Arizona was the hottest place to be for trail ultrarunning during the Feb. 14-15 weekend. Four dozen New England residents took on the 100K and 50K distances at the Black Canyon Ultras, but it was a former Boston resident – 2020 Olympic Marathon bronze medalist Molly Seidel – who turned in the biggest highlight. After making her ultra debut in January with a 50K victory at Bandera, Seidel secured a Golden Ticket into Western States with a sizzling 100K debut. In addition to Black Canyon, we also catch up on how New Englanders did at races in Virginia, California and Florida in this edition of the roundup.

In Part I of this week’s roundup of ultramarathon results from the Feb. 6-8 weekend we caught up with New Englanders who raced in the West. Here in Part II, we return to the East Coast. We begin in Maine, where Lukas Janulaitis successfully defended his title as the Last Skier Standing. Then we head to Maryland, where runners took on a two-headed monster of sorts and earned podium finishes at the Algonquin 50K and The DUC 100K. Additionally, the CT Trailmixers played host to their first event of the year, the Frozen Heart 900, a 15-hour event, though results were unavailable at the time of publication.

There was plenty of frozen, snowy fun on the trails in New England during the Feb. 6-8 weekend. Nowhere was it busier than Westwood, Mass., where the Trail Animals Running Club played host to the TARCtic Frozen Yeti. We will have that event covered in a separate recap, and we will have other East Coast ultras from the weekend included in a second roundup. Here in Part I of this week’s roundup we head west where New Englanders earned ultra finishes in Texas, California, and Arizona. Nobody had a better weekend than Massachusetts resident Crystal Ross who earned a 100-mile PR and a podium finish at the Rocky Raccoon 100, so she leads off this edition of the roundup.

While snow continues to blanket all of New England, runners from the region ventured beyond to take on trail ultramarathons during the Jan. 31-Feb. 1 weekend. Most ventured west to Arizona, Nevada and Utah, while one went south to Florida and another opted to run in the snow in nearby New York. Several New Englanders had strong showings, with a few making speedy ultra debuts, while Maine’s Tara Allen highlighted the weekend with a podium finish at the Forgotten Florida 50-miler. We have it all covered in this edition of the roundup.

A massive snowstorm struck New England during the Jan. 24-25 weekend, but that didn’t stop a handful of runners from the region from escaping to warmer climates to earn early-season ultramarathon finishes in Arizona and Florida. Nobody had a better weekend than Connecticut resident Sarah Connor who raced to victory at the Pemberton Trail 50K, and her strong performance leads off this edition of the roundup.

Several ultrarunners left frigid New England in search of major miles in warmer climates during the Jan. 17-18 weekend. They ran hard and secured hard-earned early-season ultra finishes in Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Arizona. Lila Gaudrault sizzled with a second-place finish at the Long Haul 100, and Yong-Son Basta was victorious at the St. Croix Scenic 50K, highlighting this edition of the roundup.

The new year of ultramarathon racing started strong for a current New England resident and a former one during the Jan. 10-11 weekend. Connecticut’s Lena Wirth raced to victory in her ultra debut at the No Hands Trail Run 50K in California, while former Boston resident Molly Seidel won the Bandera 50K in Texas outright in her inaugural ultra. We have both covered in this edition of the roundup.

Jason Kaplan closed out the 2025 New England ultrarunning season with a winning effort at the West Rock Winter Fat Ass Extravaganza in Connecticut, and Cole Crosby ringed in the new year with a sizzling 200+-mile effort over 48 hours at Across the Years in Arizona. These are just a few of the highlights for New England ultrarunners from the final days of 2025 and first moments of 2026 that we have featured in this edition of the roundup.

The second-to-last New England ultramarathon of 2025 took place on Saturday with the annual running of Seth’s Fat Ass 50K in Springfield, Mass. We’ll have that covered in a separate story, but here in this week’s roundup we catch up on how runners from the region fared at other ultras throughout the United States during the Dec. 20-22 weekend. Only a handful of runners traveled for pre-holiday ultras, but they turned in some strong performances. None were better than Vermont’s Eric LiPuma and Joanna Fortier who earned victories at the Cave Creek Thriller in Arizona. Their winning efforts lead off this edition of the roundup.

The final weeks of 2025 are upon us, and New Englanders are squeezing in a few final ultramarathons to close out the year. During the Dec. 13-14 weekend, that included a pair of events in the region, with the inaugural Left Nut 50 in Rhode Island and the eighth annual Jingle My Frosty Balls 8-Hour in New Hampshire. Results of the latter were unavailable, though dozens of runners took part and the event raised $320 for local charities. Beyond New England, runners from the region stayed in the east, venturing to Florida and Pennsylvania, as well as North Carolina – where Connecticut’s David Stawski closed out a dozen 100-milers in a dozen months at Beast of the East. We have it all covered in this edition of the roundup.