By Mathias Eichler
One last hurrah before the end of the year. Runners, get ready for a fun and festive holiday 10K trail race at Squaxin Park in Olympia, WA on December 14.
One last hurrah before the end of the year. Runners, get ready for a fun and festive holiday 10K trail races at Squaxin Park in Olympia, WA on December 14.
Nancy Hobbs gathers all the info for ATRA (American Trail Running Association):
Team USA will compete in the third World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (WMTRC) slated for September 24-28, 2025, in Canfranc-Pirineos, Spain.
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USA Track & Field (USATF) plans to field a team of 48 athletes with the following event allocations:
VERTICAL MOUNTAIN – 4 men & 4 women
CLASSIC MOUNTAIN race – 4 men & 4 women
40 km TRAIL race – 6 men & 6 women
80 km TRAIL race – 6 men & 6 women
U20 CLASSIC MOUNTAIN race – 4 men & 4 women
The races selected for qualification are:
There are lots of people with opinions on the selection of these races as qualifiers, especially the selection of Gorge Waterfalls as a qualifier for the Long Trail Race.
Jason Schlarb commenting on Freetrail’s announcement on IG:
We need to change!! This is obviously not a good race to qualify our US team. Canada qualifies the year prior!! The world champs race in Spain has 18,700ft of climbing in 85k and likely on gnar trails.
Daybreak Racing and DBo are in the comments defending their bid.
Fascinating.
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