Way Too Cool 50k - Presented by GU Sports
  • Date: March 13, 2010 (14th)
  • Registration for the 2010 event will open at 8AM PST on Sunday, 12/13/09.
    • Note: the 2002 race filled in three days!
    Note: the 2003 race filled in three hours!
    Note: the 2004 race filled in 30 minutes!
    Note: the 2005 race filled in 15 minutes!
    Note: the 2006 race filled in 18 minutes!
    Note: the 2007 race filled in 7 minutes, 33 seconds!
    Note: the 2008 race filled in 11 minutes, 18 seconds!
    Note: the 2009 race filled in 8 minutes, 54 seconds!
      Julie Fingar, RD
      5935 Granite Lake Dr., #120
      Granite Bay, CA 95746-6817
      916-765-6021(cell/work)
      RD Emeritus: Greg Soderlund
  • Limit: 450
  • Location: Cool, CA
  • Cutoff: 8.5 hours (8:00AM - 4:30PM)
  • Course records (age group records):
    • 3:39:52 ('09) Leor Pantilat, 24 4:12:21 ('09) Caitlin Smith, 28
    "Old course" (?-2008) records (old age group records):
    3:18:17 ('03) Uli Steidl, 31 3:55:22 ('08) Susannah Beck, 39
  • Aid stations: 5
  • Surface: 1 mile paved road; 30 miles single-track trail and fire roads
  • Elevations:
    • Climb: 3,600' (by Avocet)
    • Descent: 3,600' (by Avocet)
    • High: 1,619' Pointed Rocks
    • Low: 639' Quarry Road
    • Start: 1,529' Cool Fire Station
    • Finish: 1,529' Cool Fire Station
  • History:
      •  
      Starters Finishers Percent
      "Cool Canyon Crawl"
      1994 332 323 97%
      1995 301 285 95%
      1996 373 360 97%
      March 15, 1997 445 432 97%
      "Way Too Cool"
      March 14, 1998 415 375 90%
      March 13, 1999 527 483 92%
      March 11, 2000 513 480 94%
      March 10, 2001 534 497 93%
      March 9, 2002 547 525 96%
      March 8, 2003 523 474 91%
      March 13, 2004 521 486 93%
      March 12, 2005 465 451 97%
      March 11, 2006 390 376 96%
      March 10, 2007 452 433 96%
      March 8, 2008 459 442 96%
      March 14, 2009 474 459 97%
      March 13, 2010      %

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For more info: News (3/1/09) / Post Race Comments (3/18/09) / Sacramento Bee article(3/15/09) / Sacramento Bee article(3/13/09) / Auburn Journal article(3/14/09) / 2009 info / Volunteer / All Time Finishers / e-mail list / 2009 map / one-page profiles of course: one long strip or printable / profile of course: Start to Hwy 49 Hwy 49 to ACT ACT to ACT ACT to Goat Hill Goat Hill to Finish / results: '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 / splits '09 splits
(data from UltraRunning, Bob Akka, Clem LaCava, Gary Wang, Gene Thibeault, Greg Soderlund, James Raia, Julie Fingar, Kathy Welch, Monica Moore, Rich Hanna, Richard Goodwin, Shelley Black, Tim Twietmeyer, Tom Morstein-Marx, Tony Lafferty & Zachi Baharav)
"http://www.Run100s.com/wtc.htm" (updated: 3/27/09) StanJ@Run100s.com