BALLWIN, MO — Four Thursday nights. Hundreds of runners. Countless hills, high-fives, and post-race hot dogs. That’s what the Alpine Shop Trail Run Series is all about—and on August 28, the 2025 edition crossed the finish line at Queeny Park with a party worthy of fifteen summers of tradition. This year’s final course stretched 3.8 miles. … Read more
BALLWIN, MO — When a heat wave finally broke, Queeny Park delivered the kind of night trail runners dream about—80 degrees, a few clouds, and plenty of shade. Race 3 of the 2025 Alpine Shop Trail Run Series had the weather on its side, but the course had a few tricks up its sleeve. At just … Read more
BALLWIN, MO – If you have run in Alpine Shop’s Trail Run Series before, chances are you’ve run on a course similar to what we tackled tonight. Using different sections of nearly every trail system at Queeny Park, the 3.95 mile course featured two significant climbs along with our first slippery water “crossing” next to a … Read more
BALLWIN, MO – The 15th Annual Alpine Shop Trail Run Series stormed into Queeny Park on Thursday night—though thankfully, the storms themselves didn’t. Despite showers threatening from all sides, runners took off under dry skies on a 3.5-mile course packed with gravel grind, rooty ridgelines, and a few surprise scrambles through the “out-of-bounds” backwoods of the park’s northern … Read more
KIRKWOOD, MO- The 2025 Alpine Shop Meramec Marathon featured a return to the same course as last year, giving paddlers an opportunity to test themselves against previous results. Mother Nature helped them on their way with an almost perfect river level (even if it did make the starts a little interesting). Pacific Palisades Conservation Area … Read more