Author Archives: Adam Schwartz-lowe

UMTR had a great showing at Chester Woods this weekend. Here is a pre-race picture of some of the UMTR 10 mile runners that participated at Chesterwoods this weekend. Others that ran the 10 miler, 50k, and volunteered included JJ Teskey, John Storkamp(2nd Place-50k), Rob Henderson(3rd Place 50k), Jeff Miller(4 place 50k), Joe Boler(50k-great finish, place unknown), Kristine Tibor(50k-place unknown), and Jake Hegge(volunteer).

Good afternoon! We’ve made it through another two races in the 2016 Ultra Series.  Ice Age 50K/50M were great early season races down in southern Wisconsin, and Spring Superior was an absolute hit for trail conditions, though I hear the weather could have been cooler. It’s early in the year, but there have been some outstanding efforts already.  Janet Gray, Andrew Kuncel, and Mark Martinesen … Read More →

Here’s a few of our club members before the fun started at Chippwa 2016.

Nine runners made it through Zumbro 100 to kick off the start of the Gnarly Bandit for 2016. They braved the cold weather over the weekend and can now look forward a couple of nice warm summer races. Check out Gnarly Bandit Results

We have a new discount available for paid UMTR members. Kelly Doyle, outstanding local photographer, and grand prize winner of this years Lake Superior Magazine photo contest is offering you 20% off of select items. Read about it here on her blog. And while you’re there gawk at the photos and read her bio. Thanks for your support Kelly. A coupon code will be needed … Read More →

The annual potluck banquet(free to members and one guest) is scheduled for Saturday, November 14 at 5:pm-appromixately 8:30pm. Location is 2511 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55406. Evites were sent out a few weeks back. If you haven’t received yours, check your spam and then contact me offline. We’ll be hitting you up for membership renewals and selling apparel at the banquet so bring your … Read More →

For those of you that are already planning your race schedule for next year, the Trail Series, Ultra Series and Gnarly Bandit schedules will be finalized and posted on the website in February. The Board needs to review races, race feedback, next year’s dates of races, etc. before finalizing the new schedules.

UMTR Banquet update Evites will be emailed out later this week to all current UMTR members. Accommodations will probably be tight, so RSVP asap if you want to save your spot. If you don’t receive an invite by the end of the week, you are either not a current member(remember memberships run from 1/1-12/31) or we may have a bad email address. Feel free to … Read More →

On Saturday, November 8th, UMTR is sponsoring a showing of RUN FREE: THE TRUE STORY OF CABALLO BLANCO at Teatro Zuccone in Duluth, MN. The show will be at 6:30 PM. Check out the press release for the full details: Duluth Press Release If you’ve read Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, you’ll know who Caballo Blanco is. Tickets can be purchased at the door … Read More →

Hope that this series update finds you well and enjoying the cooler weather. We’ve had another couple of races go in the books in August. First was the heat of Marquette, where Janet Gray had a nice finish in the 50K, Jake Hegge turned in another fast time there as well, and Rob Henderson continued his habit of running everything with a 100k finish. At … Read More →