Race the Reserve Description

Race the Reserve Whidbey Island 2025

Half Marathon . 10K . 5K Run/Walk
Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve
Whidbey Island, Washington
Saturday, August 9, 2025

Come join us for the 15th annual Race the Reserve!

Geographical Features:

Runners will begin and end their adventure on the south side of the historic seaport community of Coupeville. This is the second oldest town in Washington and government center of Island County, located on the south shore of Penn Cove on beautiful Whidbey Island. You will have the unique opportunity to traverse both Ebey’s Prairie and Crockett Prairie within Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve offering spectacular, panoramic ocean, mountain and prairie farmland views. Across the pastoral landscape in the Reserve and vast waterways of Puget Sound, Admiralty Inlet and the Straits of Juan de Fuca, runners will be greeted with sweeping vistas that include Mount Baker, the North Cascades, the Olympic Mountains and Peninsula, Mount Rainier and the San Juan Islands. If you participate in the marathon, relay or half, you will also have the opportunity to run through Fort Casey State Park where you will go past the lighthouse and bunkers used in WW II. If you’re lucky you will catch a glimpse of the ferries running between Coupeville and Port Townsend as you skirt the shores of Admirality Inlet.

A combination of dramatic seaside bluffs, dense forests, dirt and paved trails and fertile prairies offers a unique location and opportunity for competitive running in the first (1978) of only three designated historical reserves in the country.

We look forward to seeing you at the starting line! Happy Running!

Race Start Times:

— Half Marathon Start Time: 8:00 AM
— 10K / 5K Start Time: 8:30 AM
— ALL COURSES CLOSE at 11:45 AM

Race/Run/Walk/Start and Finish:

Coupeville Elementary School
6 South Main Street
Coupeville, Washington
…just south of SR 20 along the Whidbey Scenic Isle Way in the Heart of Ebey’s Reserve.

Pre-Registration & T-Shirt Deadline:

Register by July 19, 2025 to guarantee a t-shirt in your size.
Mail-in entries must be postmarked by July 26, 2025.

* All pre-registered participants will receive a free t-shirt. We cannot guarantee t-shirts in your size will be available to those who register after July 19th.


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  • Location: Coupeville, WA 98239
  • Race Date: 2025/08/09 08:00:00 AM (Saturday)

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