Part I of this week’s roundup focused on results in the West; here in Part II we turn to the East, and what a weekend it was. Bubba’s Backyard Ultra in New Hampshire was the place to be in New England during the Oct. 3-5 weekend. There were two additional 50Ks in the region–the Little Duck 50K in Maine and the CT Donut Run 31.5-miler in Connecticut (results from both events were unavailable at the time of publication)–but Bubba’s was the only place where you could literally run for days on end. A few runners did, led by Lukas Janulaitis who endured 53 hours on a 3.5-mile loop course to win. He had plenty of company for most of those hours as the two best male and female performances in event history were tuned in. In addition to Bubba’s, we head to Pennsylvania where a New Englander earned a top-10 finish at the Black Forest Ultra.

October started fast for New England ultrarunners. There were three events here in the region during the Oct. 3-5 weekend, but New Englanders also traveled to several other ultras throughout the country for some hard-earned finishes and strong results. Here in Part I of this week’s roundup we catch up on results from the West, including ultras in Colorado, Arizona, California, Idaho and Utah. We begin in Colorado, where Connecticut’s Chase Smith outdueled his younger brother for a victory and course record.

The ultrarunning scene was hopping in New England to close out September. A trio of events took place in Massachusetts – the MetroWest Backyard Ultra, and a pair of new events, the Race for the Refuge and the BURCS Notchview Invitational. We’ll have those covered in separate recaps, but there was plenty of additional action in the region, including the classic Vermont 50, and the Farm to Farm Ultra in Maine. We have both of those covered, as well as ultra results in Georgia and Colorado, in this week’s roundup.

In Part I of this week’s roundup, we caught up with New Englanders at five ultramarathons in the West. Here in Part II, we close out our coverage of the Sept. 19-21 weekend by returning to the East Coast, starting in New Hampshire where a number of New Englanders ventured to the White Mountains for a challenging day on the Kilkenny Ridge. Additionally, we catch up with results from the Wild Goose Trail Festival in New Jersey, and the Georgia Jewel.

The Sept. 19-21 weekend saw several dozen ultrarunners tackle the Kilkenny Ridge in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. It was the lone ultra in New England during the weekend, and we’ll have it covered in Part II of this week’s roundup along with a few other ultras on the East Coast. But here in Part I we head West and catch up on New Englanders who raced hard and secured finishes at distances from 50K to 100 miles in Arizona, Idaho, California, and Oregon.

Pisgah was the place to be for New England ultrarunners during the Sept. 12-14 weekend. What was otherwise a quiet weekend in the region saw some serious racing and close finishes on the trails of New Hampshire, with New England legends Brian Rusiecki and David Herr turning in another classic. Beyond the region, several runners tackled ultras in nearby New York and Pennsylvania, while others headed west to Oregon and Colorado. Additionally, New Englanders raced the Brookfield Classic and Pawling 24-Hour in New York and Run Rabbit Run in Colorado, but results were unavailable at the time of publication. Still, there is plenty of action to catch up on in this edition of the roundup.

The Sept. 5-7 weekend was plenty busy in New England, and Part I of this week’s roundup focused on the regional events. Here in Part II we catch up on how New Englanders fared at ultras outside the region. We start in Arizona, where Connecticut’s Jared Dybas had a strong showing at the Mogollon Monster 100-miler. Then we stop in Pennsylvania where Maine’s Christopher Towle secured a podium finish at the Pine Creek Challenge. We finish up in California where Massachusetts resident Takafumi Takai earned his third ultramarathon finish of the year with a speedy run at the Noble Canyon 50K. Additionally, New Englanders traveled to race the Backcountry Rise 50K in Washington, the Superior 100- and 50-mile trail races in Minnesota, and the Wasatch Front 100-miler in Utah, though results from those events were not available at the time of publication.

More than 500 runners gathered in Carlisle, Mass., for the Trail Animals Running Club’s TARC Fall Classic on Saturday, Sept. 6. While that event – which will be covered in a separate recap – was the region’s largest ultramarathon event during the Sept. 5-7 weekend, it was far from the only one taking place in New England. Four more ultras were held throughout the region, with two events apiece in Connecticut and Maine. We have all of that New England goodness covered in this edition of the roundup.

August ended with a bang for ultrarunners in New England with four events scattered throughout the region, including races in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. But runners from the region also showcased their grit globally. Though UTMB’s results only list runners by nationality and thus are not included in this roundup, Vermont’s Britta Clark finished 27th in the female field (31:11:19) at UTMB and fellow Vermonter David Sinclair was the male runner-up in the 101K CCC (10:13:42). Additionally, a pair of New England women thrived at a grueling 250K, six-day stage race in Iceland with Boston resident Laura Ricci emerging as a champion. That international success leads off this edition of the roundup.

The Aug. 22-24 weekend saw dozens of runners gather in Egremont, Mass., for challenging miles at the Berkshire Ultra Running Community for Service’s (BURCS) Jug End Loop Ultra. We’ll have that covered in a separate recap, but here in this week’s roundup we catch up on results from the Firebird Trail Races in Maine, as well as the Green Lakes Endurance Runs in New York which saw New Englanders atop the podium. We then catch up on Midwest States in Wisconsin, the Continental Divide Trail Run in Colorado, and then return to New York to close out with the Winona Forest Backyard Ultra.