Unsanctioned races in Seattle
Washington, USA
Upcoming
The scene
Seattle’s alleycats are run by the alleycat.seattle crew with Spin The Block from Tailwind Cafe at Good Weather Bicycles on Capitol Hill: seasonal races around the summer and winter solstices, free in their 2025 and 2026 editions, and HellCat at Halloween. Cascade Bicycle Club runs Seattle Cranksgiving each November, the Seattle Bicycle Courier Association has marked Bike Messenger Appreciation Day with an alleycat, and on foot the Windthrow shop runs City Slickers, a running alleycat, and a fat ass runs the waterfront to West Seattle each February. Most dates come from the organisers’ Instagram accounts.
Notable races
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Summer Solstice Alleycat
A free citywide alleycat from Tailwind Cafe followed by a goldsprints tournament, with donations to local groups.
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City Slickers
A running alleycat from the Windthrow shop on Capitol Hill where runners choose their own route to collect a sticker at each checkpoint, and the first back with all of them wins.
- CyclingWebsite ↗
Bike Messenger Appreciation Day Alleycat
An evening alleycat the Seattle Bicycle Courier Association held from the Streamline Tavern in Lower Queen Anne to mark Bike Messenger Appreciation Day.
Recently run on ALLEYKAT
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No cycling race in Seattle has run on ALLEYKAT yet.
How races get in here
The directory is curated by ALLEYKAT. Races timed on the app appear in their city on their own once they have a date or have been run, and everything else is added by hand after we have checked it against the organiser’s own page. There is no form and no fee.