During its pandemic-forced two-year hiatus, the Trail Animals Running Club’s Wapack and Back race course didn’t get any easier.
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Results: Watuppa Trail Races
The Watuppa Trail Races returned from a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic with the eighth running of the event on Sunday, May 15, at Watuppa Reservation in Fall River, Mass. Runners took on 50K, 30K and 10K distances.
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Runners Gather for Community, Friendly Competition at Needham Backyard Ultra
NEEDHAM, Mass. – The inaugural Needham Backyard Ultra wasted no time having its first down-to-the wire, cutoff-eluding experience.
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After a two-year hiatus, the Trail Animals Running Club once again played host to the Wapack and Back 50-mile and 43-mile ultramarathons and 21.5-mile trail race on Saturday, May 7, in Ashburnham, Mass.
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Photos: Needham Backyard Ultra
The first edition of the Needham Backyard Ultra took place Saturday, May 7, at Needham Town Forest. Twenty-six runners started the day, and the last runner standing completed 12 hours on the course. The following are a handful of photos from the race. A full photo gallery can be viewed on the MassUltra Facebook page.
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Results: Needham Backyard Ultra
The inaugural running of the Needham Backyard Ultra took place at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 7, 2022, at Needham Town Forest. Twenty-six runners took part in the race, which used a 4.17-mile course that runners raced hourly until one runner remained.
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Trail-Running Camp Set for June at Harold Parker State Forest
A staple of the West Coast trail-running scene – Trail Camp – is returning to Massachusetts.
Five years after the Trail Animals Running Club last played host to a trail-running camp in the Bay State, Douglyss Giuliana, head running coach at Adapt & Thrive Performance, is resurrecting the experience. Giuliana will play host to a three-day trail-running camp June 24-26 at Harold Parker State Forest in Andover, Mass.
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Spring Classic Breaks with Tradition in Post-Pandemic Return
WESTON, Mass. – The last time the Trail Animals Running Club played host to the TARC Spring Classic, runners dodged or splashed through puddles and a volunteer dumped buckets of wood chips near the timing mats to try to keep them from becoming submerged.
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Results: TARC Spring Classic
Following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trail Animals Running Club once again played host to the TARC Spring Classic 50K, marathon, half marathon and 10K trail races on Saturday, April 23, in the Jericho Woods of Weston, Mass. It was the 10th running of the event, and more than 200 runners took part in the various distances offered.
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Warm Weather, Dry Trails Greet Runners at 26th Edition of “Don’t Run Boston”
MILTON, Mass. – A grin stretched across Howie Breinan’s face as he stood alongside 16 other runners a few dozen yards from Houghton’s Pond. It was 6 a.m., on Saturday, April 16, and a thin coating of clouds dusted the sky at this twilight hour.
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