The 2017 Trail Series is well under way! The results through the Runnin’ in the Ruff 10k miler are posted on the website. Stephanie Anderson takes the lead in the Female Open and Overall Female! Ann Starr currently leads the Female Masters Division, and Amy Wasson and Pam Albin are tied for Female Grandmaster! On the male side, Erik Raivo controls the Open with 100 points. Brian Swartling leads in … Read More →
Call for sponsors!
Looking for a way to promote your business while supporting great trail running and friendly competition? The Upper Midwest Trail Runners is looking for sponsors for our annual Trail, Ultra, and Gnarly Bandit Race Series! If your business would like to support a race series with a cash or in-kind sponsorship, send your proposal to info@umtr.net by February 26. (If you have questions, that’s how … Read More →
Gnarly Bandit: A Monumental Undertaking
The little girl in the pretty flowered dress smiled and looked at the quarter resting in the palm of her diminutive hand as if it were a winning lottery ticket. She squeezed it tight and climbed carefully up on the riser that stood in front of the pay-per-view binoculars attached to the railing. Raising up on her tiptoes, she could just… barely… bring her eyes … Read More →
Gnarly Bandit: For Better Or For Worse
The Gnarly Bandit sat hunched over the table, throbbing head in his hands. It was one of those mornings, the kind that drove one to carefully contemplate his relationship with Tequila. If someone were to knock his elbows out from under, he wondered if his head would stay put, or crash to the table leaving a forehead shaped dent in the hickory. He couldn’t imagine … Read More →
Gnarly Bandit: Searching for the King of Cool
The Gnarly Bandit considered the curious amalgam of rough-necks, goons and thieves that passed for clientele in this well-aged watering hole. Back home, they would have been at each other’s throats. Here, they conducted themselves as gentlemen; like siblings home for Christmas, quelling their differences, if only to smile simultaneously (and momentarily) for the family picture. It was a détente the patrons accepted for Bandit-Con, … Read More →
2015 Trail Run Series
The races in the 2015 Trail Run Series are set. Some of the dates aren’t quite set yet, so we took our best guess. Be sure to double check them, and we’ll get things updated as we know more.
Gnarly Bandit: Odd Couples Therapy
The Gnarly Bandit was feeling a bit melancholy as he gazed at the quiet, snow-covered peaks of the distant Black Hills. The headline in the tattered newspaper in his saddlebag said it all. “Three Escape the Bandit! Make off with Fame and Fortune!” The Grizzled One sighed. They had given him the slip. “Could’ve used that pot o’ gold,” he grumbled. “Might’ve bought me a … Read More →
UMTR Trail Series: Results – The Final Tally
One week to go before the UMTR banquet and the Trail Series Standings are now being posted. Please memorize since there will be a banquet quiz with a huge prize to be awarded…..well, maybe not, but everyone on this list deserve kudos for being a UMTR and being a part of this series. Awesome awards will be given to each Class winner, as well as … Read More →
UMTR Ultra Series: Results – The Final Tally
The results are in! Please review the series standings for accuracy, and contact me with any errors or omissions so that I can finalize these standings. Hope that you’re looking forward to the big UMTR Awards Banquet happening on November 22. Also expect to see an Ultra Series survey/wrap up email in early December. Thanks for your participation! -Eric Nordgren Results can be found on … Read More →
UMTR Ultra Series: Fighting to the Finish!
Hello again, all! Getting this update out as soon as possible after the Wild Duluth results posted. Only one set of races left, the Surf the Murph happening tomorrow. I’m sure they could still use volunteers if you want to grab some last minute points and haven’t tapped out a full 45. As for the standings, been a bit of shuffling after Glacial Trail and … Read More →