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Emerald City Open

Name: Emerald City Open
Start: 2026-10-10
End: 2026-10-10
Location: Seattle

Seattle, Washington, United States

calendar_today 10 Oct, 2026

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About the Event

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 post collegiate teams!

The course is located at Upper 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. Race day registration is available as well.

Races Offered

Women's 6k

Oct 10, 2026

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Distance — 6K

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Type — Running

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10:30

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$20.00

Men's 8k

Oct 10, 2026

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Distance — 8K

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11:15

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$20.00

Community 2k

Oct 10, 2026

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Distance — 2K

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Type — Running

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12:00

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$5.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Seattle.

thermostat Temperature

9.0° / 15.2°

wb_sunny Feels like

6.3° / 13.1°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

6h 35m

water_drop Avg rainfall

3.3 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

10.8 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

Low

terrain Course conditions

Firm and slightly soft

sunny Max UV Index

Low (2.8)

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82.8%

wb_twilight Sunrise

07:29

nightlight Sunset

18:18

About Seattle

Learn more about the host city, Seattle.

Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is the 18th-most populous city in the United States with a population of 784,777 in 2025, while the Seattle metropolitan area at over 4.15 million residents is the 15th-most populous metropolitan area in the nation. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington. Seattle's growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities.