The Trail Animals Running Club (TARC) played host to the 13th edition of the TARC Fall Classic on Saturday, Aug. 6, in Carlisle, Mass. More than 500 runners gathered and took on a variety of distances, including 50-mile and 50K ultramarathons, as well as 20-mile, half marathon and 10K distances on the trails of Great Brook Farm State Park.
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Familiar Faces, First-Timers Shine at TARC Summer Classic
MEDFIELD, Mass. – Rather than the typical mid-summer sauna, the TARC Summer Classic welcomed runners with remarkably pleasant conditions for the 14th annual event on Saturday, Aug. 16, at Noon Hill Reservation in Medfield. That’s not to say it was easy by any means; runners still had to overcome an uncomfortable mix of mosquitoes and humidity, but temperatures that ranged from the upper 50s to low 80s made for a mostly delightful day in the woods.
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Results: TARC Summer Classic
The Trail Animals Running Club played host to the 14th edition of the TARC Summer Classic on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, 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.
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Photos: TARC Summer Classic
The Trail Animals Running Club (TARC) played host to the 14th edition of the TARC Summer Classic on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at Noon Hill Reservation in Medfield, Mass. Runners took on the traditional 40-mile and 50K distances, while a 10-miler was offered for the second year in a row. The following is a small sample of photos from the race by MassUltra Editor Chris Wristen. A full photo gallery can be viewed on the MassUltra Flickr page.
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Muhonen Stuns with Record-Setting Run at Wet and Wild Wapack and Back
Tension was high among the 41 runners gathered around Wapack and Back co-race director Lisa Chaput as she called out final instructions. Their faces bore a mix of intensity, acceptance and determination as they waited to begin the most physically demanding event in the Trail Animals Running Club’s TARC Trail Series.
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The 17th edition of the Trail Animals Running Club’s Wapack and Back Trail Races took place Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Ashburnham, Mass. Runners took on either 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. This year’s event was quite possibly the wettest Wapack and Back on record.
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TARC Spring Classic Continues Rainy Tradition at the Jericho Woods
The TARC Spring Classic isn’t the first event in the Trail Animals Running Club’s annual TARC Trail Series, but it holds a significant position in the lineup.
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Resilient Runners Endure Hottest DRB Ever
MILTON, Mass. – Sweat poured down Ethan Sokol’s face and soaked the light blue shirt beneath his hydration vest as he trotted into the aid station 13 miles into his adventure. A wardrobe change made little difference; the orange shirt he swapped into ultimately suffered a similar soggy fate.
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Results: TARC Spring Classic
The Trail Animals Running Club played host to the 13th edition of the TARC Spring Classic 50K, marathon, half marathon and 10K trail races, as well as the inaugural free youth fun run, on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at the Jericho Woods in Weston, Mass. In typical Spring Classic fashion, the crowd of 346 runners endured rain and soggy trails for much of the day.
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Results: Trail Animals “Don’t Run Boston” 50K and 50-Mile Ultras
The Trail Animals Running Club played host to the 29th edition of the “Don’t Run Boston” 50K and 16th edition of the DRB 50-miler on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at the Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, Mass. Runners once again took on an unmarked course through the reservation, amassing around 5,700 feet of elevation gain for the 50K and nearly 7,000 feet of climbing for the 50-miler.
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