18Sep
Blowhole Challenge
Running
- Distance
- 21.1K
- Start time
- 07:20
- Entry fee
- $160.00
The Brooks Orca Half Marathon presented by REI
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Date
18 Sep – 19 Sep, 2027
Races
5 distances
Entry fee
$60.00 – $160.00
Runner rating
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Website
Official website
The Brooks Orca Half Marathon presented by REI
About the event
The Brooks Orca Half is a half marathon along the shores of West Seattle, starting at Lincoln Park and finishing at Don Armeni Boat Launch. The half course is point to point, with two small out and back sections in the beginning and a longer one towards the end. The 8-miler course is point to point, with two small out and back sections in the beginning.
See all of race details on our website here!
VIRTUAL RACE INFO - We have 100 spots for virtual runners. Once they sell out there are no more available. You can run the distance all at once or break it up into chunks and run it on the date of your choosing. You will receive a shirt and medal that will be mailed after the in person race.
Races offered
18Sep
Orca Half Marathon Saturday
Running
- Distance
- 21.1K
- Start time
- 07:20
- Entry fee
- $95.00
18Sep
Virtual Half Marathon or 8 Miler
Running
- Distance
- 21.1K
- Start time
- 07:20
- Entry fee
- $60.00
19Sep
Orca 8-Miler (Sunday)
Running
- Distance
- 12.9K
- Start time
- 07:20
- Entry fee
- $79.00
19Sep
Orca Half Marathon Sunday
Running
- Distance
- 21.1K
- Start time
- 07:20
- Entry fee
- $95.00
Weather history
3-year monthly averages for September in .
Temperature13.0° / 20.9°
Feels like11.7° / 19.7°
Sunshine hours8h 57m
Rainfall1.7 mm
Snowfall—
Wind9.2 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity77.7%
Max UV indexModerate (3.5)
Sweat lossModerate
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise06:47
Sunset19:19
About
Learn more about the host city, .
Seattle, Washington sits at one of the most beautiful spots in the United States. Occupying a narrow isthmus between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, it is the biggest city in the Pacific Northwest, with 780,000 people in Seattle and over four million people in the metro area. Seen from above, carpets of evergreen trees, pristine blue waters, and snowy white mountains surround the downtown's metallic skyscrapers, earning the city its nickname The Emerald City.
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Race results
Official finishing times from previous editions of The Brooks Orca Half Marathon presented by REI.
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Jennifer Chisholm | — |
| 🥈 | Gary White | — |
| 🥉 | Natalie Kach | — |
| 4 | Helle Vu | — |
| 5 | Timothy Kozik | — |
| 6 | Katelyn Ruark | — |
| 7 | Brad Hoffman | — |
| 8 | Karl Whinnie | — |
| 9 | Brian Ophoven | — |
| 10 | Sarah Sheplock | — |
| 11 | Corina Rahmig | — |
| 12 | Troy Rahmig | — |
| 13 | John De Swardt | — |
| 14 | Tiare Bailey | — |
| 15 | Allison Cusick | — |
| 16 | Anonymous Anonymous | — |
| 16 | Aaron Smith | — |
| 17 | Laura Langstraat | — |
| 18 | Trish Wakeham | — |
| 19 | Kael Kristof | — |
| 20 | Crystal Lowy | — |
| 23 | Catherine Hernandez | — |
| 23 | Jared Magid | — |
| 24 | Amy Schouten | — |
| 25 | Heidi Kriss | — |
| 26 | Kristen O'Brien | — |
| 27 | Robert Duchemin | — |
| 28 | Bonnie Kearney | — |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rachel Thessin | — |
| 2 | Will Farr | — |
| 3 | James Harvey | — |
| 4 | Alyson Hockett | — |
| 5 | Robin Wesely | — |
| 6 | Tony Ritchie | — |
| 7 | Eric Hedberg | — |
| 8 | Carly Lewis | — |
| 9 | Lydia Kuznetsova | — |
| 10 | Sarah Principe | — |
| 11 | Sarah Hurst | — |
| 12 | Rachel Strasz | — |
| 13 | Donna Johnson | — |
| 14 | C. Keen | — |
| 15 | Teresa Hayden | — |
| 16 | Fawn Rahn | — |
| 17 | Pamela Williams | — |
| 18 | Jeff Keen | — |
| 19 | Jason Wolfe | — |
| 20 | Devony Taylor | — |
| 21 | Kate Cohen | — |
| 22 | Tana Peterman | — |
| 23 | Jurgen Otte | — |
