Hello Rainshadow community,

We, like most others, have been doing our best to stay on top of the latest recommendations and requirements for group gatherings and how they may impact our 2020 schedule. 

Today, with the new CDC and Washington state rulings, we made the very difficult decision to not hold the upcoming 2020 Yakima or 2020 Sun Mountain races on their scheduled dates. We hope to postpone these events to sometime in the fall, and we are currently working with our permitting agencies and venues to see what dates might work for everyone involved. Once we have a concrete decision (hopefully this week) on whether we can postpone or if it will be a cancellation, we will email all registered runners and let them know what their options are (in terms of credits, transfers, deferments, etc).

Many of our other races fall outside of the current projected closure dates, so at this time we are still planning for Millersylvania, White River, Beacon Rock, Waldo, Oregon Coast, and Secret Beach to occur as scheduled. Registration for all these events will remain open, and we would love to see you on one of those weekends to celebrate being back together as a community.

Additionally, we will be opening the Deception Pass 2020 lottery on schedule in early April, as well as opening up registration for next year's Orcas 100 Miler soon. Because these races are so far in the future, we do not feel at this time that they will be impacted.

We appreciate your patience during this time while we work out the logistics and respectfully ask that you wait to inquire about cancellation options (for Yakima and Sun Mountain) until we have a chance to finalize all the details. We will keep you all posted as soon as we have more information. Our normal cancellation policy will remain in effect for all other events.

Thank you so much for being understanding and supportive of Rainshadow and each other during these challenging times for our country and our community.

Thank you for supporting Rainshadow Running!

James, Elizabeth, William, Jessie, and Ben