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The
Saddleback Marathon
Rated the toughest marathon in California |
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DATE |
DISTANCE |
TOTAL CLIMBS |
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November 8 |
26.2 miles |
5,100' |
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Click
HERE
for Official Entry form |
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Click
HERE
for a printable BLANK entry form to give to your running mates. |
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Where: |
Blue
Jay Campground off Ortega Hwy (74) about 21 miles inland from San
Juan Capistrano (I5) Orange County. |
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Start: |
8:00 AM. Time limit
7 hours. |
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Entry Fee: |
$50 before Nov 10th,
(add $20 there after, including race day). No refunds. Includes
race-shirt. Sign up early as the Forest Service limits entries to
150 runners max. |
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Course: |
Tough. Rated the toughest trail marathon in California. Follow
yellow ribbons and white arrows on truck roads and single-trail.
Total elevation gains are 5,100 feet. Starts at 3,300 ft. Be
ready! |
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Aid Stations: |
5 total. Please
carry water between stations |
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Weather: |
Always magic for
running, but come prepared. |
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Awards: |
Overall winners,
men/women and age groups. Plus Baz’s MAGIC raffle. |
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Please Note: |
There may be a short delay for road construction on Ortega Highway
coming from San Juan Capistrano. Please park in designated areas
only in Lower Blue Jay. Must show a day-use pass from Forest
Service. (Only $5) Parking on right side only on blacktop, no
double-parking please. We are limited to 150 vehicles. Trail
briefing before the start with any late changes, come early. Bring
a chair, food and drink will be available for all entrants at the
finish line.
Please leave your pets at home. |
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For more info
contact BAZ the RD 949-830-5008 or
bazhawley@sti.net |
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Garmin GPS data for the Saddleback Marathon Course
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Aerial View of the Marathon Course |
Google Earth 3D view of the marathon terrain |
GPS record of the elevation changes of this TOUGH course! |
Saddleback Marathon
Race Animated Flyby
Fly the 3D view of this
tough marathon course.
Click on:
Google Earth Flyby Tour
(To download the free Google Earth software, go to
http://earth.google.com) |
Double click on the
Flyby Tour link and wait for Google Earth to
open and slowly zoom in from orbit to the view that shows the red outline of the
entire 26.2 mile course. Once it stabilizes, select PLAY TOUR from the drop down TOOLS menu. This
starts the animated flyover of the entire Saddleback Mountain Marathon 26.2 mile course.
Awesome! It is like you are a bird at 500 feet elevation flying
along the entire course from start to finish. Up each mountain
top, down each and every descent. RELIVE the TORTURE and the
SCENIC BEAUTY!
Click
HERE
for more hints on setting up your Google Earth options for best
viewing of Flyby Tours |
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Click
HERE
for detailed
info on how to get to Blue Jay for the race |
Click
HERE to read
the 2007 article "California's Toughest
Marathon"
by Orange County Register's OUTDOOR columnist David Whiting (7th
place overall!)
Click
HERE
to view David's video piece on KOCE's Real Orange TV
News
(4:23
long - be patient waiting for it to load. Can also click to the
video directly from the article page.)
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Scenes from the 2007
Saddleback Marathon |
1st
time trail marathon runner, Beiyi Zheng cruises up the trail.
Fog covered Lake Elsinore below. |
Pete Vara & Kim French at the FABULOUS Christmas Tree TRAIL MARKER!
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Aid station volunteers (Eric Kosters, Greg Hardesty & Kirk Fortini)
and runners in the early morning cold. |
Great scenic view of the last quarter of the Holy Jim Trail. That
dot really is Rob Cowan! |
Rob Cowan finishing 6th overall in 4:10:2 |
David Whiting, age 53, finishes 7th overall in
4:20:11. |
1st overall - Rob McNair, age 53
in
3:28:43 (with RD Baz) |
Rob, Michelle and RD Big Baz Hawley |
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