USATF Announces 2011 Championship Schedule (Mountain/Ultra/Trail)

The Mountain/Ultra/Trail (MUT) Council of USA Track & Field (USATF) announced the 2011 schedule of national championship races at their annual meeting last week. There are some new races in new places (and more prize $$$), and a few of the favorites. Here they are in order of distance:


24 Hour Road – North Coast Endurance Run – 09/17/2011 Cleveland, OH ($6k in prize money)

100 Mile Road – Burning River 100m 07/30/2011 Cleveland, OH ($10k in prize money)

100km Road – Mad City 100k 04/09/2011 Madison, WI ($6k in prize money)


100km Trail – Bandera 100K 01/08/2011 Bandera, TX ($2k in prize money)

50 Mile Road – Tussey mOUnTaiNBACK 50 Miler – 10/23/2011 Boalsburg, PA

50 Mile Trail – Nueces Endurance Run 03/05/2011 Rocksprings, TX

50km Road – Caumsett 50K 03/06/2011 Long Island, NY ($1k in prize money)

50km Trail – Flagline 50K 09/24/2011 Bend, OR ($2.5k in prize money)

½ marathon Trail – Footzone Dirty Half 06/12/2011 Bend, OR ($2500 in prize money)

15km Trail – USA 15km Trail Champs 05/14/2011 Spokane, WA

10km Trail – Continental Divide Trail Race 08/27/2011 Laurel Springs, NC

Mountain Running/US Team Selection – Cranmore Hill Climb 06/26/2011 North Conway, NH

In addition, there will be a point series for the four sub-marathon races. The trail marathon distance does not have a race yet, but the application process is open until the end of December should any RD want to jump in.

The Bandera 100k is the return of the 100k trail championship, plus a big race in the Montrail Series with Western States slots for winners; that will certainly be competitive (Geoff Roes has already signed on). It's interesting to me that the Burning River 100m and Tussey are "road" distances, since both have a ton of trails, but I'm certainly not going to complain.

If you want to do them all, the calendar is spread out pretty good this year!

- SD