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Emerald City Open

Seattle, Washington, United States View on map
Oct 10, 2026 (America/Los_Angeles local time)
Running

About this race

Emerald City Open was started by the UW in 1989. In the mid-1990s, with the advent of the Sundodger Classic, Seattle University was given the meet to host. Club Northwest started helping SU in 1997, and took over in 2017. Since then, we’re proud to continue providing a competitive early-season cross country meet in Seattle, for both collegiate and postcollegiate teams!

The course is located at Lower Woodland Park in Seattle, WA. There is one 2000m loop run three times for the 6k and four for the 8k. The start line is in the grassy clearing, approximately here.

The meet is free to Club Northwest members. You can enter as a team or as an individual; we will publish all individual results with team affiliations. Open individuals will be charged $20 and teams will be charged $200. A team is considered a single-gendered group of 5-12 participants; teams larger than 12 will be charged an extra $20 per participant. The Community 2k is $5, and open to kids and adults.

Packet pickup will be available at the tent at the start/finish lines. At pickup time, we will ask you to declare your team and scratch any non-competing runners.

Pick your distance

Running

Women's 6k

3 laps of the 2k course. Open to teams and unattached runners.

Oct 10, 2026 6K 10:30 AM
$20.00
Open

Men's 8k

4 laps of the 2k course. Open to teams and unattached runners.

Oct 10, 2026 8K 11:15 AM
$20.00
Open

Community 2k

1 lap of the 2k course. Open to kids and adults.

Oct 10, 2026 2K 12:00 PM
$5.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Seattle, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 9.2° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 16.6°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 7.5° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 16.6°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
15.8
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.8mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
81.9%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 10, 2026 (PDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 10, 2026 (PDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 09m

The sun rises at 7:21 AM and sets at 6:30 PM local time (PDT) in Seattle on October 10, 2026 — 11h 09m of daylight.

Course

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  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 131 Seattle events

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