The 2024 Blanchard Beast Trail Race

Saturday, October 19th, 2024 – 9 AM Virtual Race

The In-Person 2024 Blanchard Beast has been cancelled.

Unfortunately the Greater Bellingham Running Club has made the hard decision to CANCEL this year's race. At 4:43 AM the NWS extended their wind advisory for the region until 10 AM. Reviewing several different weather websites and models it appears that the wind will likely continue to be elevated well past 10 AM and there is a high chance the NWS will extend the advisory again. There currently are lots of trees/branches down over the road to the Samish Overlook which also supports this decision.

Over the past few days, we’ve carefully reviewed all options for this year's Blanchard Beast, and unfortunately, we've reached the conclusion that rescheduling the event is not possible. In light of this, we’re offering a virtual option to continue sharing our love for Blanchard State Forest. We understand this isn’t the outcome everyone was hoping for, and we sincerely appreciate your understanding. More details on how the virtual race will work can be found below.

The Blanchard Beast is a GBRC trail race that is approximately 10 miles long. The race takes place on the trails of the Blanchard State Forest due South of Bellingham, WA and offers an exciting, wooded run with over 2,000 feet of elevation gain. This race offers something in-between a 10K and a half marathon for those who are interested in pushing their max distances or as a training run for something bigger.

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Race Results

Race results for the Blanchard Beast can be found below:

2024 Virtual Race

We’ve carefully reviewed all options for this year's Blanchard Beast, and unfortunately, we've reached the conclusion that rescheduling the event is not possible. In light of this, we’re offering a virtual option to continue sharing our love for Blanchard State Forest. We understand this isn’t the outcome everyone was hoping for, and we sincerely appreciate your understanding.

Merchandise Pickup

For those who purchased merchandise, you will be able to pick it up at Fairhaven Runners and Walkers at your convenience. Once we’ve delivered the items there, we’ll reach out with more details to everyone who made a purchase.

How Will the Virtual Race Work?

Our goal is to keep the fun and friendly competition alive! For those interested, run the Blanchard Beast course anytime between now and 11:59 PM on Monday, 11/11, and upload your GPS or Strava data here. Everyone who participates will be entered into a raffle for some donated prizes. We’ll also have our usual time-based awards, along with special categories like fastest uphill time, fastest downhill time, mid-pack award, and more.

A live leaderboard can be accessed from the menu above or here.

Awards & Prizes View Leaderboard

Several awards and prize will be given out in November. Time-based awards for those providing GPS tracks include:

The fastest overall male, female, and non-binary times
The fastest male, female, and non-binary climbers (see course below)
The fastest male, female, and non-binary downhill (see course below)
"Mid Pack Award" - Middle most runner
“Masochist Award” – Runner who runs the course the most times throughout October
“Infini-Beast Award” – Fastest runner who runs the course forwards and immediately backwards on the same run

All participants will be eligible for a few other awards/prizes:

Random raffle prizes
Photo contest (must be shot on course) – categories for best overall, funniest, best slug, and maybe others!
Best race costume (selfie/photo required!)

How do I Upload My Results? Upload Result

Every participant registered for the in-person event has been added to the virtual race participant list. To log your results, login to your blanchardbeast.com or Pacific Multisports account and then upload your results here.

How to Login/Do I have an Account Already?

To log your results, you must be logged in to our system. If you registered for the in-person event on Pacific Multisports, you can use the Login With Pacific Multisports button to sign in. However, participants who were registered by someone else or used the same email address for multiple entries will not have this option. If you've participated in a previous Blanchard Beast virtual event, you already have an account and can log in that way. If you're having trouble logging in, please contact us at info@blanchardbeast.com, and we’ll ensure you get access or upload your results for you.

Logging My Results

Once logged in you can upload or log your new results here.

First select the results type you would like to log. The options are uploading a GPS file, manually logging your time, or selecting a Strava activity
Second upload, select, or provide your run's information
Add any photos you would like to upload for the photo contest or costume contest
Hit submit and confirm the results get populated on our leaderboard

If you run into any issues uploading your run, please contact tim@blanchardbeast.com for assistance.