The following article features the inaugural Natro@Soboba races and was written by Scott Mills. This article first appeared in the spring 2024 issue of Trail Times quarterly newsletter. Race Director Sheldon Subith created, organized, and hosted the inaugural Natro@Soboba 5-kilometer and 25-kilometer races on the Soboba Indian Rezervation (near San Jacinto, CA), on February 24,… Read more »
On the 75-minute ferry ride from Long Beach Harbor to Catalina Island’s port town of Avalon, I lost my voice as I strained to talk over the roaring engines on the deck of the Catalina Express. I was headed over to the island 26 miles off the shore of Los Angeles with friend and colleague,… Read more »
The following article contains results and a race recap from the 2024 USATF 50k Road National Championships held on March 10, 2024. Full race results can be found here. Featured photo by: Jordan/Greater Long Island Running Company. The day was all about the weather. All week, the Long Island area had been drenched with rain,… Read more »
The following release featuring the U.S. Snowshoe Team is published with permission from Mark Elmore, US Snowshoe Association. Photos provided by Team USSSA. Picos de Europa Mountains | Fuente de’, Spain – Athletes from Spain, the USA, Italy, France, Great Britain, Argentina, India, Canada, and Sweden recently attended the World Snowshoe Federation World Snowshoe Championships at Fuente… Read more »
Announcement from longtime American Trail Running Association (ATRA) member INOV8. Photos by: INOV8. History was made at the 2024 Spine Race with winner Jack Scott smashing the course record by more than 10 hours. The INOV8 athlete completed the 268-mile winter race, widely regarded as one of the toughest endurance events in the world, in an… Read more »
The following article was compiled by ATRA team member Andy Wacker and features trail and mountain runners who have qualified to race in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Featured photo of Rachel Drake racing in Argentina at the 2019 World Mountain Running Championships. Every four years, USATF holds a championship-style race where the top three… Read more »
The following article was written by Becca Bishop who shares her experience from the 2023 Moab Trail Marathon. Becca is an oncology Physician Assistant at the Boise VA and an avid trail runner. She and her husband are both Marine Corps veterans. They share three kids, two dogs, a cat, a mule and a donkey,… Read more »
The sun was shining and temperatures were in the upper 40s on Saturday, November 4, for the ten o’clock race start at the Moab Half Marathon in Moab, Utah, host of the 13th USATF Half Marathon Trail Running Championships. It was a record-setting day for both Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau and Bailey Kowalczyk who took the championship… Read more »
Team USA staff member and ATRA social media director Andy Wacker was on site at Challenge Stellina in Susa, Italy on August 27, 2023, and provided this report from the event. Rain started to fall as athletes warmed up for the 35th edition of Challenge Stellina, a storied mountain race through the Alps in Susa,… Read more »
Announcement from American Trail Running Association (ATRA) Double Track member Life Time Events – Leadville Race Series. Photos by Life Time Events. Leadville, Colo., – Celebrating its 40th year, the world-famous Leadville Trail 100 Run presented by La Sportiva race returned to Leadville this weekend, the pinnacle finale event of the 2023 Leadville Race Series. Event owner and producer, Life… Read more »
Announcement from American Trail Running Association (ATRA) Double Track member Life Time Events – Leadville Race Series. Featured Photo by Life Time Events. Leadville, Colo. – The Life Time Silver Rush 50 Run presented by La Sportiva and Stages Cycling Silver Rush 50 MTB events, owned and produced by Life Time (NYSE: LTH), took place on back-to-back days this weekend,… Read more »
Announcement from American Trail Running Association (ATRA) Double Track member Life Time Events – Leadville Race Series. Featured Photo by Life Time Events. Leadville, Colo. – The Leadville Trail Marathon and Heavy Half presented by La Sportiva, owned and produced by Life Time, welcomed a field of approximately 1500 runners representing all 50 states and six countries, to Leadville’s high country… Read more »
Announcement from American Trail Running Association (ATRA) partner Collegiate Running Association (CRA). Southeast Ohio Trail Runners (SEOTR) is an ATRA member. Athens, Ohio – The Collegiate Running Association (CRA) and the Southeastern Ohio Trail Runners (SEOTR) successfully hosted the highly anticipated Collegiate Trail Running National Championship at Strouds Run State Park in Athens, Ohio with… Read more »
Grayson Murphy and Dan Curts earn USATF Mountain Running Championship Titles. Team USA – Mountain Up/Down Classic – eight athletes earn automatic spots for Worlds in Austria. It was a back-to-back weekend of racing at Mt. Sunapee with USATF Championship titles at stake along with spots on the USATF Mountain Running Teams – Vertical and… Read more »
Grayson Murphy and Joseph Gray earn USATF Vertical Mountain Running Championship Titles Team USA – Vertical Mountain – is finalized for Austria At today’s — Saturday, April 29 — USATF Vertical Mountain Running Championships, Grayson Murphy and Joseph Gray earned titles for their respective wins in the USATF Championships division. The Sunapee Scramble hosted the… Read more »
It was perfect weather for the 281 runners who toed the line at the 14th edition of the Lake Sonoma 50 miler in Healdsburg, California today, Saturday, April 8. Temperatures were in the 40s under overcast skies at the 6:30 am start, a welcome respite from the rain-soaked day runners in the inaugural Trail Sisters… Read more »
Copahue Extremo | Caviahue—Neuquen—Buenos Aires, Argentina Photos from Copahue Extremo [Facebook] September 1st – 4th, 2022 Senior Men’s 12.7km Podium & Top Ten (195 athletes) GOLD – Javier Carriqueo ARG 57:10 SILVER – Roberto Ruiz SPAIN 58:14 BRONZE – Eric Hartmark USA 59:59 4th Stephane Ricard FRANCE 1:01.03 5th Carlos Becerra ARG 1:01.57 6th Angulo… Read more »
It’s July and that means trail, mountain and ultra running are in full swing both nationally and internationally! On July 2nd on the U.S. east coast, the USATF Mountain Running Championships at Whiteface Mountain in New York’s Adirondack Mountains decided the US Mountain Running Team, as Tabor Hemming and Andy Wacker captured national championship titles…. Read more »
Story and photos by American Trail Running Association contributor Peter Maksimow. The 29th annual Vermont 50 Mountain Bike and Ultra Run set off during a dreary and damp Sunday morning on September 26, in the small village of Brownsville, Vermont. Both runner and cyclist competed side-by-side in the misty darkness, as waves began at 6:00… Read more »
ARE Adventure race report written by ATRA contributor Laura Clark. Laura is an avid mountain, trail and snowshoe runner who lives in Saratoga Springs, NY, where she is a children’s librarian. Photos courtesy of Josh Merlis. Forty-eight of us signed up for Josh Merlis’ latest Adventure Running Exchange (ARE) challenge scheduled for December 6th in… Read more »
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