The April 10-12 weekend was hopping for ultramarathons in New England. A pair of events took place in Massachusetts – the Spring Fever 8-Hour in Hingham, and The Next Loop Endurance Challenge in Wrentham – both of which will be covered in separate recaps. Additionally, the region rejoiced with the return of the Runamuck 50K in Vermont following a two-year hiatus. The record-setting day at Runamuck leads off this edition of the roundup, but we also catch up on results for New Englanders at other races across the country, including in Virginia, Utah, California, Oregon and Illinois.
Results: The Next Loop Endurance Series – New England
The inaugural running of The Next Loop Endurance Series: New England took place on Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Wrentham, Mass. Runners took on a 5K loop course and had 10 hours to complete as many loops as they could, up to 10 loops for a 50K. Of the 50 runners who took part, 15 completed a 50K and three completed nine loops for 45K – slightly beyond the marathon distance. Those results are included here.
The fourth annual Spring Fever 8-hour ultra, 5-mile and 5K trail races took place Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Wompatuck State Park in Hingham, Mass. Runners took on a loop course consisting of mostly trails, some pavement, and rolling hills throughout the park.
The 2026 ultramarathon season in New England is starting to heat up. The April 3-5 weekend saw the first of four straight weekends with an ultra in Massachusetts as the Mt. Toby 50K took place in Sunderland. We’ll have that covered in a separate story, but here in this week’s roundup we are catching up on results from around the region and beyond. In Connecticut, the inaugural CT123 – a 200K journey across the state – took place. Additionally. We catch up on Maine resident Jason Geroux’s successful completion of the Arizona Monster 300-miler, and close out at the Fort Yargo Ultra 50K in Georgia.
Beast Coast Trail Running played host to the sixth running of the Mt. Toby Ultra and Trail Races on Saturday, April 4, in Sunderland, Mass. The event offered 50K, 24K and 13K distances on technical trails with plenty of climbing.
March came to a close with plenty of New England ultrarunners toeing starting lines across the country. Here in New England, they gathered in Connecticut for the grueling Sleeping Giant Trail Run 50K where both the male and female course records fell. Also, in nearby New York, New Hampshire’s Benjamin Niebla repeated as champion at the Spring On the Trails Endurance Runs 12-hour race. From there, we catch up on results from races in Virginia, Arizona, Utah, Kansas and Georgia.
Hale Education in Westwood, Mass., was the busiest place for ultrarunners to gather in New England during the March 20-22 weekend as the Trail Animals Running Club played host to the To Hale and Back 6-hour ultra, but it wasn’t the only hot spot in the region. Runners also gathered at the Roosevelt Forest in Stratford, Conn., for another time-based opportunity at the Enchanted Forest Ultra Run. Several New Englanders also ventured outside the region to race, including New Hampshire’s Erica Notini and Massachusetts resident Scot DeDeo who placed on the podium at the Southern States 200- and 100-mile races in Alabama. Bay Stater Shannon Mellett tied for the win in the 12-hour race at the Dogwood Ultras in Virginia, and New Hampshire’s Ryan Montgomery secured a podium finish at Big Alta in California. We have all that and more covered in this week’s roundup.
The Trail Animals Running Club (TARC) played host to the ninth running of the TARC To Hale and Back 6-Hour Ultra on Saturday, March, 21, 2026, at Hale Education in Westwood, Mass. Runners took on a 3.5-mile single-loop course that they could complete once in a fixed-distance 3.5-mile race, or as many loops as they wanted during the 6-hour ultramarathon event.
The March 13-15 weekend saw two ultra distance events play out in New England, one on foot and one on skis. Both of those were covered in Part I of this week’s roundup. Here in Part II, we catch up on how New Englanders did at other ultras around the country, making stops in California, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Florida. Boston resident Tilman Dette leads it off with a strong performance at a large West Coast race.
The snow has finally melted across southern New England, and that freed up the trails for ultramarathon running during the March 13-15 weekend. Up north was a different story. Snow remained, which made ideal conditions for another ultra event – though on skis – at the TruStrength “Uphill Will” 24-Hour Skimo race in Maine. We have both covered here in Part I of this week’s roundup.
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