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We consider the Keep Trail Running Weird awards a “podium finish” for the everyday runner, honoring the community, quirkiness, and authenticity of our sport. It’s the fifth year of these awards, and we consider it a privilege to celebrate with everyone once again. The Keep Trail Running Weird awards recognize five award categories that are…

Here are four of the best books about trail running published in 2025, plus a few more good ones to put on your reading list this winter—or your holiday gift list this week!

UltraSignup's annual awards to celebrate the run community. Consider it a podium finish for every runner.

As a partner of the Western States Endurance Run, UltraSignup has a single race entry available to grant to a runner of our choosing. In 2025, that runner was Nick Bassett, who set the record as the oldest finisher at Western States when he completed the event in 2018 at the age of 73. In…

Stage races are ultramarathons divided into multiple days, part endurance challenge, part adventure, and part traveling community. Instead of running one continuous distance, athletes tackle a set course in stages, lining up each morning to run a new leg of the journey.

Ready for the best holiday season of all? Registration Season. 🎁 December is about to drop a ton of new 2026 races — and some of these will go faster than hot cocoa at an aid station on a cold morning. December 1 kicks off a whole month of “OMG that race is finally open!”…

Between November and the end of February, thousands of trail races open registration. Many of them will sell out before you finish your next long run. Scope them out, make your picks, mark your calendar, hit register. The 2026 version of you is already stoked you signed up early.

Step onto the rails of one of New England’s most iconic ultras. In this episode of UltraSignup’s Behind the Bib, we follow one runner’s experience at the Ghost Train 30-Hour Ultra in New Hampshire. Jeremy aka @ChadUltraRuns, flew across the country to toe the line at Ghost Train, after hearing it recommended by fellow runners.…

Trail running is a unique sport because of the people within the trail community. At the heart of the community are the local races, the race directors, and the runners. Dirt Circus is a celebration of the trail running community and Dirt Circus Tempe is always a really fun and soul-satisfying experience. Below you will find…

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