Frost Eagle Trail Run

01/20/2024

5-mile & Half Marathon

Saturday, January 20, 2024

9:20-9:50am Starts

Soaring Eagle Regional Park, Sammamish, WA

A sanctuary for birds, deer, bobcats, and black bear, Soaring Eagle Regional Park is also a quiet sanctuary for humans. 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!

Want to keep motivated all winter long? Use the series registration page to sign up for more than one Winter Trail Series event at once!

2023-24 WINTER TRAIL SERIES

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

NOV 18 – 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

Do you love earning swag?

Consistency pays off! Participate in 4 or more of the Winter Trail Series events in the 2023-2024 season listed above and you’ll earn a free Winter Trail Series dry bag!

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 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 2023-24 season Winter Trail Series events, you are automatically entered.
Points will be awarded separately to runners in the Female and Open categories. The top runner in each category earns 100 points. After receiving points for placement within the Female and Open categories, 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 Female or Open winner).
The series rewards those with the most points, regardless of what distances they ran.
The 1st place runner in the Female category and 1st place runner in the Open category 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. (Everyone is welcome to compete in the Open category.)
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.
A runner must have at least three scores to be eligible for awards.
Awards will be presented in the following categories: Female, Open, Masters Female 40+, Masters Open 40+, Youth Female 12/under, Youth Open 12/under, Junior Female 13-19, Junior Open 13-19

Results & Photos
Registration
Youth Runner Discount
Course Description
Schedule
Directions & Parking
Safety, Etiquette & Dogs

Results & Photos

2024 Results & photos by Agustin Sanchez

2023 Results & photos by Agustin Sanchez

2022 Results & photos by Yutaka Suzue

2021 Results & photos by Takao Suzuki

2020 Results & photos by Taryn Graham

2019 Results & photos by Takao Suzuki

2018 Results & photos by Takao Suzuki

2017 Results & photos by Yutaka Suzue

PC: Agustin Sanchez

Registration

	Open (through 8/11)	Early (through 12/19)	Regular (through 1/18)	Day-of-Event
5-mile	32.00	37.00	42.00	50.00
Half Marathon	46.00	51.00	56.00	65.00

Use the dark green registration button on the right to register for multiple Winter Trail Series events at once. Register for two races to get a 5% discount on your entry fees, three races to get a 10% discount, and four or more races to get a 15% entry fee discount. The light green button on the left links to registration just for this race.

Online pre-registration closes Thursday, January 19 at 11:59pm.

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

See the registration confirmation list to check your registration details or see who else is registered.

Youth Runner Discount

Runners in elementary, middle, or high school—and any runners under 20 years old—are eligible to receive a $10 discount on online pre-registration prices for all Northwest Trail Runs events. You don’t need to enter a code; the discount is applied automatically based upon your date of birth. Northwest Trail Runs is a founding member of USA Track & Field and American Trail Running Association’s Youth Trail Initiative.

Runners under 20 registering at the event may also receive $10 off day-of-event registration (if available).

PC: Agustin Sanchez

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 primary 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.

A second aid station for the Half Marathon runners will be located immediately adjacent to the start/finish, so that Half Marathon runners can access aid between their two laps.

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
9:10am – Half Marathon pre-run briefing
9:20am – Half Marathon Start
9:40am – 5-mile pre-run briefing
9:50am – 5-mile Start
11:30am – Cut-off time for Half Marathon runners to start second lap
1:30pm – Course closes

PC: Agustin Sanchez

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 also free street parking on the south side of E Main Dr. Please note that the north side of E Main Dr. 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.

Due to the small size of the lot and the large number of runners, most people will need to park on the street, and the line of cars will stretch several hundred meters along the road from the start. Later arriving runners should allow time to walk or jog the distance from street parking to the start.

Google Map

Safety, Etiquette & Dogs

GENERAL 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 choose between turning off the music or leaving 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.

COVID-19 & RESPIRATORY VIRUS SAFETY
Outdoors settings are among the safest, due to the open air dissipating virus particles to greatly reduce the risk of transmission. However, fall and winter are virus season, so we encourage you to take simple precautions:

Please stay home if you are sick (with any contagious respiratory virus); we’ll happily give you a credit toward another race or a full refund
Get your flu and COVID-19 shots when possible
Mask wearing is generally not required at our events, but you are welcome to wear a mask if you feel it is best for your own health
At times when viruses are going around, keep a six foot distance from others when it is practical, or at least avoid being in close proximity for a long time in still air
Limit touching of shared surfaces and items, and clean your hands before and after
We encourage you to wear a mask when riding a shuttle bus

Thank you for helping us keep our events safe and fun for you and everyone else!