As the sun set over the Kenty Farm and headlamps clicked on to help fend off the darkness, 23 runners stood in the starting corral at the Race for DFL.
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MassUltra Roundup: Bold Coast Bash and Roxbury Marathon 50K
In addition to the ultras in the Midwest and the West, New England ultrarunners were plenty busy racing throughout the region during the Nov. 8-10 weekend. Beast Coast Trail Running put on another epic Race for DFL in Massachusetts that will be featured in a separate story. Additionally, dozens of runners put up ultra mileage at the highly technical Bold Coast Bash in Maine and the paved Roxbury Marathon 50K in Connecticut. We have both of those events highlighted in this edition of the roundup.
Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Bold Coast Bash and Roxbury Marathon 50KResults: Race for DFL
Beast Coast Trail Running and Race Director Amy Rusiecki played host to the fifth edition of the Race for DFL last person standing event on Nov. 9-10 at the Kenty Farm in Winchendon, Mass. Sixty-four runners took on a 4.17-mile course through the farm’s wooded trails, on a nearby rail trail, and on a rocky farm road until only one runner remained.
Continue reading Results: Race for DFLMassUltra Roundup: Tunnel Hill, Rockledge Rumble, Red Rock Canyon, Pass Mountain, and Kessel Run
From the Race for DFL in Massachusetts, to the Bold Coast Bash in Maine and the Roxbury Marathon 50K in Connecticut, the Nov. 8-10 weekend was another hot one in New England – even with the cooler temperatures. We’ll have DFL covered and a separate story and Bold Coast and Roxbury will be featured in a second roundup, but here in Part I of this week’s roundup we catch up on New Englanders’ successes in the Midwest and the West. From Illinois to Texas, to Utah, Arizona and Colorado, New Englanders were active all over the place.
Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Tunnel Hill, Rockledge Rumble, Red Rock Canyon, Pass Mountain, and Kessel RunRunners Flourish with Great Weather, Fast Times at Stone Cat Trail Festival
Hidden by the early-morning darkness, critters could be heard rustling around the soccer fields behind the Paul F. Doyon Memorial School in the wee hours of Saturday, Nov. 2, in Ipswich, Mass. The critters – Trail Animals, actually – were making their final preparations before the start of the Trail Animals Running Club’s (TARC) Stone Cat Trail Festival.
Continue reading Runners Flourish with Great Weather, Fast Times at Stone Cat Trail FestivalMassUltra Roundup: RutFest, Hamsterwheel, 8 Hours at the Farm, and Fall Back Into the Trails
The Nov. 1-3 weekend was another busy one for New England ultrarunners, well beyond the massive TARC Stone Cat Trail Festival here in Massachusetts. In Part I of this week’s roundup we caught up on the results of New Englanders who raced outside of the Northeast. Here in Part II, we catch up on events from the region, beginning in Vermont at the largest RutFest ever, and then head to New Hampshire for the Hamsterwheel, before dropping into Connecticut for 8 Hours at the Farm. We then finish up in New York at the Fall Back into the Trails Series.
Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: RutFest, Hamsterwheel, 8 Hours at the Farm, and Fall Back Into the TrailsMassUltra Roundup: Pinhoti, Rio Del Lago, Mountain Masochist, and Antelope Island
November opened with a flurry of ultramarathon activity, highlighted by the massive Stone Cat Trail Festival in Massachusetts, along with three more New England ultra: RutFest in Vermont, the Hamsterwheel in New Hampshire, and 8 Hours at the Farm in Connecticut. Stone Cat will be featured in a separate recap, and the other New England races will have their own separate roundup, but here in this edition we catch up on ultras outside of the Northeast. New Englanders collected hard-earned finishes at the Pinhoti 100 in Alabama, the Rio Del Lago 100 in California, the Mountain Masochist 50-miler in Virginia and the Antelope Island 50K in Utah. We have them all covered in this edition of the roundup.
Continue reading MassUltra Roundup: Pinhoti, Rio Del Lago, Mountain Masochist, and Antelope IslandResults: TARC Stone Cat Trail Festival
The 23rd edition of the Stone Cat Trail Race – and second addition of its reincarnation as the TARC Stone Cat Trail Festival – took place on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at Willowdale State Forest in Ipswich, Mass. Runners took on a variety of distances, from 100K and 50-mile ultramarathons, to marathon, half marathon and 10K sub-ultra distances and a free youth fun run. Runners enjoyed a dry course on a breezy day with temperatures in the 40s and 50s.
Continue reading Results: TARC Stone Cat Trail FestivalFirst-Timers Flourish, Baker Sizzles in Return to Womp Romp
The last time Jason Baker stepped to a starting line in Massachusetts, he was relatively new to trail-racing. It was 2021, and the then-23-year-old had just jumped into the sport with solid ultramarathon efforts at the Ragged 50K and Kilkenny Ridge 50-miler in New Hampshire, the Post Canyon 50K in Oregon. That October, he signed up for a new race in Massachusetts – the Womp Romp 10-miler – at Wompatuck State Park in Hingham, Mass.
Continue reading First-Timers Flourish, Baker Sizzles in Return to Womp RompMassUltra Roundup: Javelina, Canyonlands, Rim to River, and Bimbler’s Bluff
A week after the largest ultrarunning Halloween party in New England was held at the Ghost Train Trail race in New Hampshire, the biggest bash in the West took place in Arizona at the Javelina Jundred during the Oct. 25-27 weekend. Several New Englanders ran 100 miles or 100K at that event, while others traveled to the Canyonlands Ultra in Utah and the Rim to River 100 in West Virginia. In addition to those ultras outside the Bay State, we also look back to the previous weekend and catch up on the results from the 16th annual Bimbler’s Bluff 50K in Connecticut in this edition of the roundup.
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