Ghost of Seattle 50K, Marathon & Half Marathon

From the starting line at the Ferdinand Street Boat Launch, the half marathon begins by taking runners southward along Lake Washington to Seward Park, where the route makes a full loop around this park’s 300 acres of old-growth forests and hills, which are filled with nesting bald eagles, miles of hiking trails, prairie land and an outdoor amphitheater. Once runners make their way around the edges of the lake along Seward Park Road, they’ve completed the first several miles of the run and head back onto Lake Washington Boulevard for the next two thirds of the half. The rest of the course takes runners entirely along the lakeshore, up Lake Washington Boulevard and past the start/finish line at the boat launch all the way up to the aid station at Leschi Park. They continue roughly 0.9 miles past Leschi to the turnaround point, and then head back down the lakeshore in reverse to the finish line, where their cars are waiting.