Way Too Cool 50k - Presented by GU Sports
  • Date: March 14, 2009 (13th)
  • 2009 entry will open at 8am PST, Sunday, 12/14/08
    • 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!
      Greg Soderlund, RD
      2217 Ryedale Lane
      Sacramento, CA 95835-2185
      916-387-8796(phone/fax)
  • Limit: 450
  • Location: Cool, CA
  • Cutoff: 8.5 hours (8:00AM - 4:30PM)
  • Course records (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' " "
    • High: 1,619' Twin Rocks
    • Low: 639' Quarry Road
    • Start: 1,529' Cool Fire Station
    • Finish: 1,529' Cool Fire Station
  • History:
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      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      %

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For more info: 2009 entry will open at 8am PST, Sunday, 12/14/08 / 2008 info / All Time Finishers / e-mail list / 2007 map / photos of 2004 runners / 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 / splits / video from 2003
(data from UltraRunning, Bob Akka, Clem LaCava, Gary Wang, Gene Thibeault, Greg Soderlund, James Raia, Kathy Welch, Richard Goodwin, Shelley Black, Tim Twietmeyer, Tom Morstein-Marx, Tony Lafferty & Zachi Baharav)
"http://www.Run100s.com/wtc.htm" (updated: 5/13/08) StanJ@Run100s.com