There’s a new batch of trail races out in west-central New Hampshire, with two races yet to run this fall. The Western NH Trail Running Series has five races, all in the Dartmouth-Hanover-Lebanon region (up I-89, northwest of Concord). It also has a website, an impressive roster of sponsors and some 169 runners participating to [...]

The club that organizes the Grand Tree series doesn’t call itself Western Massachusetts Athletic Club for nothing. Now, some folks have rounded up a bunch of races around the eastern end of central New England: the Eastern New England Trail Races Series.
 
They’ve put together a calendar of 20 races, a few of which are shared with [...]

In some small ways, I’m glad I can no longer run in the Grand Tree series. (I won’t say compete; I was more of a mid-pack guy).
I miss trail running something awful, but this year’s GT schedule looks brutal; they’ve added another near-marathon length race on one of the tougher trails around… the (third annual) MorFun Wapack [...]

Though I won’t be running it myself (see post below), I can recommend the Stone Cat 50 and marathon to anyone who’s up for it.
 

Stone Cat proved to be one of the most fun trail races I did last year (Disclosure: I only did three last year, and they were all a lot of fun).
This year’s [...]

In case anyone missed it, the profile of trail runner extraordinaire Rich Busa ran today (Saturday). Here ’tis: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071027/NEWS01/310270090/-1/news
UPDATE:
Two minor corrections: We can all wish Rich a happy 78th birthday Oct. 30, but he was still 77 when the article was published on Oct. 27. Also, he is no longer the oldest guy to finish [...]

Just a reminder, folks… the lottery for the Mount Washington Road Race runs from March 1 through the 15.
I have no idea what the odds are, nor what it would be like to run uphill for that distance… it would be interesting to find out…
UPDATE 2/28 -I haven't decided whether to enter the lottery, myself. If [...]