Bond, Nephew, Rusiecki Battle Near Front at Cayuga Trails
The always-tough, always-competitive Cayuga Trails 50 featured a trio of Massachusetts ultrarunners near the front of the pack on Saturday, June 4, in Ithaca, N.Y. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Cayuga Trails, OSS/CIA 50; Holcomb Valley, Rodeo Valley, and Goat Butt
One of Massachusetts’ longest-running ultramarathon events will not take place in 2016. Continue reading Ultra Around the Lake Canceled
Massachusetts Runners Dominate at Pineland Farms
The Salomon Trail Running Festival at Pineland Farms attracted runners from throughout New England to New Gloucester, Maine, but many of the speediest runners in the ultramarathon distances had one thing in common: they hailed from Massachusetts. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Pineland Farms and Rockin Choccolocco
Flummerfelt, Feinhaus Endure Cruel Jewel 100-Mile
The folks in Georgia aren’t joking around when they call it “cruel.”
The Cruel Jewel 100 actually measures 105.9 miles through the Chattahoochee National Forest in northern Georgia. Along the way, 33,000 feet of vertical gain are sprinkled in – oftentimes through thick humidity or whatever else Mother Nature chooses to throw at the runners. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Cruel Jewel, Rhode Island Red, Worlds End, and Keys
The grind of back-to-back weekends of tough trail racing did nothing to thwart Brian Rusiecki’s effort to defend his championship at the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100-mile race on Saturday, May 14, and Sunday, May 15, in Fort Valley, Va. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Rusiecki Reigns at Massanutten
Patrick Caron chalked up another strong ultramarathon performance on Sunday, May 8, at the G.A.C. Mother’s Day 6-Hour Run in Topsfield, Mass. Continue reading Caron Logs 47 Miles in Winning Effort at Mother’s Day 6-Hour
Two weeks after earning the victory at the TARC Spring Classic in Weston, Mass., Eric Ahern traveled cross-country to challenge himself on some of ultrarunning’s most hallowed ground. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Ahern 8th at The Canyons
It should have come as no surprise that Loren Newman and Ben Eysenbach were the front-runners throughout the Wapack and Back 50-mile trail race. Both ultrarunners had proven their capabilities with impressive showings previously. Continue reading Newman Runs Away with Wapack Victory
The size of the field has grown considerably, weather conditions have varied, and competition has stiffened. Still, one thing has remained consistent throughout all of the change during the past eight years of The North Face Endurance Challenge – New York: Brian Rusiecki is always in the hunt. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Rusiecki in Familiar Territory at TNFEC Bear Mountain 50M
SOMERVILLE, Mass. – The Davis Square Runners have logged thousands of miles and entered teams in numerous races since their founding in 2011, but one thing they hadn’t done was conduct their own race.
That changed on Saturday, April 30, when the group played host to the “Not the Worst Weekend” Fat Ass 8-Hour Race. In keeping with the ”fat ass” format of some of ultrarunning’s traditional, grassroots events, “Not the Worst Weekend” had no entry fee, no frills, and gave runners the opportunity to take on as many miles as they desired during the time limit, regardless of distance preferences or ability levels.
Continue reading Plenty of Miles and Good Times at ‘Not the Worst Weekend’
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