| 24 | M. Karnofski | — |
| 25 | Deb Noble-Perry | — |
| 26 | Kacee Sellers | — |
| 27 | Sue Whitcomb | — |
| 28 | Rachel Neufeld | — |
| 29 | Ellen Lebedeva | — |
| 30 | William Woodward | — |
| 31 | Danielle Henty | — |
| 32 | Stephanie Ward | — |
| 33 | Beau Deja | — |
| 34 | Stephanie Kang | — |
| 35 | Reed Myers | — |
| 36 | Anthony Fenn | — |
| 37 | Polly Myers | — |
| 38 | CJ Alvarez | — |
| 39 | Emilie Ruehs | — |
| 40 | Thomas Jones | — |
| 41 | Jeff Leggett | — |
| 42 | Deanna de Castro | — |
| 43 | Michael Crow | — |
| 44 | Suzie Hodges | — |
| 45 | Lisa Jacques | — |
| 46 | Kim Amberg | — |
| 47 | Tessa Burchardt | — |
| 48 | Stefanie Capizzi | — |
| 49 | Jackie Happel | — |
| 50 | Angela Hess | — |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Durkee | — |
| 2 | Caroline Calkins | — |
| 3 | Christa Laukaitis | — |
| 4 | Courtney Lagomarsino | — |
| 5 | Sarah Halter | — |
| 6 | Rachel Mountain | — |
| 7 | Kelly Tolsma | — |
| 8 | Rachel Slater | — |
| 9 | Joel Slominski | — |
| 10 | Lisa Neher | — |
| 11 | Alana Honigman | — |
| 12 | Mike Newman | — |
| 13 | Megan Whinnie | — |
| 14 | Eric Chapman | — |
| 15 | Danielle Carbo | — |
| 16 | Abigail Lang | — |
| 17 | Danny Leppek | — |
| 18 | Elizabeth Glomb | — |
| 19 | Natalie Mintz | — |
| 20 | Chanel Fall | — |
| 21 | Nathan Weigand | — |
| 22 | Ash Glover-Ganapathiraju | — |
| 23 | Natalie Bulger | — |
| 24 | Lisa Krammes | — |
| 25 | Susan Voigt | — |
| 26 | Geanna Revell | — |
| 27 | Ola Hungerford | — |
| 28 | Jessie Maxwell | — |
| 29 | Carley Solberg | — |
| 30 | Jason Denton | — |
| 31 | Marie Lanka | — |
| 32 | Mirta Pehnec | — |
| 33 | Amanda Guza | — |
| 34 | Jordan Brouk | — |
| 35 | Zoe Warganz | — |
| 36 | Thomas Sparks | — |
| 37 | Jeff Slakey | — |
| 38 | Jeff McNew | — |
| 39 | Caroline Trinder | — |
| 40 | Nicholas Lee | — |
| 41 | Debbie O'Neal | — |
| 42 | Lana Bockstadter | — |
| 43 | Timothy Rodgers | — |
| 44 | Lindsey Shoda | — |
| 45 | Jil Zilligen | — |
| 46 | Jon McClintock | — |
| 47 | DeMauri Mackie | — |
| 48 | Anonymous Anonymous | — |
| 49 | Staci Morgan | — |
| 50 | Kirstie Higgins | — |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karrin Daniels | — |
| 2 | Thomas Brown | — |
| 3 | Sherina Melzer | — |
| 4 | Kohle Andrews | — |
| 5 | Carrie Wong | — |
| 6 | Kent Sizer | — |
| 7 | Dante Di Tommaso | — |
| 8 | Austin Falerios | — |
| 9 | Mike Holligan | — |
| 10 | Kyle Norris | — |
| 11 | Troy Dobbertin | — |
| 12 | Peggy Bodner | — |
| 13 | Kyle Oman | — |
| 14 | ISAAC PREVOST | — |
| 15 | Samantha Comte | — |
| 16 | Vince Ballou | — |
| 17 | Erin Butts | — |
| 18 | Colin Mieling | — |
| 19 | Megan Croghan | — |
| 20 | Will Lace | — |
| 21 | Barnaby Fletcher | — |
| 22 | Nate Plageman | — |
| 23 | Jill Nelson | — |
| 24 | Greg Dunham | — |
| 25 | Amit Saurav | — |
| 26 | Jon Hall | — |
| 27 | Clara Householder | — |
| 28 | Zoe Yoshinari | — |
| 29 | Jack Bryant | — |
| 30 | Kirsten Jorgensen | — |
| 31 | Emily Cacallori | — |
| 32 | Jorge Cardenas | — |
| 33 | Yahdiel Bruno | — |
| 34 | Edward Klein | — |
| 35 | Todd Ferkingstad | — |
| 36 | Joseph Drake | — |
| 37 | Henry Bell | — |
| 38 | Mariana Lowy-Gerstmar | — |
| 39 | Paul Luedtke | — |
| 40 | Tracey Jameson | — |
| 41 | Ryan Fear | — |
| 42 | Zak Cerminara | — |
| 43 | Catey Pease | — |
| 44 | Christine Holligan | — |
| 45 | Rachel Stratil | — |
| 46 | Lianne Horvath | — |
| 47 | Arielle Trumble | — |
| 48 | Kelly Sparks | — |
| 49 | Loryn Bortins | — |
| 50 | Elise Stratil | — |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susan Atkinson | — |
| 2 | Patti Krebsbach | — |
| 3 | Melissa White | — |
| 4 | Marcia Bowlin | — |
| 5 | Sasha Kemble | — |
| 6 | Jorge Cardenas | — |
| 7 | LeAnn Moore | — |
| 8 | Kristin Daigle | — |
| 9 | Patrick Ferguson | — |
| 10 | David Jurchen | — |
| 11 | Mary Vickers | — |
| 12 | Lena Jones | — |
| 13 | Joe Gosnell | — |
| 14 | Kyle Reed | — |
| 15 | Katerina Ehrlich | — |
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