Most of the trail- and ultrarunning world spent the June 26-28 weekend focused on the Western States Endurance Run in California, but here in New England there was plenty of ultra action taking place. In Massachusetts, the Moonwacker 12-hour All-Night Trail Race took place in Wrentham, though results from the run are unavailable. Additionally, a pair of ultras were held in Connecticut with the Centurion Ultra Trail Event and the Brooksvale 12-Hour Run. Results from Brooksvale were also unavailable as of the time of publication. Here in this week’s roundup we catch up on the action at Centurion, as well as New Englanders’ performances at a few races in the West, from the Black Hills 100 and the Copper Kings 100 to the Wy’East Wonder Ultras. New Englanders’ results from Western States will be included in a separate recap, but there is plenty to read in this edition of the roundup.
When Michelle Boland won the Drummer Hill 50K last June, a 10-month hiatus followed before she stepped up to another ultramarathon starting line. When Boland finally did so in April 2026, she raced to victory at the Wawayanda Trail Fest 50-miler in New Jersey. Less than two months later, Boland was back at it again when she made her first appearance at Beast Coast Trail Running’s Edge Hill Trail Race on Saturday, June 13, in Ashfield, Mass.
Maine and Vermont were the places to be for ultramarathon racing in New England during the June 19-21 weekend as runners gathered for 6 at the Springs and the Catamount Ultra. Beyond the region, New Englanders scattered across the country for more than a dozen other ultras. Though results from some of those events are not yet available, we have many of them covered in this edition of the roundup.
When Rob Fiero and Jennifer LeBlanc teamed up a year ago to create the Flat Rock Trail Race, their goals were simple: provide an opportunity for runners to come together to pursue their goals on the trails, and to make a positive financial impact on the Humane Society of Greater Nashua. The inaugural event was a resounding success, with 66 runners taking part and $3,750 in proceeds raised for the Humane Society to put toward a new building.
A busy weekend of ultramarathon racing in Massachusetts didn’t contain New Englanders from racing elsewhere during the June 12-14 weekend. In addition to the Flat Rock Trail Race 6-hour in Dunstable and the Edge Hill Trail Race in Ashfield, runners from the region tackled the Ansonia 6-Hour in Connecticut and the Last Human Standing event in Rhode Island. They also scattered to nearly a dozen events across the country. While many events – including Last Human Standing – don’t yet have results available, we have as much of the action covered as possible in this edition of the roundup.
Summer hasn’t officially arrived in New England yet, but it felt like it during the first weekend of June for ultrarunners from the region who took on the Connecticut Ultra Traverse. In addition to that event, runners from the region traveled all across the country to race, and a few earned podium finishes, including Shae Regan at the Great Divide Ultra in Colorado and Samuel Couture at the Malibu Canyon 50K in California. We have all of that covered–and more–in this edition of the roundup.
Beast Coast Trail Running played host to the third annual Edge Hill Trail Race on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the Edge Hill Conservation Area in Ashfield, Mass. Runners took on a 50K ultramarathon or 30K and 10K sub-ultra distances on the site of a former golf course that is being transformed into a grassland and shrub habitat.
The second annual Flat Rock Trail Race 6-hour and 5-mile races took place on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the Arched Bridge Conservation Area in Dunstable, Mass. The event used a 5-mile loop course with around 600 feet of climbing per loop.
May came to a close with several big ultramarathon efforts from New Englanders close to home and across the country. Some put up big miles at the Chesterfield Gorge Ultra in Massachusetts, which we will have covered in a separate recap. Others ran for up to 10 days straight at Infinitus in Vermont. Still others ventured to the rugged and remote trails of Pennsylvania for the Worlds End Ultra, and as far west as Oregon. While results of some events (such as Cayuga Trails in New York) weren’t available at the time of publication, we have plenty covered in this edition of the roundup.
The eighth edition of Beast Coast Trail Running’s Chesterfield Gorge Ultra took place May 30-31, 2026, at the Chesterfield Gorge Reservation in West Chesterfield, Mass. Runners took on a 7.75-mile out-and-back course on jeep roads and doubletrack trail, racing for up to 30 hours for 100-mile, 100K, 50-mile, and 50K ultramarathon finishes, as well as 33K and 11K sub-ultra distances. Runners encountered rain early in the race before warmer temperatures and sunny skies arrived.
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