Ruth Anderson Ultras

• Date: April 21, 2012 (26th - since 1986)
• Entry fee: $50 ($45 if you are a returning runner)
  Rajeev Patel, RD
  1388 Pinehurst Sq.
  San Jose, CA 95117-3652
  408-838-8911(c) eves. before 10pm
  RDs Emeritus: Amy & John Burton, Steve Jaber, Jim Skophammer
• On-line Race Entry Deadline 4/20/12 7:00 PM. No mail-in registrations after 4/14/12
• Location: San Francisco, CA
• Race HQ (bib#s, Start) : Lake Merced Blvd. & Sunset Blvd., San Francisco, CA
• Start Time : 6:30 a.m.
• Cutoff: 11 hours @ 50 miles (6:30AM - 5:30PM)
• Course records:

  100k (since 1986)		50m (since 2001)		50k (since 2002)
  11:59:18 ('07) Michael Kanning, 15	(NR)	8:12:30 ('07) Konstantin Drabkin, 17	(NR)	5:14:58 ('06) Spencer Frasher, 17	7:46:48 ('09) Jodie Huerta, 13
  7:00:19 ('11) Joseph Binder, 27	9:38:40 ('10) Ying Shan, 27	5:37:46 ('10) Joseph Binder, 26	7:46:13 ('10) Megan Deverin, 29	3:53:36 ('11) Martin Gaffuri, 25	4:39:04 ('10) Laura Guest, 25
  7:12:35 ('11) Jon Olsen, 36	8:43:03 ('88) Sylvia Andonie, 32	5:56:17 ('07) Thomas Reiss, 39	7:11:35 ('01) Rena Schumann, 39	3:10:54 ('11) Ian Sharman, 30	4:12:31 ('07) Julie Fingar, 31
  7:15:13 ('92) Rae Clark, 40	9:26:25 ('98) Christine Flaherty, 44	6:07:34 ('10) Jean Pommier, 46	7:03:41 ('11) Clare Abram, 40	3:19:21 ('03) Tim O'Rourke, 40	4:07:43 ('10) Miki Yannoni, 42
  8:30:37 ('05) Mike Sweeney, 50	10:30:20 ('97) Linda Elam, 51	6:21:26 ('02) Joe Schieffer, 50	8:08:42 ('10) Wendy Georges, 52	3:55:50 ('09) Todd Hayes, 58	4:55:51 ('11) Deborah Georges, 53
  8:58:04 ('91) Ray Piva, 64	11:14:14 ('98) Dixie Madsen, 61	8:50:20 ('11) Dane Larsen, 60	9:14:31 ('05) Barbara Elia, 60	3:55:57 ('05) Frank Bozanich, 60	5:56:57 ('09) Eldrith Gosney, 67
  10:59:51 ('02) Ray Piva, 75	(NR)	9:09:49 ('11) Bill Dodson, 76	(NR)	5:20:50 ('09) Bill Dodson, 74	6:36:23 ('07) Juliane Scheberies, 73

• Aid stations: 2 per loop
• Surface: 4.475 miles paved bike path with dirt shoulders (per loop)
• Elevations:
  • Climb: 1,450'
  • Descent: 1,450'
  • High: 100'
  • Low: 20'
  • Start: 70'
  • Finish: 70'
• History:

  100k	Starters	Finishers	Percent
  1986	20	12	60%
  1993	32	20	63%
  1994	30	23	77%
  1995	24	16	67%
  April 20, 1996	41	30	73%
  April 19, 1997	46	33	72%
  April 18, 1998	35	27	77%
  1999	(Not held)
  April 22, 2000	24	20	83%

  	Combined Starters	100k Finishers	50m Finishers	Finishing Rate
  April 21, 2001	28	7	18	89%

  	Combined Starters	100k Finishers	50m Finishers	50k Finishers	Finishing Rate
  April 20, 2002	27	12	5	10	100%
  April 19, 2003	34	8	7	17	94%
  April 17, 2004	41	6	10	24	98%
  April 16, 2005	48	7	16	25	100%
  April 22, 2006	51	8	15	22	88%
  March 31, 2007	68	12	10	44	97%
  April 19, 2008	50	4	9	31	88%
  April 18, 2009	75	7	20	42	92%
  April 17, 2010	83	11	15	52	94%
  April 23, 2011	70	13	15	39	96%
  April 21, 2012					%

For more info: 2012 entry: (on-line) (PDF) / 2012 entrants / Facebook group / All Time Finishers / course map / 2005 photos / blog / report(s) / results: '96 '97 '98 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 / splits: '08 '09 '10 '11
(data from UltraRunning, Amy & John Burton, Carol Cuminale, Dave Combs, Dave Kim, Dick Collins, Don Lundell, Gary Wang, Jim Skophammer, Mark Gilligan, Rajeev Patel, Richard Lulin, Ruth Anderson, Steve Jaber & Thom Trimble)

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