Trail Therapy Running

Miles for the Mind

Welcome to Trail Therapy Running — we’re so glad you’re here.

At Trail Therapy, we believe in miles for mental health. Our events are designed to challenge your body, steady your mind, and remind you why you fell in love with trail running in the first place.

Join us for unique, endurance-focused running experiences at beautiful local parks, including Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, WA and McCormick Forest Park in Gig Harbor, WA. We host timed events ranging from 3 hours to 24 hours, welcoming runners of all backgrounds, goals, and grit levels.

Learn more about our individual events:

• Loop Out The Year — December 26, 2026
• McCormick 24 — September 12, 2026

Come for the miles. Stay for the community. 🏃‍♀️🌲

Happy Super Bowl Sunday from Trail Therapy Running (formerly the LOTY crew)! Go Seahawks! AI is pretty wild - but apparently this fits our vibe.

#superbowlsunday #goseahawks #12

🎉 Exciting announcement! 🎉
We were officially approved yesterday for our newest race offering: McCormick 24!

McCormick 24 will take place at McCormick Forest Park in Gig Harbor, WA on Saturday, September 12, 2026. Runners can choose from three options:
• 🕛 24 hours
• 🌞 12 hours (daytime start)
• 🌙 12 hours (nighttime start)

More details are coming soon, but in the meantime feel free to check out our Ultrasignup page to get on the list. We’re actively working on updates to our website to fully reflect what to expect at McCormick 24.

We can’t wait to share more — and we hope to see you out on the trails! 🏃‍♀️🌲

A few more familiar faces have trickled onto our entrants list—welcome back for year two! 👋✨

• Joella Bolen is doubling down on the fun this year and stepping up to the 6-hour event.
• Chris and Austra Gardner, one our favorite father–daughter duos, are returning! Chris is back to take on 8 hours, while Austra is leveling up from unofficial loops while crewing last year to a full 6 hours on course. She’s officially our youngest registrant to date—how cool is that?!

Haven’t signed up yet? No worries—you’ve got until Christmas Eve to decide if you want to party with us too. 🎄
📅 Race day: 12/26
⏱️ 3-, 6-, and 8-hour timed events

Come close out the year with us 🖤🏃‍♀️🌲

The LOTY crew is thrilled to welcome back these amazing runners for another year of non-stop fun:

• George Tung - returning for 8 hours and building on his impressive ultra debut at LOTY 2025
• Alma Sisk - back for 8 hours and ready to make LOTY an annual tradition
• Brigette Presswood - returning to defend her 3-hour course record
• Laurie Kesgard - bringing back her signature, weather-defying hairstyle to the 3-hour event

We can't wait to see these familiar faces again. Who else will be joining the fun this year?

#loty #loopouttheyear #timedevent

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, December 26, 2026 - 6 & 8 Hour starting at 8:00am. 3 hour staring at 9:00am
Registration opens: February 1, 2026.

You can expect some new views of Ft Steilacoom with an even larger loop to challenge you. Our start/finish/aid location will be moving near the dog park with those amazing indoor bathrooms. What’s even better? We will have porta potties at the start!

Our 2026 will be even bigger as we are able to open up registration for 200 people across the three events.

More details to be shared soon! We can’t wait to get loopy with you!

#loty #loopouttheyear #timedevent #race

We are working on getting registration open by March 1st. There may be a starting location change and an alteration to the course.

With this in mind, we want to ask those who ran LOTY in 2025 what their favorite and least favorite part of the course was?

We would love any feedback!

We are excited to announce that our crew has been asked to be apart of the Ultrasignup Race Director Expo Dirt Circus in Seattle on Wednesday, July 22. Come check out the expo and join for a free community run! I’ll post registration when it’s available.

This will give us an opportunity to engage with our community and find other ways we can serve. Our mission is simple: provide low-cost, high-fun races for our comminuty and help other race organizers out when we can. Our hearts are so full.

Here’s some photos from LOTY 2025 that I just love ❤️ 😍.

Last, but certainly not least, our top performances in our 3-hour race.

Male:
1) Artis Edmondson: 20.8 miles *CR
2) Jose Gamboa: 18.1 miles
3) Dylan Robbins 18.1 miles

Female:
1) Brigette Presswood: 18.8 miles *CR
2) Danielle May: 17.45 miles
3) Elizabeth Castillo: 17.45 miles

We had an extremely tight race all around. It all came down to who finished the distance in the fastest time. Only seconds separated a podium spot to 4th place. Talk about a nail biter!

📸 PC @rebeccalpowell

Here are our 6-hour race top performances.

