Our intrepid trail reporter, John Calabrese, capped off an amazing February of tackling big winter mountain challenges with a finish at the Reverse Ring. This newly-minted Master of The Ring has shared his thoughts on the race in the latest installment of the Calabrese Corner.
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In the latest installment of the Calabrese Corner, John Calabrese managed to emerge from the bogs of central Virginia and submit the following report on his run at the Willis River 50k, held on Sunday January 28, 2024
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John Calabrese and Denise Freeman raced the nation’s oldest ultramarathon, the JFK 50 Miler, on Saturday 18 November 2023, and have kindly shared a report on their race experience.
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Our running correspondent, John Calabrese, took a week off from racing on trails to race around a track. It went better than anticipated, as John came away from his loops around the 400 meter oval outside of Philly having not only covered over 100 miles in 24 hours, but also with the overall win! Here is his report on the first ever ultramarathon to be held in the city of Camden, over the weekend of September 30th.
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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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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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John Calabrese ventured out of the region to tackle a beast of a race known as Manitou’s Revenge, a 53 mile point-to-point run in the Catskill Mountains of south-central New York. He has shared his detailed report on his experience at the 2023 race, held on June 24th.
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Last person standing/backyard events continue to gain in popularity, and John Calabrese reports on a particularly epic weekend at the Backyard Ultra put on over the weekend of May 13-14, 2023, by Just a Training Run in Wakefield, in the Hampton Roads area of southeast Virginia.
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