Jeffrey Stern

June has arrived in style with nearly five dozen events spread all over the country on our UltraRunning Calendar. Highlights include a 50/50 in the Marin Headlands, America’s second oldest ultra in Virginia, a 100-miler in Ohio that’s approaching four decades old and so many more that we can’t list them all.

On the last weekend of May in our Ultra Weekend Recap, we have results from timed events in California and Maryland, as well as a 50k in Canada and an announcement from Western States about the 2024 Golden Ticket races.

The first three-day weekend before summer has arrived on our UltraRunning Calendar. Whether you’re celebrating the break from school by getting out of town for a race or staying closer to home, we’ve got you covered with the top events to check out around North America during this Memorial Day weekend. 

Welcome back to our Ultra Weekend Recap highlighting ultras from across the country. We kick things off with a 100-miler in Virginia, then head south into North Carolina for a 50k and cross the continent for a 50/50 in Reno, Nevada.

Summer is just around the corner so naturally, our UltraRunning Calendar is starting to heat up. We highlight an old school race in Nevada, a classic 100-miler in Virginia, a mountainous race in New Mexico and in typical fashion, so much more.

Our Ultra Weekend Recap is back for May 13-14 with race results from coast to coast including highlights from British Columbia, California and Washington.

The month of May hits its stride on our UltraRunning Calendar with a classic 50-miler in Wisconsin, a 50k/100k that’s been taking place for nearly four decades in the Bay Area, a flat and fast looped course in British Columbia and more. 

For our May 6-7 Ultra Weekend Recap, we have results from the Cocodona 250 in Arizona, Miwok 100k in California, Strolling Jim 40-miler in Tennessee, Tillamook Burn 50-miler in Oregon and more.

It’s hard to believe, but we’ve already reached May on our UltraRunning Calendar and this weekend there are over 50 events to choose from. Highlights include a 40-miler in Tennessee, a 100k just north of San Francisco, a 50-miler in Oregon with a large prize purse and a three-day race starting on Monday, May 8, in New Jersey.

This weekend, the final Golden Tickets to Western States were awarded in Auburn, California, there was a backyard race in Wisconsin and a 50k in Colorado Springs, which led the charge for our Ultra Weekend Recap.

This weekend’s UltraRunning Calendar queues up our final Golden Ticket race for 2023. Top runners at the Canyons Endurance Runs 100k will receive entry to Western States in June, and we were able to connect with a handful of athletes who are expected to compete for those coveted four spots.

In 1998, Guy Palmer, Greg Naaco, Peter Frank, Tom Lyons and other Tamalpa Runners designed the Tamalpa Headlands 50k that originally started in Rodeo Beach, CA. Under the stewardship of former race directors, Diana and Tim Fitzpatrick, the race’s start and finish were then moved north to Santos Meadow in Muir Woods, and played hosted the 2013, 2015 and 2016 USATF 50k National Championships, which catapulted the legendary course onto the national stage. This year, the race will return for its 21st edition.

Our Ultra Weekend Recap includes results from a classic Southern California 50-miler, Earth Day 50k in the Midwest, Orcas Island 50-miler and a whole lot more.

What better way to spend Earth Day this Saturday than by running or volunteering at an event on our North American UltraRunning Calendar? For this week’s What’s Up in Ultra, check out some old school ultras including the Leona Divide in Southern California, Zane Grey in Arizona, the Promise Land in Virginia and a laundry list of others scattered across the continent.

This weekend, in our April 15-16 Ultra Weekend Recap, we have results from 50k races in Colorado and California, a 10-hour race in Pennsylvania and much more.

It’s starting to feel like spring, and our UltraRunning Calendar has some rad old school ultras on tap for the weekend. From Arkansas to Virginia with a pit stop in Illinois, it’s a great weekend to run an ultramarathon. 

Highlighting our Ultra Weekend Recap for April 8-9 was a hotly contested Lake Sonoma 50 in California, the Smith Rock Ascent 50k in Oregon and the historic Diez Vista 50k in British Columbia.

Our second weekend of April on the North American UltraRunning Calendar brings us a very competitive 50-miler in Northern California, a 25-year-old race in beautiful British Columbia, a 50k in Colorado and as always, a whole lot more.

April is starting off in a big way on our Ultra Weekend Recap with a course record at the Umstead 100, fast 50-mile times at the American River 50 and a competitive weekend in both the 100k and 50k races at Gorge Waterfalls. 

It’s April on our UltraRunning Calendar, yet it still feels like winter in many places across the country. Our list of events this weekend is chock-full of historic races from Oregon to North Carolina, back to California and many places in-between.

The March 26 Ultra Weekend Recap is headlined by a classic point-to-point 50k in Arizona, a 50/50 in Utah, a 50k in Illinois, a new 48-hour World Record by an American in Australia, and more.

We warmly welcome Spring onto our UltraRunning Calendar with a smattering of races from a mostly singletrack 50k in Maryland, to a rails-to-trails four distance ultra in Kansas, a nearly straight uphill 50k in Arizona and a whole lot more for our March 25 What’s up in Ultra.

Leading the way in our Ultra Weekend Recap this final weekend of winter is a Pacific Northwest 50k favorite in Bellingham, a notoriously challenging orienteering style race in Tennessee, a 50k in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California and a whole lot more.

Even with storms continuing to hammer the West Coast this week, we’ve nearly made it to the first day of spring. This weekend includes the last official races of winter and what better way to celebrate than with a collection of historic events in various locations on our UltraRunning Calendar? From the Pacific Northwest to Texas, Arkansas, and beyond, we’ve got you covered in What’s up in Ultra.

Results from the USATF National 50k Road Championship in New York, a 50/50 in Arizona, a 50k at Griffith Park in the heart of Los Angeles and a whole lot more highlight our Ultra Weekend Recap for Sunday, March 12.

Winter is hanging on strong across the west, but races around the country are moving forward as spring inches closer. What’s Up in Ultra highlights for the weekend of March 11 include the USATF National 50k Road Championship in New York, a 50/50 in Marin County and plenty of other goodies in between. As always, you can check out our complete UltraRunning Calendar for more.

During the first weekend of March, our Ultra Weekend Recap is highlighted by Way Too Cool in California, the USATF 100-Mile National Championship race at the Jackpot Ultra Running Festival in Nevada and more smaller races out east.

Despite some bitter cold temperatures around the country, What’s Up in Ultra warmly welcomes March to our UltraRunning Calendar with the West Coast’s largest 50k, the USATF National Road 100-mile Championships as well as a collection of other events crisscrossing the country.

Our Ultra Weekend Recap for Sunday, February 26, features results from just about all the corners of the continent: California, Kansas, North Carolina and more.

We take a bit of a breather on our UltraRunning Calendar in terms of big races, but you’ll still find more than two dozen ultramarathons to choose from across the country. Highlights include a long-time 40-miler in North Carolina, a large 50k in North Texas, a Kansas 50k, a point-to-point race in California and a whole lot more.