The first “Grindstone Trail Running Festival by UTMB” was held over the weekend of September 22-24, 2023. Sophie Speidel has written a post-race report from her perspective as a pacer for fellow Charlottesvillian Steve Combs, with a focus on pacing as an experience.
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Fresh off a 31 hour finish at the MMT 100 in 2023, Deb Cawthorn made plans to tackle her annual Western 100 miler. For this year, that was the Pine to Palm 100 in the Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon. Deb had an outstanding race and shares her story with us here.
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John Calabrese has returned from the long journey down to Frozen Head State Park in Tennessee, and his running of the infamous Barkley Fall Classic on Saturday September 16, 2023. Here is his tale …
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Denise Freeman offers her perspective on her first go at the VHTRC’s iconic Women’s Half Marathon, held on Saturday September 9, 2023.
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Kathleen Cusick took a break from the summer heat in the mid-Atlantic to travel up to the Fingers Lake region of New York for the Twisted Branch 100k. She reports on her experience there, and hopes to encourage all Furbutts to consider making this a Blue Train destination race in 2024!
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The race is the morning of 9/9 at Fountainhead Regional Park.
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While it is not a “trail race,” the Jarmans Invitational Marathon (or the JIM) is in the mountains (on the edge of Shenandoah National Park near Crozet in western Albemarle County), the course is primarily dirt road, and just about everyone has a beer at the finish. So it very much has a VHTRC vibe to it. John Calabrese reports on the 2023 race.
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The ever industrious John Calabrese has conquered another 100 miler. This time the Viaduct Trail in northern Pennsylvania, held over the weekend of July 22-23, 2023. Here is his report.
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Ron Knipling, Gary’s brother and Keith’s uncle, passed away today. He ran MMT once, in 1997, as well as a handful of other trail and ultra runs. Read more about his true outdoor loves and legacy.
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