Salem 50k
About this race
inaugural Salem 50k - December 6, 2025
We're going on ten years of hosting Angry Owl Ultramarathons in Bush Park and it's time to grow. We're using a similar blueprint to Angry Owl as far as running a looped course at Bush, but we've changed a number of variables: the weather, the loop, and the distances are all quite a bit different.
Those that know and love Angry Owl will enjoy this event, and those who are new to us will find this event to be both accessible and challenging.
Course:
The course is a 3.33km loop all within the park. It's about half asphalt and half gravel or dirt. There are two notable climbs that account for most of the 120 feet of elevation gain per loop. The Strava map is embedded at the bottom of this page, and you can view the map on Strava HERE.
50k = 15 loops
30k = 9 loops
10k = 3 loops
The start/finish is at the bottom of the soap box derby hill off of Mission Street. Please note that this is a different start/finish location than Angry Owl.
Race Day Schedule:
6:45am: 50k bib pickup
7:30am: 50k race begins
7:45am: 10k/30k bib pickup
8:30am: 10k/30k races begin
3:30pm: must begin final loop prior to 3:30pm
4:00: cutoff time for all races - 8.5 hours for 50k, 7.5 hours for 10k/30k
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Running
50k
30k
10k
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Salem, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:35 AM and sets at 4:31 PM local time (PST) in Salem on December 6, 2026 — 8h 55m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 30 Salem events
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