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MassUltra Roundup: June 12-14 Weekend

A busy weekend of ultramarathon racing in Massachusetts didn’t contain New Englanders from racing elsewhere during the June 12-14 weekend. In addition to the Flat Rock Trail Race 6-hour in Dunstable and the Edge Hill Trail Race in Ashfield, runners from the region tackled the Ansonia 6-Hour in Connecticut and the Last Human Standing event in Rhode Island. They also scattered to nearly a dozen events across the country. While many events – including Last Human Standing – don’t yet have results available, we have as much of the action covered as possible in this edition of the roundup.

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MassUltra Roundup: June 5-7 Weekend

Summer hasn’t officially arrived in New England yet, but it felt like it during the first weekend of June for ultrarunners from the region who took on the Connecticut Ultra Traverse. In addition to that event, runners from the region traveled all across the country to race, and a few earned podium finishes, including Shae Regan at the Great Divide Ultra in Colorado and Samuel Couture at the Malibu Canyon 50K in California. We have all of that covered–and more–in this edition of the roundup.

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MassUltra Roundup: May 29-31 Weekend

May came to a close with several big ultramarathon efforts from New Englanders close to home and across the country. Some put up big miles at the Chesterfield Gorge Ultra in Massachusetts, which we will have covered in a separate recap. Others ran for up to 10 days straight at Infinitus in Vermont. Still others ventured to the rugged and remote trails of Pennsylvania for the Worlds End Ultra, and as far west as Oregon. While results of some events (such as Cayuga Trails in New York) weren’t available at the time of publication, we have plenty covered in this edition of the roundup.

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MassUltra Roundup: May 22-24 Weekend

Memorial Day weekend was light on ultramarathon racing across the United States, but New Englanders found their way to several starting lines – including two in the region. The Drummer Hill Trail Races welcomed runners in New Hampshire, while the Trail Festival at Pineland Farms once again played host to a large endurance festival in Maine. We have both of those events covered, as well as a few others across the country in this edition of the roundup.

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MassUltra Roundup: May 15-17 Weekend

May 15-17 was a big weekend for ultramarathon running in New England with a pair of ultras in Massachusetts and a few more throughout the region. We will have the Berkshire Ultra Running Community for Service’s Tails & Trails State Forest Run and the Free Spirit 50K covered in separate recaps, but in this week’s roundup we catch up on other results from throughout the region, as well as across the country. New Englanders took part in at least 14 other ultras from coast to coast, and we have results from several of them included here.

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MassUltra Roundup: May 8-10 Weekend

A pair of Massachusetts races highlighted the New England ultrarunning calendar during the May 8-10 weekend with the Watuppa Trail Races in Fall River and the Trail Animals Running Club’s Wapack and Back races in Ashburnham, Mass. We’ll have those covered in separate stories, but there was plenty of additional ultrarunning action for New Englanders at events across the country. From the Hellbender 100 in North Carolina to the Cocodona 250 in Arizona, we have them covered in this edition of the roundup.

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MassUltra Roundup: May 1-3 Weekend

A big weekend of ultramarathon racing in New England with four events across three states. In Maine, the 10th and final running of the Riverlands 100 took place, as did the Big A 50K. In New Hampshire, the White Lake Ultras attracted hundreds of runners to do laps around the water. In Connecticut, technical trails were aplenty at the Blue 2 Blue Challenge 50K. Results from Big A and Blue 2 Blue were unavailable at the time of publication, but we have the other events – as well as more from beyond the region – covered in this edition of the roundup.

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MassUltra Roundup: April 24-26 Weekend

April came to a close with a pair of ultrarunning events in New England. On trail, runners took on the TARC Spring Classic in Massachusetts, which we will have covered in a separate article. On road, runners raced the historic Jack Bristol Lake Waramaug Ultras for the 52nd time. In this week’s roundup, we catch up on the action at Lake Waramaug, and then look beyond the region as New Englanders earned ultra finishes in Maryland, Georgia, Virginia and Utah.

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MassUltra Roundup: April 17-19 Weekend

While most of the New England running community eyed the upcoming Boston Marathon, some hearty ultrarunners from the region had their hearts set on running technical trails during the April 17-19 weekend. Some tackled the 30th edition of the Trail Animals Running Club’s “Don’t Run Boston” 50K and 50-Mile races on Sunday, April 19, at the Blue Hills Reservation. We will have that covered in a separate recap. But we lead off this week’s edition of the roundup with another tough New England race – the Traprock 50K in Connecticut, which saw prior champions reign again, on Saturday, April 18. Then we catch up on how New Englanders fared beyond the region as we catch up on results from New York, Pennsylvania, Arizona, California, and Missouri.

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MassUltra Roundup: April 10-12 Weekend

The April 10-12 weekend was hopping for ultramarathons in New England. A pair of events took place in Massachusetts – the Spring Fever 8-Hour in Hingham, and The Next Loop Endurance Challenge in Wrentham – both of which will be covered in separate recaps. Additionally, the region rejoiced with the return of the Runamuck 50K in Vermont following a two-year hiatus. The record-setting day at Runamuck leads off this edition of the roundup, but we also catch up on results for New Englanders at other races across the country, including in Virginia, Utah, California, Oregon and Illinois.

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