BALLWIN, MO. – With the threat of yet another rainout hanging over the series, the skies cleared in just enough time for Race 3 of Alpine Shop’s Summer Trail Run Series Presented by Columbia Sportswear. The 4.0 mile planned course needed to be adjusted down to about a 3.8 mile run after Kiefer Creek rose a … Read more
BALLWIN, Mo. – Summer finally arrived in St. Louis, just in time for the second race of Alpine Shop’s Summer Trail Run Series. With heat indices climbing over the 100 degree mark, the 4.1 mile course was shortened from its original 4.4 mile distance to help competitors deal with the heat and humidity. A falling … Read more
BALLWIN, MO. – On a beautiful night for a trail race, more than 230 people hit the trails in Castlewood State Park for the first run of Alpine Shop’s 2014 Summer Trail Run Series Presented by Columbia Sportswear. The course featured two climbs and two creek crossings over the 4.2 mile course. Andy Koziatek continued his … Read more
BALLWIN, MO. – The course had to wait two weeks to actually be run after the original date was rained out, but one of the steepest trail routes in Trail Run Series history (not including the stairs) was finally unveiled on Thursday, May 29 in the final run of the 2014 Alpine Shop Spring Trail … Read more
BALLWIN, MO – After we put the Race 4 course to a vote of the participants earlier in the week, the majority chose what we nicknamed the “Hills” course. On Thursday, May 22, they got to experience that course with just one little wrinkle we didn’t divulge in the voting process: a creek crossing to … Read more