The ultrarunning scene was hopping in New England to close out September. A trio of events took place in Massachusetts – the MetroWest Backyard Ultra, and a pair of new events, the Race for the Refuge and the BURCS Notchview Invitational. We’ll have those covered in separate recaps, but there was plenty of additional action in the region, including the classic Vermont 50, and the Farm to Farm Ultra in Maine. We have both of those covered, as well as ultra results in Georgia and Colorado, in this week’s roundup.

In Part I of this week’s roundup, we caught up with New Englanders at five ultramarathons in the West. Here in Part II, we close out our coverage of the Sept. 19-21 weekend by returning to the East Coast, starting in New Hampshire where a number of New Englanders ventured to the White Mountains for a challenging day on the Kilkenny Ridge. Additionally, we catch up with results from the Wild Goose Trail Festival in New Jersey, and the Georgia Jewel.

The Sept. 19-21 weekend saw several dozen ultrarunners tackle the Kilkenny Ridge in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. It was the lone ultra in New England during the weekend, and we’ll have it covered in Part II of this week’s roundup along with a few other ultras on the East Coast. But here in Part I we head West and catch up on New Englanders who raced hard and secured finishes at distances from 50K to 100 miles in Arizona, Idaho, California, and Oregon.

Pisgah was the place to be for New England ultrarunners during the Sept. 12-14 weekend. What was otherwise a quiet weekend in the region saw some serious racing and close finishes on the trails of New Hampshire, with New England legends Brian Rusiecki and David Herr turning in another classic. Beyond the region, several runners tackled ultras in nearby New York and Pennsylvania, while others headed west to Oregon and Colorado. Additionally, New Englanders raced the Brookfield Classic and Pawling 24-Hour in New York and Run Rabbit Run in Colorado, but results were unavailable at the time of publication. Still, there is plenty of action to catch up on in this edition of the roundup.

The Sept. 5-7 weekend was plenty busy in New England, and Part I of this week’s roundup focused on the regional events. Here in Part II we catch up on how New Englanders fared at ultras outside the region. We start in Arizona, where Connecticut’s Jared Dybas had a strong showing at the Mogollon Monster 100-miler. Then we stop in Pennsylvania where Maine’s Christopher Towle secured a podium finish at the Pine Creek Challenge. We finish up in California where Massachusetts resident Takafumi Takai earned his third ultramarathon finish of the year with a speedy run at the Noble Canyon 50K. Additionally, New Englanders traveled to race the Backcountry Rise 50K in Washington, the Superior 100- and 50-mile trail races in Minnesota, and the Wasatch Front 100-miler in Utah, though results from those events were not available at the time of publication.