After several weekends of ultras in Massachusetts, Sept. 22-24 was quiet in the Bay State … but not anywhere else. Runners from the Commonwealth and throughout New England were busy tackling ultras seemingly everywhere else. There were so many races, in fact, that they merit being split into two roundups this week – one for New England races and another for ultras elsewhere. We start beyond the region with a look at how local runners performed in New Jersey, California, Oregon and Arizona. Additionally, we catch up on New Englanders who completed the Run Rabbit Run 100-miler on Sept. 15-17 in Colorado. It’s a jam-packed edition of the roundup – and it’s only part one this week.

The Sept. 15-17 weekend was a busy one for ultrarunners in Massachusetts with ultra events in both the eastern and western parts of the Commonwealth (MetroWest Backyard Ultra in Needham and the Free to Run Trail Races in Pittsfield), but the racing didn’t stop there. Many New Englanders also gathered in New Hampshire for the classic Pisgah Mountain Trail Races, where Brian Rusiecki returned to a course he knows well and secured another victory. Others headed to New York for the Pawling 24 time-based event, while others headed south to Georgia and Tennessee or west to Arizona to compete. We have them all covered in this edition of the roundup.