2018 Frost Eagle

01/20/2018

5-mile & Half Marathon

Saturday, January 20, 9:00-10:00am starts

Soaring Eagle Regional Park, Sammamish, WA

While designed as a sanctuary for birds, deer, bobcats, and blackbear, Soaring Eagle Regional Park seems to be a quiet sanctuary for humans as well. Six hundred acres of forest and wetlands interrupt miles of suburban homes on the edge of the flat Sammamish Plateau, and are host to 12 miles of trail that walkers, runners, mountain bikers, and equestrians enjoy.

The trails at Soaring Eagle are arranged like a spider’s web, with the wide Pipeline Trail cutting through the center and a network of interconnected trails radiating out from it. The surrounding trails were designed with little deference to the landscape, meaning that they twist, turn, swoop, and dive over all the little bumps in the park. With no major climb, you may find yourself hooting and hollering over these miniature roller coasters and begin thinking of the word “hill” in a whole new way. There is also a healthy population of rocks and roots on the trails, so there will be little time for zoning out as you dab through nature’s hopscotch.

Join us for a 5-mile or Half Marathon at Frost Eagle, the sixth event in the Winter Trail Series!

2017-18 WINTER TRAIL SERIES

NOV 4 – CARKEEK COOLER
5k & 10k, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA

NOV 19 -RAVENNA REFRESHER
4k, 8k, 12k, Ravenna Park, Seattle, WA

DEC 2 – REDMOND REINDEER ROMP
5-mile & Half Marathon, Redmond Watershed Preserve, Redmond, WA

DEC 16 – SEWARD SOLSTICE
4.2-mile & 10k, Seward Park, Seattle, WA

DEC 31 – ABSOLUTION RUN
4-mile & 8-mile, St. Edward State Park, Kenmore, WA

JAN 20 – FROST EAGLE
5-mile & Half Marathon, Soaring Eagle Park, Sammamish, WA

FEB 3 – INTERLAKEN ICICLE DASH
5k & 10k, Interlaken Park, Seattle, WA

SERIES SWAG

Are you motivated by swag?

Consistency pays off! Participate in 4 or more of the Winter Trail Series events in the 2017-18 season listed above and you’ll earn a free limited edition Northwest Trail Runs prize! Past year’s prizes included a thermal beanie and a fleece neck warmer.

SERIES COMPETITION

Are you competitive?

Your best 4 performances in the Winter Trail Series will rank you in the series standings!
If you want to do fewer events, that’s okay! Series events are open to everyone.
You may register for events individually, or use Series Registration (link coming) to sign up for more than one event at once for your own convenience. Using Series Registration is not required to be part of the series competition.
If you complete any of the 2017-18 season Winter Trail Series events, you are automatically entered.
Points will be awarded to women and men separately (both the fastest man and woman will earn 100 points). After receiving points for placement within the women’s and men’s category, participants will then be divided into their age category for the series competition. (You may be the fastest in your category without scoring 100 points, if you are not the overall women’s or men’s winner).
The series rewards those with the most points, regardless of what distances they ran.
The 1st place woman and 1st place man in each event score 100 points, 2nd place scores 95, 3rd scores 92, 4th scores 90, 5th 89 and so on. Places 64th and lower score 30 points.
In the event of a tie, each runner’s highest point score is used for the tie-breaker. If two runners have identical highest point scores, then the next highest point scores are compared until the tie is broken.
The top series participants receive special recognition and free entry to a future trail run to be announced.
Awards will be presented in the following categories: Open Women, Open Men, Masters Women 40+, Masters Men 40+, Youth Girls 12/under, Youth Boys 12/under, Junior Girls 13-18, Junior Boys 13-18

Results
Registration
Youth Runner Discount
Course Descriptions
Schedule
Directions & Parking
Apparel
Safety, Etiquette, Dogs

Results

2018 Results & photos courtesy of Takao Suzuki

2017 Results & photos courtesy of Yutaka Suzue

Registration

	Open (through 9/12)	Early (through 12/26)	Regular (through 1/18)	Day-of-Event
5-mile	27.00	29.00	35.00	40.00
Half Marathon	35.00	39.00	45.00	50.00

Online pre-registration closes Thursday, January 18th at 11:59pm.

Day-of-event registration by cash, card or check made payable to Northwest Trail Runs.

Youth Runner Discount

Runners in elementary, middle, or high school are eligible to receive a $10 discount on online pre-registration prices for any and all of the Winter Trail Series events. Simply use this code at checkout: #YOUTH

Young runners registering at the event may receive $5 off day-of-event registration.

Course Descriptions

Courses feature rolling hills that are mostly short or moderate in grade, and none of the courses are very hilly by trail running standards. Much of the course is on “technical singletrack,” which means that the trail can be narrow, twisty, and filled with roots and bumps. A short section of the course is on the Pipeline Trail which is mostly groomed gravel, but can turn muddy in places.

PDF of the half marathon course map (run loop twice)

PDF of the 5-mile course map (run once)

Aid Station
Both courses form a figure 8, and the aid station will be located at the intersection of the ‘8.’ See the course maps above for clarification. Everyone will pass the aid station twice on each lap, so that half marathoners pass the aid station 4 times and 5-milers pass the aid station 2 times.

Aid stations offer water, electrolyte drink, and some carbohydrate-rich or salty foods, such as cookies, pieces of energy bar, gels, chews, chips, bagel, fruity candy, fig bars, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and/or bananas.

Schedule

SATURDAY, January 20
8:00am – Check-in and event-day registration opens
8:50am – Half Marathon pre-run briefing
9:00am – Half Marathon Start
9:50am – 5-mile pre-run briefing
10:00am – 5-mile Start
12:30pm – Course closes

Directions & Parking

The start and finish is at the Main Entrance of Soaring Eagle Regional Park, on the west side of the park, where there is a paved parking lot. No parking pass is required. There is additional free street parking on the south side of E Main St. Please note that the north side of E Main St. is signed with No Parking signs. DO NOT PARK HERE! There is a local resident who makes a hobby of calling in vehicles that are parked on the north side of the street.

Google Map

Apparel

The NWTR design for Fall 2017 – Spring 2018 features our “Run Every Trail” slogan with all our favorite trail animals! You can order apparel when 1) registering and pick them up at the event, 2) order at RunningBug Apparel and have them shipped, 3) order at RunningBug Apparel and pick them up at the event or, 4) try it on and buy at the event.

$20 – short sleeve tech shirts, in unisex, women’s cuts & youth

$25 – long sleeve tech shirts, in unisex and women’s cut

$20 cotton blend T-shirt, unisex $30 cotton hoodie, unisex

Safety, Etiquette, Dogs

SAFETY
The trails will be open to other users during the event, including pedestrians with pets, and cyclists. Participants are responsible for their own safety while participating, and the organizers are neither qualified nor equipped to render medical care in the event of a serious injury. In case of an emergency, call 9-1-1. You are encouraged to bring a cell phone with you as a safety precaution, if you wish.

PASSING ETIQUETTE
Where the trails are narrow, please let other participants pass you if they want to get by. It is a passing runner’s job to tell the person in front that they wish to pass.

HEADPHONES
If you’d like to listen to music while you’re on the course, please use headphones or earbuds, so that runners around you can’t hear it. Others may prefer a quieter event experience or may have different musical tastes. Runners playing music in the open air may be asked to leave the event.

Also, keep the volume low enough that you can hear someone talking to you in a normal voice, for example, another runner saying they would like to pass on your left.

DOGS
Our events are USATF sanctioned and subject to USATF policies, and so dogs are not allowed to accompany runners on the course.