Our journey through New Englanders’ ultrarunning exploits from the May 10-11 weekend continues in Part II of this week’s roundup as we work our way closer to home. After starting in the West, this edition highlights several events in the East, from North Carolina, New York and West Virginia, to Ohio and Pennsylvania, leading off with Massachusetts resident Samuel Cohen’s podium finish at the Hellbender 100.

The May 10-11 weekend saw a handful of ultras across New England as runners endured sloppy, soggy conditions from Massachusetts to Maine. Even with all of the local action, several runners from the region scattered throughout the country to race, and we’re catching up on their results with a few region-based roundups. We start in the West, where New Englanders secured hard-earned finishes at the Jemez Mountain Trail Runs in New Mexico and Tillamook Burn in Oregon.

The first weekend of May saw a trio of ultras play out in New England, with several record-breaking performances in New Hampshire at the White Lake Ultras, and big performances at the Forgotten Forest 9-Hour Ultra and the Blue 2 Blue Challenge 50K in Connecticut. We have them all covered here in Part II of this week’s roundup.

May kicked off with a jam-packed slate of ultramarathons in New England, including two in Connecticut – the Forgotten Forest 9-Hour and the Blue 2 Blue Challenge, as well as the White Lake Ultras in New Hampshire. We’ll have those ultras covered in Part II of this week’s roundup, but here in Part I we look beyond New England and catch up on how runners from the region performed at other ultras throughout the country, from New Jersey to Oregon and points in between.