Female:
1) Brittany Kealy 41.55 miles *CR and 1st Overall
2) Rachel Craig: 33.5 miles
3) Sally Elliott: 26.8 miles

Male:
1) Brian Harmon: 38.9 miles *CR
2) Stephane Frion: 34.2 miles
3) Tory Burns: 30.15 miles

You truly pushed the limits! Congratulations to you all!

📸 PC: @rebeccalpowell

We had so many of you reach PRs on race day. It was incredible to witness.

Here are the top performances from the 8-hour race.
Male:
1) Jeffrey Barrington - 56.3 miles* CR
2) Ryan McIrvin - 48.95 miles
3) William Lancaster - 41.55 miles

Female:
1) Kristen O'Brien - 44.9 miles* CR
2) Mackenzie Kurtz - 42.9 miles
3) Carshena Harvin 42.25 miles

Those are some impressive numbers! We can't wait to see you all push your limits again next year!

#loty #timedevent #pnwrace #ultrarunning

📸 PC @rebeccalpowell

LOTY 2025 Runners - run to your inbox because photos from @rebeccalpowell are ready for you! Swipe here for a sneak peak!

Talk about some amazing shots of a fun-tastic day! We are over here reliving the excitement from race day looking at these photos.

Thank you to Rebecca for running around in the cold getting these amazing shots!

Thank you to all the runners, volunteers and city personnel who made this inaugural event even more special than we could have dreamt of.

Tentative race date for next year is: Saturday 12/26. You can expect: a larger race field, porta potties at the start and a potential shift in start/finish location with a larger loop to run. We will keep you updated here once we get the details confirmed!

#endurancerun #timedevent #raceday #racephotos

Recognize this spot? Here’s some fun stats from this weekend.

76 starters
490 total large loops ran
86 total small loops ran
1,757.6 miles total ran.

That’s a lot of loops and a lot of miles ran! We are so impressed and inspired by all of you who showed up and showed out.

Let’s shoot for more next year?

#loty #loopouttheyear #timedevent

Results have been loaded. If you feel your results are inaccurate, please reach out to us. They will be finalized by 1/3. It’s important to note that official race distance is counted by the official loop distances of 3.35 miles for the main loop and 1.35 miles for the short loop. There may be discrepancies from your watch and the official mileage.

We will send out an email once we receive gallery from our incredible photographer @rebeccalpowell - so keep an eye out in the next week or so.

Be on the lookout for registration for next year’s event. We can’t wait to do it all again next year!

#pnwrace #timedevent #race

Thank you to every runner and volunteer who participated in the inaugural year of Loop Out The Year 2025! Here’s a little preview of pictures we have personally taken or received. Thank you for making it a truly memorable experience! We will catch up on rest and will be posting race results in the next few days! Can’t wait to do it again next year!
#timedevent #race #pnw #pnwrace #pnwracing

’Twas the night before race day,
There’s much left to do—
We’re getting things ready
And marking the course for you.

We’re filling the water
And packing supplies,
Labeling bibs
And prepping clipboards with care.

The last of the medals
Are strung and all glazed,
Registration is closed—
All but 8 spots have been claimed!

Hopefully we’re better at race directing than poetry 😉

We’re excited to see you tomorrow! Packet pickup begins at 7:15 AM.
The forecast is looking cold but dry, so please plan accordingly.

You can find your race directors in their snuggies. We’ll have limited hand and toe warmers available, along with some single-use packets of @squirrels_nut_butter.

See you in the morning—
We can’t wait to cheer you on!

Merry Christmas from all of us in the LOTY Crew. We hope you enjoy the holidays. Only two more sleeps until race day.

✅ Bibs have been assigned
✅ Race emails have been sent
✅ Live Results have been enabled

We are ready to get loopy! We can’t wait to see you on Saturday!

#race #running #pnwracing

Registration closes on Christmas Eve 12/24 at 11:59pm. We only have 2 more spots in our 3 hour and 8 left for our 8 hour. Want to run for 6? We’ve got 17 spots to fill!

You’re making our hearts overflow with gratitude and excitement as we continue to watch the 90 spots we made available slowly fill. For an inaugural event this was an even greater turnout than we predicted. We are excited to give you a truly one of a kind experience that we hope keeps you coming back!

Can’t wait to get loopy with you on Saturday, 12/27!

Register here: https://ultrasignup.com/m_entrants_event.aspx?did=132140
Or click the link in our bio!

#timedevent #pnw #pnwrace #race

Which one are you choosing? We are still producing medals as our entrants list continues to grow. We can’t wait to see you many, many times as you loop out the year at Ft Steilacoom Park on December 27. Registration closes two weeks from today on 12/24.

Click the link in our bio to get more information and to register.

#race #timedevent #pnwrace #pnw

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