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Trail running is a type of running that takes place on outdoor trails, often in mountainous terrain, and often includes significant ascents and descents. Trail running is overseen by the International Trail Running Association ( ITRA) and includes longer races. [ 1][ 2] It is similar to both mountain and fell running (also known as hill running ...
The Barkley Marathons is an ultramarathon trail race held each year in Frozen Head State Park in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States. The course, which varies from year to year, consists of five loops of the 20+ mile, off-trail course for a total of 100 miles (160 km). The race is limited to a 60-hour period from the start of the first loop ...
The Leadville Trail 100 Run (aka The Race Across The Sky or the LT100) is an ultramarathon held annually on rugged trails and dirt roads near Leadville, Colorado, through the heart of the Rocky Mountains. First run in 1983, the race course climbs and descends 15,600 feet (4,800 m), with elevations ranging from 9,200 to 12,620 feet (2,800 ...
6 p.m. Aug. 29 — TVFR Woodland Trail Run (last of three in series), 3.2 miles, West Hill Dam, 518 Hartford Ave. East, Uxbridge. No race-day registration; gate access to start area closes at 5:30 ...
The largest 100-mile trail run is the Javelina Jundred. [160] Some of flattest, or North American ultramarathons with the least elevation take place in Florida like the Long Haul 100 and the Skunk Ape 100 Mile Endurance Run. The first mountain trail ultramarathon held in the United States was the 1911 Mount Baker Race (50K), in Bellingham ...
The former includes several of the world's most competitive trail races. [8] The Golden Trail Championship (GTC) was created in 2020 to replace the planned World Series which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It took places in the Azores in the form of a four-day stage race. [9] The success of the GTC format meant that it was proposed ...
Trail map. The Appalachian Trail, also called the A.T., is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost 2,200 miles (3,540 km) between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing through 14 states. [ 2] The Appalachian Trail Conservancy claims the Appalachian Trail to be the world's longest hiking-only ...
The school organised Paper Chase races in which runners followed a trail of paper shreds left by two "foxes"; [10] even today RSSH runners are called "hounds" and a race victory is a "kill". [11] The first definite record of Shrewsbury's cross-country Annual Steeplechase is in 1834, making it the oldest running race of the modern era. [10]