New England ultrarunners were busy racing from coast-to-coast during the June 28-30 weekend, including the inaugural Edge Hill 50K from Beast Coast Trail Running in Massachusetts and the historic Western States Endurance Run in California. Both of those events will have their own separate recaps, but here in the roundup we’ve tried to catch up on as many other events as possible. Several New Englanders raced close to home, at the Centurion Ultra Trail Event and the Ansonia 6-Hour Ultra in Connecticut, or the Mt. Sparta 24-Hour Challenge in Vermont. Others went to nearby New York for the Finger Lakes 50s. Others went West to the Methodist Mountain 50K in Colorado, the Washington state version of the Yeti 100, and the Black Hills 100 in South Dakota. Results from Ansonia, Mt. Sparta, and Black Hills have yet to be posted, but we have all of the other events included in this edition of the roundup.

Our recap of New Englanders’ ultrarunning adventures during the June 21-23 weekend continues with outcomes from out West here in Part 2 of the roundup. We start in Washington, where Lynnsey Martin earned her first 100-mile finish. Then we head to California and scenic Lake Tahoe where several New Englanders took on the grueling 46K at the Broken Arrow Sky Race, which was won by former Vermont resident David Sinclair. Then we close out in Utah with the rugged White Pine Solstice.

A series of multi-day events didn’t conclude in time for the June 14-16 weekend wrap-up – one lasted for two additional days and two more went for an entire additional week. But we haven’t forgotten them. Instead, we have them in this bonus edition of the roundup. We start with the Last Annual Heart of the South Road Race where Greg Wolodkin of Sutton, Mass., successfully completed the 384-mile adventure within the 10 1/2-day limit. We then head to Wisconsin where a few New Englanders raced at Six Days in the Dome, including Cambridge, Mass., resident Jenny Hoffman who was victorious while improving her position for the Team USA 24-Hour National Team. We then close out with the Tahoe 200, where Belmont, Mass., resident Scot DeDeo earned his finish at the distance, as did Aurora Leon of Keene, N.H. 

A big day of ultramarathon racing in Connecticut was the top regional highlight during the June 14-16 weekend as Mike Davis hammered out 58.8 miles at the inaugural Brooksvale 12-Hour Ultra. That event, as well as the Highlands Sky 40-miler in West Virginia and the Groundhog Ultra in Florida, are our featured East Coast races in the second half of this week’s roundup.