BALLWIN, MO. – Rain earlier in the morning made for a soft and sometimes sloppy course at Castlewood State Park for the second race of the 2015 Spring Trail Run Series Presented by Columbia Sportswear. You wouldn’t know that judging by the performance Kwin Keuter put on. Nearly 200 participants took to the 3.5 mile … Read more
BALLWIN, MO. – After more than 200 runners joined us for the first race of the 2015 Spring Trail Run Series Presented by Columbia Sportswear, this Thursday, we welcome everyone back for the second run of the series. The distance has lengthened slightly up to approximately 3.5 miles and our max elevation will top out around 15 … Read more
GRAY SUMMIT, MO. – Temperatures that dipped into the low 30s couldn’t damper the Inaugural Shaw Bloom Trail 10k/20k presented by the North Face on Saturday, March 28 at the Shaw Nature Reserve just west of St. Louis. This loop course trail run featured a variety of terrain from prairie grass meadows to sheer bluffs, from single-track … Read more
In 2010, Alpine Shop’s Trail Run Series was the first step we took towards developing a multi-sport series of off-road races for the St. Louis area: the Alpine Shop Off-Road Racing League. We meticulously developed the Summer Trail Run Series into an event that we now register to MAX CAPACITY each August. With … Read more
BALLWIN, Mo. – Alpine Shop’s 2014 Summer Trail Run Series, presented by Columbia Sportswear, capped off its four-run series with a 3.72 mile race that included Castlewood State Park’s famed Grand Staircase along with fantastic views of the Meramec River on the top of the bluffs. This race there were no fallen trees to concern … Read more