Thomas Lorblanchet won the 2012 Leadville Trail 100 in 16:29. Zeke Tiernan in second place. Others still racing at this writing: Nick Clark, followed by Anton Krupicka, Jay Aldous, Andrew Catalano and Michael Arnstein. At this writing, Tina Lewis is still out on the course leading the women’s race, followed […]
Read More →Runners signed on for this weekend’s Race Across the Sky had better have plenty of warm clothes in their drop bags. The daytime forecast is benign. Saturday’s predicted high in Leadville is 65 F – a perfect running temperature, with only 20 % chance of rain showers. Everything changes on […]
Read More →Brian Rusiecki and Kathleen Cusick won this weekend’s edition of the Vermont 100. Rusiecki, of Westfield, MA, won in 14:54:05. His time was just 54 seconds shy of matching Leigh Schmitt’s record from 2004. Rod Bien of Bend, OR was second, finishing about 58 minutes back in 15:52:40. Hailing from […]
Read More →On 26 September, OXF reported that Morris County Park Commission won’t renew permits in 2012 for the Muddy Marathon, Mahlon Mayhem and NJ Ultra Festival. Before publication, we were unable to contact anyone from the commission. The following day, Executive Director Dave Helmer spoke with OXF to offer the commission’s […]
Read More →In a letter to NJ Trail Series, the Morris County Park Commission declined to grant permits for three of their races in 2012. Citing safety concerns voiced at a closed meeting in September, the commission mailed a letter to organizer Rick McNulty on 19 September, saying they will not give […]
Read More →South Africa’s Ryan Sandes and Leadville, CO native Lynette Clemons won the Leadville Trail 100 in Colorado on Saturday. The “Race Across the Sky” starts from one of the highest municipalities in the U.S. The out and back course ranges between 9200 and 12,600 feet altitude.
Read More →The Leadville Trail 100 starts at 4 AM Mountain Time. I’ll be traveling this weekend, but will look to post race results and possibly an interview with a competitor. You gotta love Colorado: 60% chance of precipitation today, including “numerous thunderstorms in the afternoon.” Overnight lows will be near freezing; […]
Read More →The weather cooperated for Saturday’s Mahlon Mayhem trail races at Mahlon Dickerson Reservation in Morris County NJ.
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