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GETTING THERE: Map of Blaine, WA US FROM VANCOUVER, BC: Take Hwy 99 to Peace Arch Border Crossing. Drive south on I-5 to Exit 270 by Factory Outlet Stores. Turn right onto Birch Bay Linden Road - 6K (3.8 miles) to Race Start. (36 miles from Vancouver, BC and 20 miles from Bellingham, WA) FROM SEATTLE: Take I-5 North through Bellingham. Exit 270 onto Birch Bay-Linden Road (left at 4-way stop). 5K Course: Starts at Birch Bay Water Slides area and runs south along Birch Bay to just past Sand Castle Resort. A totally flat course with great bay views. Returns back on same course to Finish Line. CLICK HERE FOR INTERACTIVE MAP 15K Course: Starts at Birch Bay Water Slides area, runs south along Birch Bay to Birch Bay Park , returning along the Birch Bay to Cottonwood Street. A short uphill brings the runners to the finish line. Returns back towards Birch Bay to the Finish Line. INTERACTIVE MAP CLICK HERE
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30 K Course: Starts at Birch Bay Water Slide area, runs south along Birch Bay with a short and scenic out and back through Birch Bay Park. Then returns back along the Bay, around Birch Point and along the Semiahmoo Parkway. Crosses back to Birch Bay on Shintaffer Road, turns south along Birch Bay. Turn left on Cottonwood Street for a short up-hill to the Finish Line. The 30K course has some moderate rolling hills and a long down hill close to the finish.
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