Type Of Race
Paved Trail, Ultra
Date
2008: Monday, February 18
9:00 AM
Distance
The Frozen Ass Fifty offers two options:
25km paved trail half
50km paved trail ultra
The full course is an out and back course, from the centre of Calgary out to Chestermere Lake. The 25km half ends at Chestermere lake and you'll need to grab a ride back.
Results
2008 (Excel)
2007 (Excel)
2006 (Word)
2005 (Word)
2004 (Word)
2003 (Word)
Awards
Bragging rights
Atmosphere
Great crowd, lots of ultra runners and some great food at the aid stations. nice low-key feel.
Website
Overview
The Frozen Ass Fifty is an early start to the season taking place in early February (starting in 2008 it was held on the Family Day Monday - the third Monday inn February). It starts at 9AM at the Bow Waters Canoe Club (1975 26 St SE) and runners head out on the paved trail that runs along side the irrigation canal all the way out to Chestermere Lake. That marks the end of the 25km Half and the turnaround point for the full 50km. Drop bags can be picked up at the turnaround point.
Lots of Calgary runners and the same names seem to show up each year. Race Director is Gord of Gord's Running Store and he puts on a fine race.
Location
Bow Waters Canoe Club
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Race Course
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Elevation
This is the elevation chart for the 25km trail out to Chestermere Lake. As you can see there is very little change in elevation throughout this course. Probably the only real changes are where the trail rises up to cross a road before dropping down again.
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Race Report
The race starts right off Deerfoot Trail at the Bow Waters Canoe Club (1975 26 St. SE). From there it basically follows the irrigation canal all the way to Chestermere Lake. The only weird spot is at the 8km mark where you have to get onto Glenmore Trail and run across at the lights before getting back on again. The whole race is run on a paved trail which this year had about an inch and a half of fresh snow on it for most of the time with the occasional section where it had blown off.
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