Last update February 8, 2010
Shar Anderson Memorial 5K Trail Run/Walk
1st Saturday in February, 8 AM start
Mt. Sac Cross Country Course Lower Field, Walnut CA,
Bonita drive south of Temple Ave - directions - Athletics Facilities Map
Download the App and info, print out and postal mail it in asap.
To register on line click on Shar Anderson above.
The Mt. San Antonio College Cross Country Course is one of the most revered and famous courses in the world. The names "Valley Loop", "Switchbacks", "Poop Out Hill" and "Reservoir Hill" have become part of cross country legend and lingo. This is your chance to experience it with a broad field of runners and walkers at a worthy event.
Funds raised from this event go to Shar's Memorial Scholarship awarded yearly to students that share Shar's advenurous sprit, positive attitude, yearn to learn and zest for life. When Shar was not running with the Foothill Flyers Running Club and Hash House Harriers, training for an Ironman tri with the Inland Inferno club, or riding a bike over all 7 continents, she taught math at Mt. Sac.
Click on course map above to down load and print a pdf copy.
The first race held February 6, 2010, started during a big storm that drenched and rutted out the cross country course and made it impossible to use. RD Brett Terrell and the Mt. Sac event staff got together and came up with an alternate 5K course of 2 loops mostly on asphalt. It was runable but in some spots water was over the tops of shoes. Never the less, a larger than anticipated number of runners braved the elements and did the race. By the smiles on the people in the photos below, you can tell that despite the elements, everyone had a great time.
