A hand-picked starting point — the most welcoming, iconic, or just plain great outdoor groups in Olympia.
Saturdays, 7:30am · long/medium/short distances
📍 Olympia (see club for the week’s start)
The club’s flagship weekly run — long and medium routes follow the Capital City Marathon/half training cycle.
Thursdays, 6:00pm · casual ~50-min run, no-drop
📍 Rose Garden, Squaxin Park, Olympia
The club’s weekly run — meets at the Rose Garden by the pavilion (winter: Friends’ Meeting House on Boston Harbor Rd), beverages after. They love helping newbies learn trails.
The Mountaineers — Olympia Branch
Wednesdays, 6:00pm (May–Sep) · social sea-kayak paddle
📍 Boston Harbor / Budd Inlet, Olympia
May–September social sunset paddles for the sea-kayak community, launching at 6pm from Boston Harbor (or Swantown Marina during construction).