The final in-state ultramarathon of 2016 took place Saturday with the TARC Fells Winter Ultra at the Middlesex Fells Reservation (an article about that event will be posted later this week), but a few Massachusetts runners took on out-of-state ultras last weekend, too. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Last Chance and TNFEC – California
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MassUltra Roundup: McCarthy Keeps WS100 Dreams Alive with Clutch Performance at Rio Del Lago
Maddy McCarthy’s Western States dreams hung in the balance when she stepped to the starting line of the Rio Del Lago 100 on Saturday, Nov. 5, in Granite Bay, Calif. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: McCarthy Keeps WS100 Dreams Alive with Clutch Performance at Rio Del Lago
MassUltra Roundup: JFK 50, NYC 60K, New Jersey One Day, Rhode Island 6-Hour, and Tideland 24
From 50K races to 24-hour events, Massachusetts ultrarunners have logged some big miles out-of-state in the final weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: JFK 50, NYC 60K, New Jersey One Day, Rhode Island 6-Hour, and Tideland 24
MassUltra Roundup: Hamsterwheel and Stone Mill
The 2016 racing season is starting to wind down, and results were hard to come by for races outside of the Bay State last weekend. We are still tracking down results from the Rhode Island 6-Hour Ultra and will roll them into next week’s roundup. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Hamsterwheel and Stone Mill
MassUltra Roundup: Big Cedar, Pinhoti, and Mountain Masochist
From a championship at the Big Cedar 100, to a strong showing at the Pinhoti 100, and a runner-up at the Mountain Masochist 50-miler, the Bay State represented strong at out-of-state races last weekend. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Big Cedar, Pinhoti, and Mountain Masochist
MassUltra Roundup: Javelina Jundred and Autumn Leaves
Javelina Jundred
It was a scorching weekend in the desert Oct. 29-30 in Fountain Hills, Ariz., with temperatures that hit triple-digits and plenty of sun beating down to cook the ground. It’s not a stretch of the imagination to assume ultrarunners contributed to that late-October heat, however, given the number of scorching performances turned in at the Javelina Jundred, a 100-mile and 100-kilometer race. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Javelina Jundred and Autumn Leaves
MassUltra Roundup: Pony Express, Bimblers Bluff, Elk-Kings, and Goatz
A large crop of Bay State residents journeyed a few strides beyond the state border into New Hampshire last weekend for the Ghost Train Rail Trail Races. Results of that event are still being finalized, so we will highlight it in a separate article later this week. Not everyone went north to race, however. A handful of Massachusetts residents headed elsewhere to take on ultramarathon challenges, and we have included four of those events in this week’s roundup. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Pony Express, Bimblers Bluff, Elk-Kings, and Goatz
MassUltra Roundup: Grindstone, Joe English, Big Brad, Can Lake, and St. Pat’s
Grindstone 100
East Coast 100-milers don’t come much tougher than Grindstone, and the 2016 edition was no different. The singletrack journey through the Blue Ridge Mountains on Oct. 7-9 in Swoope, Va., was a rain-soaked adventure. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Grindstone, Joe English, Big Brad, Can Lake, and St. Pat’s
MassUltra Roundup: Bigfoot, Farm to Farm, Tesla Hertz, Oil Creek, and Water Gap
While the largest cropping of Massachusetts ultrarunners spent the weekend of Oct. 8-9 racing or volunteering at the TARC 100 ultrarunning festival in Westwood, Mass., (see additional TARC 100 coverage on MassUltra.com), a handful of Bay State residents scattered throughout the country to tackle other ultras. We’ve included five of them in this week’s roundup. If we’ve missed your event (here’s looking at you, Grindstone), don’t worry, we’ll include it next week. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Bigfoot, Farm to Farm, Tesla Hertz, Oil Creek, and Water Gap
MassUltra Roundup: Forgotten Forest, Hennepin Hundred, and TNFEC-Utah
Forgotten Forest Ultra
John Brown had one heck of a final tune-up for the Ghost Train 100-miler, which is less than three weeks away. Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Forgotten Forest, Hennepin Hundred, and TNFEC-Utah
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