Arizona was the hottest place to be for trail ultrarunning during the Feb. 14-15 weekend. Four dozen New England residents took on the 100K and 50K distances at the Black Canyon Ultras, but it was a former Boston resident – 2020 Olympic Marathon bronze medalist Molly Seidel – who turned in the biggest highlight. After making her ultra debut in January with a 50K victory at Bandera, Seidel secured a Golden Ticket into Western States with a sizzling 100K debut. In addition to Black Canyon, we also catch up on how New Englanders did at races in Virginia, California and Florida in this edition of the roundup.

In Part I of this week’s roundup of ultramarathon results from the Feb. 6-8 weekend we caught up with New Englanders who raced in the West. Here in Part II, we return to the East Coast. We begin in Maine, where Lukas Janulaitis successfully defended his title as the Last Skier Standing. Then we head to Maryland, where runners took on a two-headed monster of sorts and earned podium finishes at the Algonquin 50K and The DUC 100K. Additionally, the CT Trailmixers played host to their first event of the year, the Frozen Heart 900, a 15-hour event, though results were unavailable at the time of publication.

There was plenty of frozen, snowy fun on the trails in New England during the Feb. 6-8 weekend. Nowhere was it busier than Westwood, Mass., where the Trail Animals Running Club played host to the TARCtic Frozen Yeti. We will have that event covered in a separate recap, and we will have other East Coast ultras from the weekend included in a second roundup. Here in Part I of this week’s roundup we head west where New Englanders earned ultra finishes in Texas, California, and Arizona. Nobody had a better weekend than Massachusetts resident Crystal Ross who earned a 100-mile PR and a podium finish at the Rocky Raccoon 100, so she leads off this edition of the roundup.

While snow continues to blanket all of New England, runners from the region ventured beyond to take on trail ultramarathons during the Jan. 31-Feb. 1 weekend. Most ventured west to Arizona, Nevada and Utah, while one went south to Florida and another opted to run in the snow in nearby New York. Several New Englanders had strong showings, with a few making speedy ultra debuts, while Maine’s Tara Allen highlighted the weekend with a podium finish at the Forgotten Florida 50-miler. We have it all covered in this edition of the roundup.