[Updated JULY 23 with new event dates and cancellations] USA Track & Field’s Mountain Ultra Trail (MUT) Council announces the following 10 races scheduled to host National Championships in 2020. A total of $70,000 in prize money will be awarded and medals will be presented to the top 10 overall USATF athletes and top three… Read more »
Editor’s Note: You can find a list of 2020 USATF MUT National Championships here. USA Track & Field’s Mountain Ultra Trail (MUT) Council announces the following 12 races scheduled to host National Championships in 2019. A total of $56,000 in prize money will be awarded and medals will be presented to the top 10 overall USATF… Read more »
On Sunday August 12 in the Lake Sunapee region of Southern New Hampshire, SIX03 Endurance’s 2nd Annual Ragged 50K will host the first-ever ultra-distance trail running national championship in New England. This strong mountain and trail running region has hosted more than a dozen USA Track & Field (USATF) Mountain Running Championships at iconic races like Mt…. Read more »
Countries from the North American, Central American and Caribbean region, will compete at the 2018 NACAC Mountain Running Championships hosted by the Loon Mountain Race, in Lincoln, NH, on Sunday, July 8. Both individual and team competition will be staged, with nations competing head-to-head with one another. Teams are comprised of up to four men… Read more »
On a cool, rainy day in Huntsville, Texas, Sabrina Little and Ronnie Delzer reclaimed their USA Track & Field (USATF) 100 Mile Trail Championship titles at the Rocky Raccoon 100 Mile. The flat, usually fast course in Huntsville State Forest is home to the Fastest Known Time for 100 miles on trail for men with… Read more »
Written by Roy Pirrung, USATF Championship Liaison. Tejas Trail is an ATRA corporate member. Above photo by Tejas Trails. On January 6 through the 7th in Bandera, Texas the Tejas Trails organization will host its 8th USA Track & Field trail running championships and 16th running of the Bandera 100k. The venue, the Hill Country,… Read more »
Written by USATF Championship Liaison Joe Jurczyk. Cayuga Trails 50 photos by Joe Jurczyk. The 2017 USA Track & Field (USATF) 50 Mile Trail Championships were held on Saturday, June 3 in conjunction with the Cayuga Trails 50 Mile. Taking place at Robert Treman State Park near Ithaca, NY, weather was seasonal (high of 71F) but… Read more »
Written by USATF Mountain, Ultra & Trail Running Council Chairperson Nancy Hobbs. Photos by USATF Championship Liaison Richard Bolt. Nancy and Richard also work for the American Trail Running Association. The largest field in the 31-year history of the Cranmore Mountain Race enjoyed temperatures in the mid-50s under cloudy skies at the Cranmore Mountain Resort,… Read more »
Press release from the Cranmore Mountain Race. Written by Paul Kirsch. NORTH CONWAY, NH – Runners from 21 different states will be at Cranmore Mountain this Saturday to compete in the USATF Mountain Running Championships. The races is open to all ages and ability levels. This will be the fifth time that Cranmore has hosted… Read more »
Story and photos by USATF Championship liaison Lin Gentling. Max King and YiOu Wang Capture the 2017 50K USATF National Trail Championships at the Fourmidible 50K – 18 February 2017. The day dawned as it had for the past few days…wet. With a gentle rain at the start and predictions of heavier rain throughout the… Read more »
Written by Lin Gentling, USATF Championship Liaison. USATF 50K Trail National Championships – Fourmidible 50K, Auburn, CA. While the southern part of California has been pummeled by high winds and significant amounts of rain, the Auburn area has not escaped the rain. The earth is saturated from the rains of the past week and still… Read more »
Press release written by Jason Bryant, USATF Championship Liaison. Photos by Jason Bryant. Tejas Trails and Altra are American Trail Running Association corporate members. The 2017 USATF 100 Mile Trail Championships took place this past Saturday as part of the Rocky Raccoon 100 presented by Altra and organized by Tejas Trails. The race had a few… Read more »
Written by Roy Pirrung, USATF Championship liaison at the Bandera 100K. Tejas Trails is an ATRA corporate member. Photo above by Rick Kent, Enduro Photo. Stephanie Howe Violett and Justin Ricks take national championship titles at the USATF 100k Trail Championships held in conjunction with the Bandera 100k – a Tejas Trail event. Stephanie Howe… Read more »
Photo above: Andy Wacker on his way to victory at the 2016 Lake Padden Trail Half. At the USA Track & Field Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida earlier this month the Mountain, Ultra & Trail Running Council confirmed the final races for the 2017 National Championships. There will be a total of $48,000 in prize… Read more »
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