Barry Hauptman

STONE MILL 50 MILE …. an overview of my 10 years as Race Director

After a highly successful decade in charge of Maryland’s finest 50 mile trail race, RD Barry Hauptman shares some thoughts and a lot of memories about his tenure as the boss of the Stone Mill 50 miler.

John Calabrese

61st Annual JFK 50 Mile

Race report

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.

John Calabrese

City Invincible Race Report

Race report

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.

Sophie Speidel

Find Your Pacer: In a 100 Mile Race and in Life

Race report

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.

Deb Cawthorn

Pine to Palm 100 Race Report

Race report

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.

Heather Dougherty

Wasatch!

Race report

Heather Dougherty strung together her remembrances from her great race out west at the Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run. We pick up her story on race morning out in Salt Lake City, Utah, early on Friday September 8, 2023 …

John Calabrese

Barkley Fall Classic Race Report

Race report

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 …

Denise Freeman

The Women’s Half Marathon

Club race

Denise Freeman offers her perspective on her first go at the VHTRC’s iconic Women’s Half Marathon, held on Saturday September 9, 2023.

Kathleen Cusick

Twisted Branch 2023: Summer camp for adults!

Race report

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!

Tracy Dahl

2023 Women’s Half Marathon Needs Volunteers

Club race

The race is the morning of 9/9 at Fountainhead Regional Park.