To really understand this race you have to know the trails, or at least get a good description of the course.  If you can’t experience the trails in person, I think photos or video do a better job than any sort of written description, at least as far as my writing skills are concerned.  Luckily, we have great pics and video from the race thanks to Joe.

By Joe Azze
Here are some videos and photos from the 2014 Manitou's Revenge Ultramarathon & Relay. We will be updating this post as often as possible over the next week or so. Check back regularly for new photos and videos.

Manitou’s Revenge is a 56 mile gnarly, grueling, nasty, sick mountain climbing ultra-beast in the Catskills of New York.  If it was a dog it would be an abused, starving, ill-tempered pit-bull.  There are roots and rocks everywhere on the course and it seems like they reach out of the ground and bite your ankles at every opportunity.

The inaugural Manitou’s Revenge 56 Mile Ultra Marathon & Relay in the Northeastern Catskills, was a huge success! 61 of some of the toughest endurance athletes around showed up to test themselves both mentally and physically on some of the most demanding trails in the country.

This past weekend we held our 2nd annual training camp for the MPF Campmor Trail Running Team and based it around the 2013 Manitou's Revenge 54 Mile Ultramarathon course in the Northeastern Catskills (Trail map 141). The Manitou’s Revenge Ultramarathon takes place June 22nd and spawned into life as an extension of the legendary Escarpment Trail Run.