When Michelle Boland won the Drummer Hill 50K last June, a 10-month hiatus followed before she stepped up to another ultramarathon starting line. When Boland finally did so in April 2026, she raced to victory at the Wawayanda Trail Fest 50-miler in New Jersey. Less than two months later, Boland was back at it again when she made her first appearance at Beast Coast Trail Running’s Edge Hill Trail Race on Saturday, June 13, in Ashfield, Mass.

Beast Coast Trail Running played host to the third annual Edge Hill Trail Race on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the Edge Hill Conservation Area in Ashfield, Mass. Runners took on a 50K ultramarathon or 30K and 10K sub-ultra distances on the site of a former golf course that is being transformed into a grassland and shrub habitat.

Beast Coast Trail Running played host to the second annual Edge Hill Trail Race on Saturday, Jne 21, 2025, at the Edge Hill Conservation Area in Ashfield, Mass. Runners took on a 50K ultramarathon or 30K and 10K sub-ultra distances on the site of a former golf course that is being transformed into a grassland and shrubland habitat.

After a quiet start to the 2024 season, Wouter Hoogkamer jammed plenty of ultramarathon racing into June – and it was an investment that paid off.

Beast Coast Trail Running played host to the inaugural Edge Hill Trail Race 50K and 8K at the Edge Hill Conservation Land in Ashfield, Mass. Runners raced on a mix of singletrack trails, dirt roads and a little bit of pavement. More than 100 runners took part in the first-year event.