The bright sun and clear, blue skies may have given the appearance of warmth as runners arrived for Seth’s Fat Ass 50K, but they knew better. They could see their breaths, after all, and the cold cut right through their tights, warm jackets and gloves.
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Results: Seth’s Fat Ass 50K
The 14th annual running of Seth’s Fat Ass 50K took place on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in Springfield, Mass. Runners once again took on a 5K paved loop course in Forest Park that had to be completed 10 times within 7 hours.
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Grip Dominant, Needham Smashes Record at TARC Winter Classic
Running loops of the Skyline Trail at the Middlesex Fells Reservation in Stoneham, Mass., is a New England trail-running tradition that outdates the creation of the Trail Animals Running Club’s TARC Trail Series.
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Results: TARC Winter Classic
The 14th season of the TARC Trail Series came to a close with the annual TARC Winter Classic on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Middlesex Fells Reservation in Stoneham, Mass. It was the 15th running of the event overall, 13th edition under the TARC umbrella, and second year with the new Winter Classic format with 32-mile and 8-mile distances on the Skyline Trail. Check out a full photo gallery from the race courtesy of Chris Arson Photography.
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Runners Capitalize on Drought Conditions with Big Performances at TARCkey Trot
WINCHESTER, Mass. – Months of drought have ravaged Massachusetts from the Berkshires to the bay. Hundreds of wildfires have scorched fields and forests, and many bodies of water have shrunk or disappeared in the dry conditions. If there is a positive to be found in the dearth of rain, it may be that runners at the Trail Animals Running Club’s TARCkey Trot 6-Hour Ultra benefitted from near-perfect trail conditions.
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Results: TARCkey Trot 6-Hour Ultra
The Trail Animals Running Club played host to the eighth edition of the TARCkey Trot 6-Hour Ultra on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester, Mass. Runners had six hours to complete as many loops as they wanted on a 3.5-mile course that started and finished on the farm after traveling on the winding, technical trails of neighboring Whipple Hill.
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Photos: TARCkey Trot 6-Hour Ultra
The Trail Animals Running Club played host to the eighth edition of the TARCkey Trot 6-Hour Ultra on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester, Mass. Runners took on a 3.5-mile loop course that started and ended on the farm and wound through the technical singletrack trails of neighboring Whipple Hill. The following are a small sample of photos taken by MassUltra Editor Chris Wristen. A full photo gallery can be viewed on the MassUltra Facebook page.
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Elliott Outlasts Pacheco for DFL Victory
As the sun set over the Kenty Farm and headlamps clicked on to help fend off the darkness, 23 runners stood in the starting corral at the Race for DFL.
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Beast Coast Trail Running and Race Director Amy Rusiecki played host to the fifth edition of the Race for DFL last person standing event on Nov. 9-10 at the Kenty Farm in Winchendon, Mass. Sixty-four runners took on a 4.17-mile course through the farm’s wooded trails, on a nearby rail trail, and on a rocky farm road until only one runner remained.
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Runners Flourish with Great Weather, Fast Times at Stone Cat Trail Festival
Hidden by the early-morning darkness, critters could be heard rustling around the soccer fields behind the Paul F. Doyon Memorial School in the wee hours of Saturday, Nov. 2, in Ipswich, Mass. The critters – Trail Animals, actually – were making their final preparations before the start of the Trail Animals Running Club’s (TARC) Stone Cat Trail Festival.
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