Running

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Larissa Kolasinski Turned a Scare Into a Mission

Running has been part of Larissa Kolasinski's life for more than 18 years, and in that time Larissa has tried nearly every version of the sport there is, from the mile to the ultramarathon. Larissa has completed all six Abbott World Marathon Majors, among the largest and most competitive marathons in the world, and has gone on to become a sponsored athlete and a Guinness World Record holder.

A large group of roughly 80–100 runners gathered in a semicircle on a paved path at the edge of Green Lake, all facing the camera. The lake, a floating dock, and autumn-bare trees with overcast sky are behind them. Everyone is in running gear — tights, shorts, jackets, caps. A few people in the back have arms raised. The frame is wide enough that the people in the back rows are somewhat small.

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Seattle Green Lake Running Group's Monday track workout at Roosevelt is open to all

Seattle Green Lake Running Group opens its Monday morning track session to any runner.

A large pack of runners in race bibs surging across a grass field at the start or early stages of a cross-country race. Most wear blue singlets with race numbers; a dense crowd of spectators lines the hillside behind them under autumn-coloured trees. The field is bright and open, clearly a grass XC course.

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Cougar Mountain Trail Run falls on Halloween this year

The Cougar Mountain Trail Run lands exactly on Halloween this year.

About thirteen to fourteen people posed as a group on a wet sidewalk/street corner on a grey, overcast day. All are dressed in running gear — tights, running tops, hats, gloves, race bibs visible on some. One person holds a handwritten sign reading 'RUN NOW LATER'. At least one person wears a shirt with 'West Seattle Runner' text visible. One person holds blue and orange pom-poms. Bare winter trees and a brick building (appears to be a church) are in the background. The group is looking at the camera, smiling.

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West Seattle Runner's Halloween Lights Run is back October 28

West Seattle Runner was swapping its regular Wednesday, October 28, group run for a costumed neighborhood tour of Halloween displays on October 28, 2026.

A group of people walking along a leafy paved trail in bright autumn light. In the centre a bearded man in a full pirate costume (brown leather vest, bandana, small parrot on shoulder) pushes a baby stroller decorated to look like a pirate ship/treasure chest, with a toddler inside. Three other people walk alongside — a young man on the left in a 'Cows & Hustlers' T-shirt, two others to the right — all smiling or laughing. Autumn trees with yellow leaves line the trail. Nobody is running; all are walking. No race bibs visible on the non-pirate participants.

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Captain Jack's Treasure Run sells out in Redmond

Every distance is full.

A single woman runner on a forest trail, bib number 1764 visible, arms spread wide with hands raised and a huge grin toward the camera, mid-stride on a leaf-covered dirt path. Mossy ferns, autumn leaves, and tall conifers surround her. She is big in the frame and clearly in motion.

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Grand Ridge Trail Run closes the Evergreen season Nov. 7

Evergreen Trail Runs closes its season at Grand Ridge Park above Issaquah on November 7.

Club Seattle Runners Division members crowded behind a big black CSRD flag, cheering and shouting, bright daylight

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Club Seattle Runners Division meets free at MOHAI every Monday

Club Seattle Runners Division has never charged a membership fee.

UW Medicine's Seattle Marathon medical volunteers in purple Medical Team caps and shirts, one with a stethoscope and a doctor's badge, grouped under their on-course medical tent at the 2025 race.

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Warmers next to the ice: Seattle's marathon medical crew

The Seattle Marathon runs the Sunday after Thanksgiving, and the medical crew at the finish plans for both ends of the thermometer.

A long line of trail runners/hikers strung out along a golden alpine ridge in the Olympic National Forest, walking away from camera toward a rocky peak. Several in the foreground wear the group's signature black-and-white cow-print running shorts, one wears a matching cow-print bucket hat.

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Cowgill Trail Collective, Seattle's Free Trail Group

Aaron Long started an Instagram account called Cowgill in 2018, posting silly, deliberately non-elite trail running content out of Seattle: in-jokes, shenanigans, nothing that resembled a training log. For a few years, that's all it was.

Runners in Dick's-A-Thon shirts and bibs lined up under a Dick's Drive-In sign

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Ian Cox Memorial Dick's-A-Thon Hits 26.3 Miles

Connor Cox was leaving Seattle in 2018, and on April 21 he and his twin brother Ian ran one last loop between all five Dick's Drive-In counters in the city. How far they went depends on who tells it. The organizers' own history page and a post on Washington's National Park Fund both put the loop at 20 miles, and an older version of that history page, still live on the same domain, gives the same date and the same distance.

Natisha Hiedeman leading a large group of runners at golden hour on the Run Budz Tuesday run at Green Lake in Seattle

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Natisha Hiedeman's Run Club Grew From 25 to Nearly 400 in Two Weeks

Natisha Hiedeman plays guard for the Seattle Storm.

A runner in a Seattle Marathon shirt and race bib on course

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The Seattle Marathon Isn't in September. Two Race-Finder Sites Say It Is.

RunGuides and RaceRaves both listed the Seattle Marathon on September 19-20, 2026.

Cooldown Running's Seattle club holding its Cooldown banner at the Wednesday meetup

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Cooldown Running Can't Settle on a City Count. Seattle's Chapter Just Grew Anyway.

Ask Cooldown Running how many cities it operates in and the answer changes depending on which of its own channels answers first.