BEALS POINT STATE PARK
Granite Bay trails

  Event and Registration
                           Race #8 - Beals Point State Park (Granite Bay)                               

If you signed up for all races to this point (7), you get this race free.

Race Date
Sunday, February 28, 2010

Race Distances
Short Course - 3 mi
Intermediate Course - 7.5 mi
Long Course - 11.5 mi

Race Start Time
9am - Long Course
9:15am - Intermediate
9:30am - Short Course

* Race Fees
Short Course (runners and walkers welcome)
Adults - $15
Children (17 and under) - $10

Intermediate Course (runners and walkers welcome)
Adults - $20
Children (17 and under) - $10

Long Course
Adults - $25
Children (17 and under) - $15

* Register on-line by 11:59pm on Friday, February 26, 2009 (no online payment processing fee) 
Add $5 for race day registration
To keep the cost down, the $2.50 per runner online payment processing fee is paid by Breakout Racing.

Important Shirt info - Registered runners may receive one short-sleeved technical/moisture wicking shirt with the FLWTS logo design print during the Series.  We'll have a new shipment of shirts for Sunday, however, since it is the last race I will not be ordering any more.  Shirts will go to runners in this order:  1)  All runners from the 2/14 race will get their shirt (these will be reserved in your name); 2) If you have not already received a shirt, online registered runners for this race may get their shirt (if we don't run out) on a first come, first serve basis; 3) Race day registered runners may get a shirt if we don't run out.   The shirts take 1.5 weeks to get, so I can only estimate how many I will need on race day. 

Let's keep our parks clean!  If you drop it, pick it up.  Please do not drop your waste on the trail and expect someone else to pick it up.  Reduce aid station waste - carry a water bottle.   Thank you!

Race Day Agenda
* Check-in/race day registration deadline is 20 minutes before your race start

Sunday, February 28, 2010
* 8:00am:  Race Day Registration and Check-in for all runners
8:55am:  Pre-race line-up and meeting for Long Course runners
9:00am:  Long Course race start
9:10am:  Pre-race line-up and meeting for Intermediate Course runners
9:15am:  Intermediate Course race start
9:25am:  Pre-race line-up and meeting for Short Course runners
9:30am:  Short Course race start

Post-race agenda
After your race, refuel and rehydrate.  Enjoy a post-run pancake breakfast, fruit, juice...   Raffle prize winners will be announced...you must be present to win.  Raffle prizes include - Fleet Feet prize bags, bottle of wine (must be at least 21 yrs old to win), one-year subscription to Trail Runner Magazine, massage certificate, jar of Skweet Bottle Wash, Trail Runner Magazine issue and more...  Lori Ernst will be there too, giving Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy complimentary demos, stop by & get your legs flushed!!

Course Description
Course Map
From Beals Point State Park all runners head north on trails toward Granite Bay.  Short Course (3 mi) runners will run out and back on the same course.  Intermediate Course (7.5mi) runners will continue running toward Granite Bay along lakefront trails, ascend up the water tank hill where they will descend to the first aid station, turning right and will head East on scenic lakefront trails back toward Beals Point.  Long Course (11.5mi) runners will continue heading north, past the first aid station, through the Granite Bay Horse Assembly area to the turnaround at Twin Rocks (2nd aid station).  Long Course runners will take the same route back to the 1st aid station and take the same route back as the Intermediate Course runners.

Intermediate and Long Course Aid Station Detail
It is recommended that you carry one water bottle - this also helps reduce waste

Intermediate Course - One aid station on the course - Granite Bay State Park (at the gate)
Long Course - Three aid station points
Aid Stations will be stocked with water, HEED and Hammer Gels

Directions
Beals Point State Park   
View Beals Point State Park in a larger map
Entrance to Beals Point State Park is located on Auburn-Folsom Road, about 1 mile North of Folsom Lake Crossing.   

If you park in the Beals Point State Park, there is a $10 park entrance fee per vehicle charge or you may purchase an annual California State Parks Poppy Pass park for $90 (a real bargain).  
* See information about an annual Poppy Pass below.  Remember that this fee is your donation to improving our state parks, including the trails we run on.

* Annual Poppy Pass information

Many trails are located within the California State Parks. If you do not have one, I highly recommend purchasing a Poppy Pass for $90/year (from date of purchase). California State Parks Pass info This pass is valid at 97 parks in the State of California where an entry fee is collected.  You can usually purchase your park pass at most park pay stations, most any state park office, including the Gold Fields District Office, 7806 Folsom-Auburn Rd, Folsom and the Auburn Recreation Area office on Hwy 49 about 1/2 mile into the canyon from Auburn.
 

Folsom Lake SRA