The Oct. 24-26 weekend roundup takes us all over the country, from Maine to Tennessee, to West Virginia, to Arizona, and on to Utah, where New Englanders turned out in force. In Maine, Massachusetts resident Daniel Grip sizzled with a hard-fought 50-mile victory at the Big Brad Ultras, while in Tennessee it was Massachusetts resident Laura Ricci who raced to a runner-up performance at the No Business 100. Runners from the region also earned finishes at the Rim to River 100 in West Virginia’s New River Gorge, the Javelina Jundred in the desert of Arizona, and the slickrock trails of Moab at the Canyonlands Ultra. Additionally, we turn back the clock to Oct. 18-19 to learn about Massachusetts resident Hank Xi’s strong showing at the Bromont Ultra 100-miler in Canada. We have it all covered in this edition of the roundup.

The Oct. 17-19 weekend in New England meant hundreds of runners gathered in Brookline, N.H., for the popular Ghost Train Rail Trail Race. We’ll have that covered in a separate recap, but in this edition of the roundup we catch up on the handful of New Englanders who weren’t at Ghost Train. A few took on the Tesla Hertz Run in New York, which had been postponed by a week due to thunderstorms. Results from Tesla Hertz were unavailable at the time of publication. Results are in from the California Fall Classic at Lake Sonoma in California, and the New Orleans Ultramarathon, and we have those included as some light reading in this edition of the roundup.

The busiest time of year for ultrarunning in Massachusetts is under way, and the Oct. 10-12 weekend saw hundreds of runners take part in local events, between the Midstate Massive Ultra-Trail 100-mile, 50-mile and 50K ultras that traversed the state from north to south, and the Village Ultra in New Salem. We will have those covered in separate stories, but here in this week’s roundup we catch up on other events in the region, as well as how New Englanders performed across the country. Results from the Land of Light 100K in Maine and the Devil’s Den Ultra in Vermont were unavailable at the time of publication, so we begin in Connecticut with the annual Forbidden Forest 30-Hour Ultra. Additionally, we catch up on the Cape Fear 24-hour in North Carolina and the Moab 240 in Utah.