Great Miter Retire Fun Run

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Grab your friends and put on your running shoes for a commemorative run at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks!

The Great Miter Retire Fun Run begins at 10:00 am on Saturday, October 7, 2023. Engineering exhibits will be on display near the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks for participants to enjoy. The Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Garden and Lake Washington Ship Canal Visitor Center will be available for participants to enjoy before and after the Fun Run. Participants are encouraged to take photos at the large lock Miter Gates and be considerate of all ongoing pedestrian and vessel traffic. Please follow all posted regulations while on site.

All registration funds will go to support new exhibits in the Fish Ladder Viewing Gallery.

The large lock center Miter Gates are original to the Locks and have functioned to facilitate navigation since 1916 when the Locks became operational. This October, work will commence to replace these gates. The improvements to this 106-year-old navigation infrastructure will help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supply reliable and dependable navigation over the years to come. Participants will have the chance to walk along these engineering marvels one last time during this 5k run that will begin and end at the Miter Gates.

The Fun Run starts from the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks at 3015 NW 54th Street, continues along the Burke Gilman Trail crossing one roadway near 3025 NW 54th Street and one crosswalk at Seaside Avenue NW. One railroad crossing is required to continue on the Burke Gilman Trail toward the turnaround point (see map). Fun Run attendants will be on site at each of these crossing points and at the turnaround point. Runs are NOT timed and participants shall follow all traffic laws, signs and traffic lights during the run. Once the turnaround point is reached, the route will double back to the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks.

We hope to see you there for this momentous occasion!