EUREKA, MO — A sell-out crowd of 79 teams toed the line at the 11th annual Osprey Packs Castlewood 8-Hr Adventure Race on Saturday. Teams gathered at The Legends Country Club for a pre-race meeting after having dropped their bikes off at Route 66 State Park Visitor’s Center on the east side of the Meramec River. … Read more
Council Bluff Lake, MO — A record-number of runners battled the trail, the heat, and the bluff to become finishers at the 2016 Smartwool Battle The Bluff Trail Half Marathon. Just in its second year, the Battle The Bluff Trail Half Marathon more than doubled the number of registrations (82) and finishers (69), bringing new faces … Read more
BALLWIN, MO. – Castlewood State Park somehow dodged enough rain through a week marked by scattered shower after scattered shower, to host the final (and already rescheduled once) race of the 2016 Marmot Trail Run Series. More than 180 runners tackled a hot and a humid night along with Castlewood’s Grand Staircase to finally crown … Read more
BALLWIN, MO. – An early morning thunderstorm managed to change tradition on the course, but it couldn’t change the standings this year on the course. Caleb Brackett took the overall win for the third straight time this year in the approximately four mile course at the Marmot Trail Run Series at Castlewood State Park. Brackett crossed … Read more
BALLWIN, MO. – For the first time in the history of the Marmot Trail Run Series, Grotpeter’s infamous Cardiac Hill will be a featured climb. Of course, the only reason that’s happening is this morning’s rains made it impossible for us to use the trails leading to Castlewood State Park’s Grand Staircase. We figure the trade is … Read more