Part I of this week’s roundup focused on results in the West; here in Part II we turn to the East, and what a weekend it was. Bubba’s Backyard Ultra in New Hampshire was the place to be in New England during the Oct. 3-5 weekend. There were two additional 50Ks in the region–the Little Duck 50K in Maine and the CT Donut Run 31.5-miler in Connecticut (results from both events were unavailable at the time of publication)–but Bubba’s was the only place where you could literally run for days on end. A few runners did, led by Lukas Janulaitis who endured 53 hours on a 3.5-mile loop course to win. He had plenty of company for most of those hours as the two best male and female performances in event history were tuned in. In addition to Bubba’s, we head to Pennsylvania where a New Englander earned a top-10 finish at the Black Forest Ultra.

October started fast for New England ultrarunners. There were three events here in the region during the Oct. 3-5 weekend, but New Englanders also traveled to several other ultras throughout the country for some hard-earned finishes and strong results. Here in Part I of this week’s roundup we catch up on results from the West, including ultras in Colorado, Arizona, California, Idaho and Utah. We begin in Colorado, where Connecticut’s Chase Smith outdueled his younger brother for a victory and course record.

The ultrarunning scene was hopping in New England to close out September. A trio of events took place in Massachusetts – the MetroWest Backyard Ultra, and a pair of new events, the Race for the Refuge and the BURCS Notchview Invitational. We’ll have those covered in separate recaps, but there was plenty of additional action in the region, including the classic Vermont 50, and the Farm to Farm Ultra in Maine. We have both of those covered, as well as ultra results in Georgia and Colorado, in this week’s roundup.