Way Too Cool 50k - Presented by GU Sports
  • Date: March 5, 2016 (19th)
  • Entry fee: (go to web site or UltraSignup)
      Julie Fingar, RD
      5935 Granite Lake Dr., #120
      Granite Bay, CA 95746-6817
      916-765-6021(cell/work)
      RDs Emeritus: Greg Soderlund, Pat & Sandy Whyte
  • Limit: 850
  • Location: Cool, CA
  • Cutoff: 8.5 hours (8:00AM - 4:30PM)
  • Course records (age group records):
  • 3:08:50 ('13) Max King, 33 3:49:41 ('12) Tyler Stewart, 33
    "Old course" (2009-2010) records
    3:39:52 ('09) Leor Pantilat, 24 4:12:21 ('09) Caitlin Smith, 28
    "Oldest 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: 4,851'
    • Descent: 4,851'
    • High: 1,802'
    • Low: 553'
    • Start: 1,524' Cool Fire Station
    • Finish: 1,524' Cool Fire Station
  • History:
    •  
      Starters Finishers Percent
      "Cool Canyon Crawl"
      1990 135 130 96%
      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   472  %
      March 12, 2011 586 564 96%
      March 10, 2012   702  %
      March 9, 2013 859 831 97%
      March 8, 2014   1018  %
      March 7, 2015   979  %
      March 5, 2016      %


For more info: web site / Volunteer / All Time Finishers / map / results: '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 /
(data from UltraRunning, Bill Carr, Bob Akka, Clem LaCava, Gary Wang, Gene Thibeault, Greg Soderlund, James Raia, Julie Fingar, Kathy Welch, Mark Gilligan, Monica Moore, Rich Hanna, Richard Goodwin, Shelley Black, Ted Knudsen, Tim Twietmeyer, Tom Morstein-Marx, Tony Lafferty & Zachi Baharav)
"http://www.Run100s.com/wtc.htm" (updated: 12/9/16) StanJ@Run100s.com