BALLWIN, MO. – Another week, another champion. This time it was a name we haven’t seen at the top of the board since 2013. Brian Lyons returned to the Trail Run Series for the first time in four years and put his name back at the top of the list for the 11th time in … Read more
ST. LOUIS – Hopefully, all the participants enjoyed the first course last week at the 2017 FITS Socks Co. 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, this … Read more
BALLWIN, Mo. – A flood decimated much of the race’s host park, Castlewood State Park, back in May. Then rain started coming down, after a summer of drought, 45 minutes before race time. Alpine Shop officials could only hope that this rescheduled 2017 FITS Sock Co. Trail Run Series’ first race would actually take place. Take … Read more
ST. LOUIS – Three months later than it was supposed to start and one rebuilt Castlewood State Park later, the 2017 FITS Socks Co. Trail Run Series will finally kick off on Thursday, August 3 with an approximately 3.21 mile course. Alpine Shop is pleased to finally welcome everyone to the seventh annual running of … Read more
Sorry for the late notice on this, but we will NOT be holding a fun run on Thursday, May 25 at Castlewood State Park. We were truly hoping to make this happen, but one of our main directives with our races is to do no harm to the trails. That’s simply not possible to do at … Read more