2015 Frost Eagle

02/07/2015

5-mile & Half Marathon

Saturday, February 7, 2015, 9:30am

Soaring Eagle Regional Park, Seattle, 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 square acres of mature 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 interference 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 seventh event in the Winter Trail Series!

2014-15 WINTER TRAIL SERIES

NOV 8 – CARKEEK COOLER
5k & 10k, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA

NOV 22 – RAVENNA REFRESHER
4k, 8k, 12k, Ravenna Park, Seattle, WA

DEC 6 – REDMOND REINDEER ROMP
5-mile & Half Marathon, Redmond Watershed Preserve, Redmond, WA

DEC 20 – SEWARD SOLSTICE
4.2-mile & 10k, Seward Park, Seattle, WA

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

JAN 24 – INTERLAKEN ICICLE DASH
5k & 10k, Interlaken Park, Seattle, WA

FEB 7 – FROST EAGLE
5-mile & Half Marathon, Soaring Eagle Regional Park, Sammamish, WA

SERIES SWAG AND COMPETITION

Are you motivated by swag?

Consistency pays off! Participate in 4 or more of the Winter Trail Series events in the 2014-15 season listed above and you’ll earn a free Northwest Trail Runs thermal beanie made by Headsweats! This is a high quality, cozy beanie with a fleece inner shell and a quick drying outer shell, sporting the Northwest Trail Runs logo.

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 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 2014-15 season Winter Trail Series events, you are automatically entered.
Points will be awarded based on finish placement, and this will be done separately for both women’s and men’s finishers.
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.
The series rewards those with the most points, regardless of what distances they ran.
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 at the final Winter Trail Series event, Frost Eagle, on February 7th, 2015.

Results
Registration
Apparel
Course Description
Schedule
Directions and Parking
Facebook Event
The Winter Trail Series
Series Swag & Competition
Series Standings
Safety & Etiquette

Results

2015 Results and Photos

Registration

This event date has passed. We welcome you to join us at one of our upcoming events.

	Early (through 1/20)	Regular (through 2/5)	Day-of-Event
5-mile	29.00	34.00	40.00
Half Marathon	39.00	44.00	50.00

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Online pre-registration closed Thursday, February 5th, 2015 at 11:59pm.

We accept cash or check made payable to Northwest Trail Runs.

Young Runner Discount

Runners in middle school or high school who run track or cross-country are eligible to receive a $10 discount on online pre-registration prices on any and all of the Winter Trail Series events. If you are a young runner, or coach young runners, contact Rebecca at rebecca@mergeo.com to get your coupon code!

Coaches may also use the code if one of their athletes is participating in the same event.

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

Apparel

During online registration, you can add Northwest Trail Runs apparel to your order! Featuring the bright Northwest Trail Runs horizontal logo, choose from a colorblocked tech tee, longsleeve tech tee, SoftStyle cotton tee, or cozy heavyweight cotton hoodie. You can also purchase Northwest Trail Runs apparel directly from RunningBugApparel.com where you can choose to have it shipped to you or pick your order up at our next event.

There is limited stock of 2014′s Run Every Trail arrow design, so it is available for purchase on-site (cash or check) at Northwest Trail Runs events or through RunningBugApparel.com only.

Course Description

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, FEBRUARY 7th
8:30am – Check-in and event-day registration opens
9:20am – Pre-run briefing
9:30am – Start
1:00pm – Course closes

Directions and 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

Facebook Event

Connect with your fellow racers, get pumped, and stay connected- all through the Facebook event page.

The Winter Trail Series

The Winter Trail Series celebrates Seattle and the Eastside’s local parks with trail runs that will keep your winter fitness warm. All events have a choice of two distances, and course lengths range from 4-km to half marathon (13.1 miles). So rally your running pals and put these motivating events on your calendar!

NOV 8 – CARKEEK COOLER
5k & 10k, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA

NOV 22 – RAVENNA REFRESHER
4k, 8k, 12k, Ravenna Park, Seattle, WA

DEC 6 – REDMOND REINDEER ROMP
5-mile & Half Marathon, Redmond Watershed Preserve, Redmond, WA

DEC 20 – SEWARD SOLSTICE
4.2-mile & 10k, Seward Park, Seattle, WA

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

JAN 24 – INTERLAKEN ICICLE DASH
5k & 10k, Interlaken Park, Seattle, WA

FEB 7 – FROST EAGLE
5-mile & Half Marathon, Soaring Eagle Regional Park, Sammamish, WA

Series Swag & Competition

SERIES SWAG AND COMPETITION

Are you motivated by swag?

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 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 2014-15 season Winter Trail Series events, you are automatically entered.
Points will be awarded based on finish placement, and this will be done separately for both women’s and men’s finishers.
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.
The series rewards those with the most points, regardless of what distances they ran.
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 at the final Winter Trail Series event, Frost Eagle, on February 7th, 2015.

Series Standings

See the series standings as of Absolution Run on January 4th:

Men’s Standings

Women’s Standings

Read the blog post

Safety & Etiquette

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.

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.