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.
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Results: Flat Rock Trail Race
The inaugural Flat Rock Trail Race 6-hour and 5-mile races took place on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the Arched Bridge Conservation Area in Dunstable, Mass. The event used a 5-mile loop course with around 600 feet of climbing per loop.
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The Berkshire Ultra Running Community for Service (BURCS) played host to the 10th edition of the Free to Run Trail Races on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Pittsfield State Forest in Pittsfield, Mass. This year’s event shifted from September to June, and it featured 50K, 25K and 15K distance opportunities on challenging singletrack trails.
Continue reading Results: BURCS Free to Run Trail RacesRunners Overcome Soggy Conditions at Rain-Soaked Chesterfield Gorge Ultra
Rain has been seemingly inescapable in New England this spring, and in Massachusetts it has rained almost every single weekend. In doing so, the weather has wreaked havoc on almost every ultramarathon in the Commonwealth. The Chesterfield Gorge Ultra was no exception.
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The seventh edition of Beast Coast Trail Running’s Chesterfield Gorge Ultra took place May 31-June 1, 2025, at the Chesterfield Gorge Reservation in West Chesterfield, Mass. Runners took on a 7.75-mile out-and-back course on dirt roads and doubletrack trail, racing for up to 30 hours for 100-mile, 100K, 50-mile and 50K ultramarathon finishes, as well as 25K and 11K sub-ultra distances. Runners endured rain for the first half of the event, which made the course wet and muddy.
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Struyven Holds On, Hensel-Browning Defends Title at Free Spirit 50K
Robbert Struyven has done most of his ultramarathon racing in Europe, but the postdoctoral researcher at Harvard Medical School has been gradually making his mark on the trails of New England.
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Uzzel Cruises to Victory at Inaugural Tails & Trails State Forest Run
For most of the past 11 years, the Berkshire Ultra Running Community for Service has kicked off its BURCS Trail Series with the Vegan Power Trail Races at Pittsfield State Forest. For 2025, the BURCS decided to shake things up. They shelved Vegan Power, but maintained the event’s beneficiary and added a few more for a brand new event at Pittsfield State Forest: the Tails & Trails State Forest Run.
Continue reading Uzzel Cruises to Victory at Inaugural Tails & Trails State Forest RunResults: BURCS Tails & Trails State Forest Run
The Berkshire Ultra Running Community for Service played host to the inaugural Tails & Trails State Forest Run on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Pittsfield State Forest. The event replaced Vegan Power in the BURCS Badass Trail Series, but it kept the same venue and offered 50K, 25K and 5-mile trail races.
Continue reading Results: BURCS Tails & Trails State Forest RunResults: Free Spirit 50K
The third annual Free Spirit 50K took place on Saturday, May 17, in Leyden, Mass. The course consisted of dirt country roads in Massachusetts and Vermont with around 4,200 feet of climbing.
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Muhonen Stuns with Record-Setting Run at Wet and Wild Wapack and Back
Tension was high among the 41 runners gathered around Wapack and Back co-race director Lisa Chaput as she called out final instructions. Their faces bore a mix of intensity, acceptance and determination as they waited to begin the most physically demanding event in the Trail Animals Running Club’s TARC Trail Series.
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