BALLWIN, MO – When you name a course after a hill titled “Cardiac Hill,” you’d expect times to go up. Instead, the 218 runners that tackled the “Cardiac Course” at Castlewood State Park on Thursday, August 15, pushed the pace up a notch compared to the week before. The approximately 4 mile race featured two … Read more
BALLWIN, Mo. – Over the first two weeks, we’ve made you go up the Mountain Ridge (AKA Love) Trail and had you come down the western most edge of the Grotpeter Trail. So for the third race of the 2019 Alpine Shop Trail Run Series, we’re flipping that script. The approximately 4.16 mile course will … Read more
BALLWIN, MO – An evening that began with a forecast for rain earlier in the week turned into a typical St. Louis summer night for more than 210 runners who took to the trails at Castlewood State Park for the second night of four in the 2019 Alpine Shop Trail Run Series. This approximately 4.2 … Read more
BALLWIN, MO. – With everyone getting their “trail legs” back after week one last Thursday, we’re going to bump things up a bit for week two while we still have extra sunlight to work with before the end of the month. This course highlights two of Castlewood State Park’s finest trails for running: Lone Wolf … Read more
BALLWIN, MO – Back in 2010, Alpine Shop hosted the inaugural race of the Trail Run Series with a grand total of 33 participants. On Thursday, August 1, 2019, we began our 10th season with a capacity crowd of nearly 250 at the starting line. Along the way, we’ve continued to try to build this … Read more