Date
Sat, 6 Mar 2027
Start
08:00
Venue
Cool Fire Station, 7200 Florian Court, Cool, CA 95614
Cool, El Dorado County
Countdown
March
The short way into a race with history back to 1990. A friendly 10-miler with little climbing, starting alongside the 50K runners.
Key facts
01Firm finish cutoff of 11:30 AM, 3.5 hours after the 8:00 start
02Starts together with the 50K at 8:00
Create a free training plan for the Way Too Cool 50K 17 km
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The course
The route
Cool
Distance17.4km
Total climb354m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate16.2 km
Weather
Early-March, Cool
15°CTypical high
5°CTypical low
-5°CColdest in 20 years
39%Days with rain
Highs around 15°C and lows around 5°C, but it has dropped to -5°C. Rain on 39% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
Training
Training for the Way Too Cool 50K 17 km
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a Way Too Cool 50K 17 km plan targets
Typical sessions
17 km with 354 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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