Wattle Waddle

Wattle Waddle

Wattle Waddle

( 1 review )
100% of reviewers recommend this race
  • Seattle,
    Washington,
    United States
  • November
  • 13.1 miles/Half Marathon, 26.2 miles/Marathon
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Emily

Kent, Washington, United States
1 14
2017
"Waddle Wattle 2016"
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Emily 's thoughts:

This half Marathon (Wittle Waddle) or Full Marathon (Wattle Waddle) is on thanksgiving day and kicks off the first run of the Quadzuki (4 halfs, 4 days) or Guadzilla (4 fulls 4 days).

It's a very small run. When you check in day of race, you got a fun hat.

The race started at Gas Works Park on the North side of Lake Union. The official start was the RD looking at a watch counting down.

You ran on a trail next to a street up to the University of Washington until you could get on the Burke Gilman trail, then it was a nice paved trail most of the way.

The aid stations were very well stocked, and the volunteers there were great. There was a guy doing his 500th marathon, and they had m&ms with his name and picture on them. The turn around was at mile 10.3, and of course I wasn't paying attention so ran past the station thinking it was a full out and back, they tried to call after me, but since I was listening to music I didn't hear them. Eventually I got to mile 13.1 (had passed 2 other runners so I wasn't the only one) and turned around on my own, figuring I made a wrong turn somewhere. When I made it back to the station at 10.3 I talked to the guys there. The true course was to go back to gas works, over the hill then down the road another 3 miles, then turn around. When I eventually got back to gas works, I stopped to talk to the RD to see if I still needed to run the additional 6 miles, he said no, since I had already done the mileage, but I needed to run the hill. I eventually finished and checked in with the RD again, who wrote my time down.

It was raining, and I was the coldest I had ever been while on a run. As soon as it was over, I got to my car and changed into dry warm clothes. As soon as my hands thawed out I could text my family that I was done. At the finish, there was hot tomato soup, hot chocolate, and lots of other goodys I didn't pay attention to.

This really was a great race, despite my lack of paying attention and the weather. I fully plan on doing it again this year, if I'm in town for the holidays.

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