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Lead Stories: Sunday, September 7, 2008

USA 100 Mile Trail Champs Set for Tahoe Rim Trail Run

Posted July 17th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Trail / Ultra

The next stop on the USA ultramarathon championships circuit will be beautiful Lake Tahoe, Nevada, this Saturday for the USA 100 Mile Trail Championships. This year’s event will be hosted by the 2008 Tahoe Rim Trail 50K/50M/100M Endurance Runs.

The 2008 championship field includes some of the Nation’s top ultra runners in both the men’s and women’s competition. Leading the women’s field is 2006 champion Connie Gardner (Medina, Ohio), who has also recorded national championships wins in the 100-mile run in 2003 and the 100-kilometer run in 2002; and Nikki Kimball (Bozeman, Mont.), the USA 50 Mile Trail champion in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, and added the road race title in 2005.

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Janicki, Sakurai Win IAU Trail World Challenge 50 Mile

Posted December 11th, 2007 at 12:07 PM by Jeremy Sussman

Section: News & Results, Trail / Ultra

This year’s Sunmart 50 mile event served as the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) Trail World Challenge. Runners representing twelve IAU federations ran side-by-side with the Open field to vie for the overall championship. The men’s winner Jaroslaw Janicki hails from Poland and broke the tape in 6 hours, 7 minutes and 46 seconds. The women’s winner, Norimi Sakurai from Japan, clocked in at 6:34:58 at the 18th Texas Trail Endurance Runs on Saturday.

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Sunmart Texas Trail Endurance Runs to Host
IAU Trail World Challenge

Posted November 16th, 2007 at 12:30 PM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results, Trail / Ultra

The 18th Sunmart Texas Trail Endurance Runs, scheduled for Saturday, December 8 in Huntsville State Park, will host the 2007 IAU Trail World Challenge for the 50 Miler and the 50K events. In 2006, Sunmart was given a tryout as the IAU Trail World Challenge and overwhelmingly satisfied the criteria for hosting an IAU (International Association of Ultramarathoners) event.

The 50 mile race and 50 kilometer event are expected to attract over 1,000 ultra-marathoners from more than 40 states and 14 countries. The 50 mile route is comprised of four 12.5 mile loops through the park’s extensive trail network. The 50K route covers a two loop course. The 50 mile event begins at 7:00am, with the 50K race set to start at 7:30am at Huntsville State Park, which is 60 miles north of Houston. A prize purse will be awarded in both the 50 Miler and the 50K.

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Vincente, Csomor Win XTERRA Makena Beach Trail Run 10K in Maui, Hawaii

Posted October 29th, 2007 at 8:10 PM by Bart Moylan

Section: News & Results, Trail / Ultra

At the blast of a cannon, 355 trail runners from 14 different countries and 30 U.S. states took off for the XTERRA Makena Beach Trail Run on Saturday. With a backdrop of bright blue skies and palm trees swaying in the balmy breeze, this trail run is the kickoff event for a weekend of XTERRA adventures.

Competitors chose from two off-road courses, a 10K or a 5K - each serving up a plateful of Mother Nature’s finest ingredients including loose gravel and lava rocks, soft sand and humid temperatures.

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American Odyssey Relay Planned for Spring 2009

Posted October 23rd, 2007 at 3:41 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Trail / Ultra

People Burning Fat Productions has announced its latest relay run, the American Odyssey Relay Run Adventure, which will occur in the Washington D.C. area. The approximately 200-mile course will traverse Civil War battlefields and other historic locations. The event kicks off in Gettysburg, Pa. before weaving through Maryland and finishing near the Mall in Washington, D.C.

“Like our other relays, the American Odyssey will be a first-class destination event that attracts visitors from around the country and the world,” said Eric Lerude, president of People Burning Fat Productions. “This is our most ambitious effort to date, with an extraordinarily scenic course that showcases many attractions and historical points of interest.”

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