While the Watuppa Trail Races and Wapack and Back brought many ultrarunners to the starting lines in Massachusetts during the May 10-12 weekend, there were also large gatherings in Maine and Vermont as runners took on 100 miles at Maine’s Androscoggin Riverlands State Park, or 100-mile, 50-mile and 50K distances in the Green Mountain foothills. We catch up on both of those events in this edition of the roundup.

There was plenty of ultramarathon action throughout New England during the May 10-12 weekend, from the Watuppa Trail Races and Wapack and Back here in Massachusetts, to the Riverlands 100 in Maine and Blood Root Ultra in Vermont. Even with all of those opportunities close to home, several runners from the region scattered throughout the country to take on a variety of ultra challenges. You can read about Watuppa and Wapack in their own separate articles, and we’ll catch up on Riverlands and Blood Root in a separate roundup, but in this edition we catch up on those non-New England events in Arizona, Oregon, Alabama, Washington, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Although there was plenty of ultramarathon action in the New England region during the May 3-5 weekend, several runners also found success on the trails across the country. In Part 2 of this week’s roundup, we look outside of New England and catch up on ultras in Virginia, Tennessee, and California. But we start in Oregon, where Jonathan McInerney battled to victory at a West Coast classic.

The opening weekend of May was quiet on the Massachusetts ultrarunning scene, but it was busy in the rest of New England. Ultras were held in half of the region’s states, with the Big A 50K taking place in Maine, the White Lake Ultras in New Hampshire, and the Blue 2 Blue Challenge in Connecticut. Results from Blue 2 Blue were unavailable as of the time of publication, but we catch up on the outcomes at Big A and White Lake in Part 1 of this week’s roundup. In Part 2, we will catch up on ultras beyond the region.