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MassUltra Roundup: April 3-5 Weekend

The 2026 ultramarathon season in New England is starting to heat up. The April 3-5 weekend saw the first of four straight weekends with an ultra in Massachusetts as the Mt. Toby 50K took place in Sunderland. We’ll have that covered in a separate story, but here in this week’s roundup we are catching up on results from around the region and beyond. In Connecticut, the inaugural CT123 – a 200K journey across the state – took place. Additionally. We catch up on Maine resident Jason Geroux’s successful completion of the Arizona Monster 300-miler, and close out at the Fort Yargo Ultra 50K in Georgia.

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MassUltra Roundup: March 27-29 Weekend

March came to a close with plenty of New England ultrarunners toeing starting lines across the country. Here in New England, they gathered in Connecticut for the grueling Sleeping Giant Trail Run 50K where both the male and female course records fell. Also, in nearby New York, New Hampshire’s Benjamin Niebla repeated as champion at the Spring On the Trails Endurance Runs 12-hour race. From there, we catch up on results from races in Virginia, Arizona, Utah, Kansas and Georgia.

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MassUltra Roundup: March 20-22 Weekend Results

Hale Education in Westwood, Mass., was the busiest place for ultrarunners to gather in New England during the March 20-22 weekend as the Trail Animals Running Club played host to the To Hale and Back 6-hour ultra, but it wasn’t the only hot spot in the region. Runners also gathered at the Roosevelt Forest in Stratford, Conn., for another time-based opportunity at the Enchanted Forest Ultra Run. Several New Englanders also ventured outside the region to race, including New Hampshire’s Erica Notini and Massachusetts resident Scot DeDeo who placed on the podium at the Southern States 200- and 100-mile races in Alabama. Bay Stater Shannon Mellett tied for the win in the 12-hour race at the Dogwood Ultras in Virginia, and New Hampshire’s Ryan Montgomery secured a podium finish at Big Alta in California. We have all that and more covered in this week’s roundup.

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Fun, Fellowship Aplenty On the Trails at To Hale and Back

WESTWOOD, Mass. – Rick Abradi gazed at the water as he ran along the sandy North Beach of Noanet Pond during his first loop of the TARC To Hale and Back 6-Hour Ultra on Saturday, March 21, at Hale Education. A grin spread across his face and he shook his head.

“Who has more fun than us?” Abradi declared, allowing his rhetorical question to linger as he continued across the beach and disappeared into the woods on a singletrack trail.

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Results: TARC To Hale and Back

The Trail Animals Running Club (TARC) played host to the ninth running of the TARC To Hale and Back 6-Hour Ultra on Saturday, March, 21, 2026, at Hale Education in Westwood, Mass. Runners took on a 3.5-mile single-loop course that they could complete once in a fixed-distance 3.5-mile race, or as many loops as they wanted during the 6-hour ultramarathon event.

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Photos: TARC To Hale and Back

The Trail Animals Running Club (TARC) played host to the ninth running of the TARC To Hale and Back 6-Hour Ultra on Saturday, March, 21, 2026, at Hale Education in Westwood, Mass. Runners took on a 3.5-mile single-loop course that they could complete once in a fixed-distance 3.5-mile race, or as many loops as they wanted during the 6-hour ultramarathon event. The following are a small sample of photos taken by MassUltra Editor Chris Wristen. To view a full photo gallery from the race, check out the MassUltra Flickr page.

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MassUltra Roundup: Marin Ultra Challenge, Mesquite Canyon, Blazing Saddles, and Two Prairies

The March 13-15 weekend saw two ultra distance events play out in New England, one on foot and one on skis. Both of those were covered in Part I of this week’s roundup. Here in Part II, we catch up on how New Englanders did at other ultras around the country, making stops in California, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Florida. Boston resident Tilman Dette leads it off with a strong performance at a large West Coast race.

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