFycmljayB8IGdyZWVucml2ZXJtYXJhdGhvbiAhIGNvbQ==.
However, cash (or check) on race day is perfectly acceptable if you are hesitant to use Zelle. 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.

REGISTRATION BY EMAIL
To register, runners need to email the race director Steve Barrick at YmFycmljayB8IGdyZWVucml2ZXJtYXJhdGhvbiAhIGNvbQ== and supply the following information:
- State whether you want to run to the half, full, or other distance.
- First and last name
- City, State
- Date of Birth
- Age on Nov 1st 2025
- Gender
- Best Full or Half Marathon time
- Predicted Full or Half Marathon time
Day of race registration is permissible, but we strongly prefer participants to email their registrations ahead of time so we can be properly prepared for the race.


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.

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.

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.


COURSES
There are two alternate courses:
NORTH COURSE - A 2.2 mile out-and-back going North along the Green River Trial. The turnaround will be behind a huge church that is found not long after crossing the Green River on a pedestrian overpass. The turnaround will be clearly marked.
SOUTH COURSE - A 2.2 mile out-and-back going South along the Green River Trial. The turnaround will be located just before going under the Veterans Drive overpass and will be clearly marked. The South course has a restroom at a playground area located about halfway to the turnaround. The restroom is unlocked at 8 AM.

Runners will repeat either of the courses until they achieve their chosen distance. …3 times for the half. …6 times for the full. No volunteers will be monitoring the course. However, the course is well marked with orange arrows spray painted on the pavement. Participants are not restricted to our marked course. What matters is if they can reference their GPS app/device to substantiate the distance they have chosen to run. Alternate distances include 5K, 10K and 50K.

COURSE SUPPORT
HYDRATION – Please bring your own bottles or other hydration supplies to carry on the course. We will supply water and Gatorade at the start/finish line.
RESTROOMS – The restrooms at the start/finish line will be locked for the season. Please take care of your restroom needs before arriving. The south course has full restroom facilities that are open after 8 am and are located about halfway to the turnaround.
PARKING and CARPOOLING
Ample parking is at or near the start line. Anyone seeking or offering ride sharing is encouraged to use our Facebook group discussion section for networking purposes.

CONFIRMATION LIST
As runners send in their registration information, their names will appear on the confirmation list. See: https://greenrivermarathon.com/results/entriesall.html
Please allow a few days for the race director to update the list.

RESULTS
Results will be posted here soon after the event is over:
http://www.greenrivermarathon.com/results/2025_IUWR.html
If your result is published inaccurately, please email the race director Steve Barrick with your correct finish time:
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VOLUNTEERS
We are very grateful for volunteer help. If you would like to volunteer, please email Steve Barrick at:
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WALKERS, DOGS, BABY JOGGERS, and EARPHONES
In Unity We Run is friendly to all levels of participants and has no special restrictions. Dogs are welcome if they are friendly and well behaved.

QUESTIONS?????
If you have any questions, feel free to ask (or answer) questions in our, main Facebook group discussion section.

ADDITIONAL GREEN RIVER SERIES EVENTS
http://greenrivermarathon.com/RACES.html

See the main webpage for further information
http://www.greenrivermarathon.com/results/2025_IUWR.html

The above was last revised on September 3, 2025.

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