The calendar tells me summer is in full swing, though temperatures up here in Duluth recently have suggested otherwise. And with summer has come our busiest time. Race series are in full swing, trail work days are happening all over the region assisted by our fellow members, and we have had some fun “fat ass” events for you all to meet each other and explore … Read More →
SHT Trail Work Alert!
We saw the following request for trail work help on the SHT from John Storkamp! Let John know at john at rocksteadyrunning.com if you can help out. … the Superior Hiking Trail Association is looking for help during the weekdays next week (week of June 19th) to try to finish up the Gooseberry reroute – they had to cancel their last large group project weekend … Read More →
Gnarly Bandit update post-Kettle!
The Gnarly Bandits have again demonstrated that they are a force to be reckoned with. After April’s Zumbro race eliminated only one of the starting 11 hopefuls, all 10 remaining Gnarly Bandits rolled through Kettle Moraine’s torrential downpour, soul-sucking mud, and crushing heat and humidity with the implacability of an Abrams tank. That’s right, despite an overall finish rate of less than 45% at Kettle … Read More →
It’s another mid-week roundup!
Last weekend in racing, a smattering of Trail Run Series participants dove into the Runnin’ in the Ruff 10K in Milaca. For those of you who participated, make sure you keep an eye on your email, so you can report your results! Coming up on Saturday May 13, the Ultra Series gets some action in and around La Grange, WI with the phenomenal Ice Age … Read More →
New Facebook Page!
Greetings UMTR Members, from the Board of Directors! One of the areas we’ve promised to work on this year is communication, and we wanted to give you an update on a couple things that we’re doing to help support that goal. First, we know that in a Facebook Group it’s hard to know what messages are official UMTR messages, and what is part of … Read More →
Greetings from the UMTR Ultra Series!
The 2017 season is well underway. We’ve had two series of races, with END-SURE and Zumbro in the books. Trails have cleared early this year, and I hope you’re all enjoying the early season start! A few notable results as well! Mark Martinsen won the 100K at END-SURE, Mark Brose the 50K. At Zumbro, Tina Johnson and Jeff Miller were third and fourth overall in … Read More →
The first Gnarly race complete!
As sunshine streamed into the Zumbro assembly area Friday morning, 11 Gnarly Bandit hopefuls toed the starting line, with smiles on their faces and fire in their souls. And by Saturday evening, all but one had completed the first of the five challenges in the race series. (Allan Holtz stopped after four of six laps). Warm, sunny weather and unusually dry (and sandy) trails made for un-Zumbro-like … Read More →
It’s Gnarly Time!
The weather is uncertain, the trails are muddy, the drop bags are packed, the taper crazies are almost over. That’s right, it’s already Zumbro time! It’s going to be an incredible kickoff to the 2017 Gnarly Bandit Ultra Trail Series! We have 10 stout competitors, strong of leg and true of heart (if a bit short of toenails), including several Gnarly Bandit veterans. We have … Read More →
Ultra Series – Glacial Trail
Good evening! Please see the attached results for the current standings after Glacial Trail 50K/50M, with only Surf the Murph left on the race calendar! Congratulations to Jeff Leuwerke for his second place finish in the 50 mile race! Mark Martinsen continued his impressive year with a strong 50K finish, along with Gary Sheets and Rick Bothwell. For the series, we still have a close … Read More →
Trail Series – Harder ‘n Hell Half Marathon
Brook Wheeler was the only UMTR trail series participant in the Harder than Hell Half Marathon last weekend. She is now tied with Pam Albin for the Overall Female. The final race in the series is the Great Pumpkin Chase 10k in Lake Elmo, MN!