BALLWIN, MO – One week after a second place showing in his first series event, Caleb Brackett took home his first win at the second race of the Alpine Shop 2014 Spring Trail Run Series on Thursday , May 8. On a warm and humid night with clouds building throughout the evening, Castlewood State Park … Read more
BALLWIN, MO — It may have had a chilly start, but Alpine Shop’s Spring Trail Run Series heated up quickly as the first race tackled a stretch of Castlewood State Park’s Grotpeter Trail. The approximately three mile course had one major climb, the stretch up Justin’s Trail on the northeast side of the park. From there, … Read more
BALLWIN, MO – 140 participants took on the challenge of Castlewood State Park’s Trails on Saturday, November 16 as part of Alpine Shop’s Castlewood Challenge Trail Run 5k & 10k. As many have already discussed, the 10k race did run long. Depending on a number of different GPS units, the race was somewhere between 6.9 … Read more
Thanks to everyone who participated in Alpine Shop’s 2013 Trail Run Series. Below are the final point totals for all four races. The winners in the four different categories each received a Columbia Sportswear Omni-Heat Jacket. (It was pretty darn hot out there for the final two races, wasn’t it?) After each race, the top … Read more
BALLWIN, MO. – Alpine Shop’s Trail Run Series concluded its 2013 affair with the traditional run up Castlewood State Park’s staircase to the top of the Meramec River bluffs on a 3.9 mile course on Thursday, August 29. More than 210 runners were registered for the fourth and final race of the series once again, … Read more