A quick glance at Jessie Diggins’ athletic resume delivers some eye-popping accomplishments: four-time Olympic medalist in cross-country skiing, including a gold medal in 2018; seven World Championship medals, including two golds; eight World Cup titles; and seven gold medals at the US national championships.
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Results: TARC Stone Cat Trail Festival
The 25th edition of the Stone Cat Trail Race – and fourth edition of its reincarnation as the TARC Stone Cat Trail Festival – took place on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, at Willowdale State Forest in Ipswich, Mass. More than 400 runners took on a variety of distances, including 100K and 50-mile ultramarathons, as well as marathon, half marathon and 10K sub-ultra distances and a free youth fun run.
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Friendship, Determination Power Hearing-Impaired Runner to Fall Classic Finish
Rebecca Gonzalez-Kreisberg is no stranger to running ultramarathons. She has completed at least a dozen ultras, including a personal-best 102.6-mile performance at the Notchview Ultra 72-hour race in 2023. So when Gonzalez-Kreisberg showed up to the Trail Animals Running Club’s TARC Fall Classic to run the event’s 50K race on Saturday, Sept. 5, the 36-year-old from Amherst, Mass., was confident her legs could handle the distance on the rolling trails of Great Brook Farm State Park in Carlisle, Mass. The bigger challenge for her would be handling the crowded trails as other runners zipped past in some of the event’s other distances, which included a 50-miler, 20-miler, half marathon, 10K, and kids’ fun run. In total, more than 600 runners took part in the event, making it the largest TARC event in club history.
Continue reading Friendship, Determination Power Hearing-Impaired Runner to Fall Classic FinishResults: TARC Fall Classic
The Trail Animals Running Club (TARC) played host to the 14th edition of the TARC Fall Classic on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, in Carlisle, Mass. More than 600 runners took on 50-mile, 50K, 20-mile, half marathon, and 10K distances or a kids’ fun run on the rolling trails of Great Brook Farm State Park.
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Runners Overcome Extreme Heat at Scorching TARC Summer Classic
The temperature was nearly 80 degrees, but it felt even hotter when runners gathered in front of the metal gate that serves as the starting line for the TARC Summer Classic. It was only 7 a.m., on Saturday, Aug. 8, and it was already shaping up to be a scorcher.
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The Trail Animals Running Club (TARC) played host to the 15th edition of the TARC Summer Classic on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, at Noon Hill Reservation in Medfield, Mass. Runners took on 40-mile and 50K ultramarathon distances or a single-loop 10-mile race on rocky, rooty trails in the summer heat.
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Redemption, Resilience On Display at Rain-Soaked Wapack and Back
The Wapack Trail has been known to dish out plenty of punishment to the healthiest of hikers and trail runners during the best of conditions. For those who are either injured or on the mend, it’s an intimidating place to be, especially on a rainy day.
For Rob Breckenridge and Jeff Johanson, the Wapack Trail was a place to face their fears and put their mended bodies to the test when they took part in the 18th edition of the Trail Animals Running Club’s Wapack and Back Trail Races on Saturday, May 9, in Ashburnham, Mass.
Continue reading Redemption, Resilience On Display at Rain-Soaked Wapack and BackResults: TARC Wapack and Back Trail Races
The 18th edition of the Trail Animals Running Club’s Wapack and Back Trail Races took place Saturday, May 9, 2026, in Ashburnham, Mass. Runners took on a 43-mile out-and-back of the Wapack Trail, a 50-mile race that included the 43-mile out-and-back plus an additional 7 miles, or a 21.5-mile one-way journey through the course. Since its founding in 2007 by Bogie Dumitrescu, the event has been held annually with the exception of 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It rained steadily for much of the race for the second straight year.
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Gnomes and Good Times Galore at Sun-Soaked TARC Spring Classic
The TARC Spring Classic holds a special place in the history of the Trail Animals Running Club as it was the first new event created specifically for the TARC Trail Series. The event has played host to some of the largest gatherings of Trail Animals in the club’s history – as well as some of the wettest gatherings of Trail Animals.
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Wrong Turns are Tradition at DRB, But Missed Miles Impact Results at 30th Edition
MILTON, Mass. – There are plenty of stories about runners getting lost in the woods, encountering each other from opposite directions, or suddenly swapping positions despite a pass never taking place during the early years of the Trail Animals “Don’t Run Boston” 50K. Those were some obvious tells that someone likely misread their map, missed a turn, or had some other navigational mishap while trying to complete the event’s unmarked course on the trails of the Blue Hills Reservation.
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