Oh my goodness, how can you beat free? This 50K (also known as the "Fremont Fat Ass 50K") is sponsored by Mike Palmer, Catra Corbett, Jerry Roninger, and Chihping Fu, … MORE
Oh my goodness, how can you beat free? This 50K (also known as the “Fremont Fat Ass 50K”) is sponsored by Mike Palmer, Catra Corbett, Jerry Roninger, and Chihping Fu, four veteran ultra runners who offer this race every year as a way to give back to the ultra running community.
The race is as bare bones as they get. There’s no timing chip, finisher’s arch, race shirt, race medal, or race pint glass. But who the heck cares? This race is FREE! You heard right; no dinero. Zilcho. Nada. Zero. The sponsors pay for the cost of putting on this race out of their own generous wallets.
And before you say “Well what kinds of costs do you have when you don’t give away any swag?” remember that this is an official race. You register for it at UltraSignup. They even upload the results to UltraSignup so your results are official. They pay for and go through the red tape to acquire the necessary permits from East Bay Regional Parks. And there are a few aid stations out there, where you get to meet the sponsors in person to thank them, and feast on real aid station food.
If you’re on a budget and can’t afford the $100+ that many ultra races charge for, want to participate as a way to say thank-you to the sponsors, need to put time on your feet for training for ultra races, or want to add a relatively “easy” 50k in your portfolio (elevation gains are on the lower end for a trail 50k), this is the way to do it!
The course starts at Quarry Lakes in Fremont, and takes you along the Alameda Creek Trail all the way over to Coyote Hills. There, you hit some elevation as you run around the trails there (although they are all paved) before you loop back around to the Alameda Creek Trail and run back to Quarry Lakes.
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Low-key 50K is FREE!
Oh my goodness, how can you beat free? This 50K (also known as the "Fremont Fat Ass 50K") is sponsored by Mike Palmer, Catra Corbett, Jerry Roninger, and Chihping Fu, … MORE
Oh my goodness, how can you beat free? This 50K (also known as the “Fremont Fat Ass 50K”) is sponsored by Mike Palmer, Catra Corbett, Jerry Roninger, and Chihping Fu, four veteran ultra runners who offer this race every year as a way to give back to the ultra running community.
The race is as bare bones as they get. There’s no timing chip, finisher’s arch, race shirt, race medal, or race pint glass. But who the heck cares? This race is FREE! You heard right; no dinero. Zilcho. Nada. Zero. The sponsors pay for the cost of putting on this race out of their own generous wallets.
And before you say “Well what kinds of costs do you have when you don’t give away any swag?” remember that this is an official race. You register for it at UltraSignup. They even upload the results to UltraSignup so your results are official. They pay for and go through the red tape to acquire the necessary permits from East Bay Regional Parks. And there are a few aid stations out there, where you get to meet the sponsors in person to thank them, and feast on real aid station food.
If you’re on a budget and can’t afford the $100+ that many ultra races charge for, want to participate as a way to say thank-you to the sponsors, need to put time on your feet for training for ultra races, or want to add a relatively “easy” 50k in your portfolio (elevation gains are on the lower end for a trail 50k), this is the way to do it!
The course starts at Quarry Lakes in Fremont, and takes you along the Alameda Creek Trail all the way over to Coyote Hills. There, you hit some elevation as you run around the trails there (although they are all paved) before you loop back around to the Alameda Creek Trail and run back to Quarry Lakes.