ST. LOUIS – Hopefully, the record number of participants enjoyed the first course last week at the 2018 Alpine Shop Trail Run Series, because we’re doubling down on all of our favorite parts of the trails for course number two! Featuring two times the climbs and two times the creek crossings of our first course, … Read more
With rain in the forecast this week, especially for Wednesday, August 15, 2018, we’re going to hold off on releasing a new course for our scheduled Thursday, Aug. 16 race, at this time. If the trails hold up in good condition, we will be running an approximately 4.25 mile course with two different climbs for … Read more
BALLWIN, MO – Alpine Shop’s Trail Run Series kicked off it’s ninth year of races on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at Castlewood State Park with a record 237 finishers on the course. The approximately 4 mile race featured one main climb up Castlewood’s Grotpeter Trail and a crossing of Kieffer Creek as the racers headed … Read more
BALLWIN, MO. – Our opening course for the 2018 Trail Run Series will be a classic tackling of the Grotpeter Trail at Castlewood State Park. Featuring one main climb and (at least) one creek crossing, this approximately 4 mile trail should provide a great opportunity for some fast times as we kick off this year’s … Read more
[KIRKWOOD, MO.] Alpine Shop’s first long-distance paddle race made a quick ascent into popularity on Sunday, July 15 as more than 70 boats participated in either the full marathon distance or half-marathon competition on the water of the Meramec River. The 2018 Meramec Marathon Paddle Race featured nine different divisions: Marathon-solo-men, marathon-solo-women, marathon-tandem-coed, marathon-tandem-men, marathon-tandem-women … Read more