Event Description

Welcome to the beautiful lakeside community of Cassadaga, NY.   Just off of I-90, one hour south of Buffalo, NY and 1 hour north of Erie, PA.  

A NO FRILLS ultra-running event for those of you that just LOVE to run!

The Lower Lake in Cassadaga hosts a perfectly distanced 5K loop and this event will have you run or walk one to ten loops, depending on what you feel that day. 

 NO CUT OFF TIMES 

When we say NO FRILLS, we mean it!  No medals, no t-shirts.(Unless some amazing sponsor wants to step in and provide…hint, hint)

 Results will be posted on CoachMarkWilson.com 

Held in conjunction with the Cassadaga Winter Festival activities and produced by Wilson Endurance Sports.

There will be a $10 entrance fee, ALL of which will be donated to the Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department & Fire Police.

**UPDATE to the NO FRILLS ~ we’ve added some frills.  We just couldn’t help ourselves.

• Warming center in the community room at 22 Mill Street with coffee and hot cocoa 
• Restrooms available
• Bring your bags inside to keep them warm
• Take a break or enjoy post race: 
• beer zone provided by our awesome sponsors at Southern Tier Brewing Company
• pancakes made fresh by Coach Mark beginning at 8:30am until the last runner finishes.  No limit.

REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN:

Doors open at 7am (we will be there at 6:30am)

Pre-registration is appreciated to adhere to COVID protocols.

Want to save the on-line fee?? Register directly with Tonia Wilson and pay with a check or PayPal - contact Tonia at 716-353-1288 (text is best) or tonia@coachmarkwilson.com

Registration, to comply with Covid protocols, will be available and modified race morning.  You will need to provide your email address and city/state and payment can be made by a personal check (made out to Wilson Endurance Sports), PayPal account or cash.  Waiver will need to be signed.

If you pre-register on-line or with Tonia directly you just need to check in and let us know that you are there on race morning. 

PARKING:

FREE parking in several locations within a very short walk to the race site. 

22 Mill Street - Please do not block the fire department doors.

25 Maple Avenue, Park Church

Park Avenue at the Cassadaga Beach

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Saturday, February 6th

• 6:30am - Fire Hall doors open for check-in
• 7:50am - Pre-race meeting at the start line
• 8:00am SHARP - Race start

RUN COURSE: 

The 3.1 mile loop around the lake will begin at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Mill Street, right next to the lake.

Left turn onto Park Avenue

Left turn onto Dale Drive

Left turn onto Frisbee Road 

Left turn onto Maple Avenue

You are always running against traffic.  There will be directional signs at the turns.

 Stocked aid station with Hammer Nutrition products; Heed and Gels and water.

TIMING:

ALL participants begin at the same time at the gun start at 8am.

You will check in at the table inside the Fire Hall when you are finished to report how many loops you completed.  Your finish time is taken as a gun time.  All bathroom breaks, walking time, naps, beer stops, pancake eating, etc will be included in your time. 

DIVISIONS & AWARDS:  

No awards.  Just bragging rights.  We will name and announce the Top 3 Finishers that complete the full 50K.

RULES:

Race is held Snow, Blizzard, Rain or Shine.  

Only registered participants allowed on the course, please.  

Anyone that brings dogs(not recommended) or strollers we ask that you stay to the back of the pack at the Start to allow the serious runners ample space and safety.

You can take as many breaks as you’d like.  Your finish time will include them all.

There is NO refund for this event. However, with ADVANCE notice, you may defer to another Wilson Endurance Sports event or next years race. You must speak with Tonia Wilson directly via email at tonia@coachmarkwilson.com or 716-353-1288.

Any questions on the course or race please contact Race Director, Mark H. Wilson, via email CoachMarkWilson@gmail.com or 914-466-9214.

If you have fun at this one you will most definitely want to put the Frickin’ Hot 50K on your calendar for August 7th.  Same idea, same course.  Only differences are that we start and finish at the Cassadaga Beach so that you can jump in the lake and cool off, and hot dogs will be grilled instead of pancakes.  

Wilson Endurance Sports strives to bring you a fun, challenging event in beautiful settings all around New York State and one in Connecticut.  We host a full calendar that can be viewed on the Races & Events page of our website at www.CoachMarkWilson.com   Athlete centered, grass-roots racing is what we are all about.

Volunteers are always needed and appreciated!