This summer has been filled with one epic journey after the next! We are so proud of the hard work, discipline and true grit of our community of athletes. Getting to the starting line in one piece, finishes, great performances and adventures should be celebrated! Awesome job to all Eastern States 100, Fat Dog 120 Trail Race, Leadville 100 MTB and anyone who toed the line this weekend or had one heck of an adventure!

A quick recap from the weekend, including a video that follows Mathias Lipsey and Ben Nephew during their last couple of miles of the Escarpment Run and captures the sights and sounds of the finish line.

This was a race for the ages! It was the 5th running of one of the more rugged 50 mile trail ultramarathons in the US. It was a very dark day, with hot, humid and wet conditions. Not the ideal situation for photographs but the perfect conditions for an epic adventure.

"While I knew Gavin would love the slide itself, I wasn’t sure how much he would enjoy any necessary off-trail travel to reach the slide. I asked Jan Wellford about the climb, and he said the bushwhacking was not that bad, you just had to get around the near vertical face of the falls, which is a major ice climbing spot in the winter months. I decided that Gav and I would give it a shot..."

Here is 4 Minutes with Deborah Livingston at the 2017 Manitou's Revenge (2nd female, 14:41). She was using this race to help prepare her for the Hardrock 100 that she competed in this past weekend and finished in a time of 41:01!

Just a quick story about a photo.

Thank you to Ali Bauman of CBS News and the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference for helping to bring attention and awareness to the littering problem in our local parks. This is not just about our parks but about all parks and communities that have been experiencing a similar situation. We contributed some videos and pictures to the feature that was aired live Tuesday at 5pm.

Amy was attempting her 5th consecutive finish of the Manitou's Revenge Ultramarathon & Relay and become one of the only athletes to have successfully completed this epic adventure each year since the inaugural running in 2013. It was a fight to the end.

Photos from the 2017 Whiteface Vertical K and Sky Run!

he 3rd running of the Whiteface Vertical K takes place tomorrow morning (Saturday, July 8th)! Here is a little footage from last years race to help prepare you for the 3,300 feet of ascent in 2.4 miles!

The Whiteface Sky Races are happening this weekend! The weather forecast is just as expected, sunny, clouds & t-storms. I finally got around to last years footage from the Sky Run (15.2 miles with 8,000 ft of gain). Here it is and look forward to it this coming Sunday! 

This is a 54 mile adventure that runs through the heart of the Catskill Mountains of New York. These are extremely rugged and mountainous trails. This was Ben's 2nd time running the race. In 2014 he placed 2nd to Jan Wellford. Coming off an injury, Ben wasn’t sure how his day would go...

We found a hidden gem of an event at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Albert in Canada! This event offers four challenging races and we went to tackle the 165k. Congratulations to MPF athlete Karl Loops for placing 3rd overall! Checkout more from the UTMA, including photos from the race. 

The trail and atmospheric conditions this year at Manitou's Revenge were challenging to say the least, with hot, humid air, and slick rocks giving us runners an even greater challenge than usual. Instead of a race report this time, I decided to try a gear report. I figure if those conditions were not tough enough to test some gear, I don’t know what would be.

Jared Burdick will be competing in the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run this Saturday! In his lead up to race weekend, Jared writes about his training for the WS100 and how his race went at the Lake Sonoma 50 where he received the Golden Ticket!

“As spring arrived, my preparations for the Cayuga Trails Marathon were going swimmingly. I had taken advantage of a mild Ithaca winter to get in a steady diet of 70–90 mile weeks coupled with regular workouts and even a few runs on the trails at Treman and Buttermilk but then I was stopped in my tracks…”

Here is just 4 minutes of the 13+ hours it took MPF RNR athlete Kehr Davis to negotiate the 54 miles from Big Hollow Road to Phoenicia, NY on some of the most challenging terrain the East Coast has to offer.

I "Was Live" from the 2017 Manitou's Revenge Ultramarathon and Relay at mile 34ish on Indian Head Mountain, Devils Path!

During Memorial Day weekend this year, the Mountain Peak Fitness / Red Newt Racing Team made their way up to the White Mountains of New Hampshire to complete the 18.8 mile Presidential Traverse. 

ou have to embrace the darkness to get to the light. There have been a lot of big changes in my life since my last race report, which was for Grindstone 100. I pretty much had a walk through Hell at Grindstone, as my marriage was coming to an end amongst other things. Trudging through pouring rain mostly alone for 30 hours or so gives a person way too much time to think....