Fred J. Matthews

Potential Ultras

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Upcoming Ultras

Potential Upcoming Ultras

• Nashville Ultra 50K / 60K / 70K / 80K=50M - Saturday, October 16, 2010 (Fall Break weekend) = $50 before ???? 2010
• South Carolina Ultra Trail Runs
  • Buncombe Trail 34M - Sumter National Forest, Newberry SC - Sunday - May 3, 2009 - 7:30 am
  • Chattooga River 50K - Burrells Ford to Oconee State Park (Foothills Trail) SC - Sunday - June 7, 2009 - 7:00 am
  • FATS Forty 40/50 (40M or 50K) - Sumter National Forest, North Augusta SC - Sunday - October 4, 2009 - 7:30 am
  • Harbison Forest 50K - Harbison State Forest, Columbia SC - Sunday - November 8, 2009 - 8:00 am
• Lean Horse Hundred/Half-Hundred/50K Hot Springs SD (Saturday - August 22, 2009 - 6:00 am) - Aug 1 deadline - 100M/$165/30hr/buckle // 50M/$95/12hr/key fob / 50K/$75/10hr/key fob - APSU Summer Classes end Thursday August 13, Fall Classes begin Monday August 31, 2009

• LBL Trail Runs (23K, Marathon, 60K, 50M) - Grand Rivers KY (Saturday - March 10, 2007 - end of Spring Break) - $50-65 registration before Feb 25 2007
• Hinte-Anderson Trail (HAT) 50K - Susquehanna State Park MD (Saturday - March 19, 2005 - 9:00 am) - registration begins August 2004
• Silver State 50K/50M Reno NV (Saturday - May 21, 2005)
• Bighorn Mountain Wild and Scenic Trail Run (100M/50M/50k/30k) Sheridan WY (Saturday - June18, 2005)
• 24 Hour Around the Lake Ultra Wakefield MA (Friday - July 28, 2006 - 7:00 pm) - $60 pre 7/14/6
• Edmund Fitzgerald 100K - Duluth MN (Saturday - October 15, 2005 - APSU Fall Break Oct 17(M)&18(Tu))

Potential Ultra Marathons Listed by State 
    (UR = Ultrarunning Magazine Article)
    (100LR4 = 100 Largest Races 2004 # rating number out of 100 (#participants) - UR Mar'05 p74)
    (BSR3 = Biggest State Races 2003 (# participants) - UR Mar'04 p75)
    (BSR2 = Biggest State Races 2002 (# participants) - UR Mar'03 p74)
    (BR4 = Biggest Races 2004 (# participants) - UR Mar'05 p72)
    (BR3 = Biggest Races 2003 (# participants) - UR Mar'04 p75)
    (BR2 = Biggest Races 2002 (# participants) - UR Mar'03 p73)
    (completed states and races in italicized font)

• Alabama (completed)
  Rocket City Marathon - Huntsville (December 9, 2002)
  100LR4#7/BSR2/3/BR3/4 - Mountain Mist 50K (157n'02/205n'03/265n'04) - Huntsville (January 24, 2004)
• Alaska
  BSR2/3 - Little Su 50K (25n'02/24n'03) and Susitna 100M - Big Lake (February 14, 2004)
• Arizona
  100LR4#28/BSR2/3/BR2/3 - Crown King Scramble 50K (174n'02/170n'03/148n'04) and 50M (38n'03) - Phoenix (March 13, 2004)
  BR3/4 - Javelina Jundred 100M (81n'03/71n'04) - Fountain Hills
  BR4 - Across the Years 24 Hr (48n'03/39n'04)
• Arkansas (completed)
  Little Rock Marathon - Little Rock (March 7, 2004)
  100LR4#13/BSR2/3/4 - Sylamore 50K (108n'02/108n'03/201n'04) - Allison (February 21, 2004)
  Ouachita Trail 50K/50M (61/24n'03) - Little Rock (April 17, 2004)
  BR2/3/4 - Arkansas Traveller 100M (81n'02/71n'03/82n'04) - Perryville (October 4, 2003) UR Dec'03 p18
• California (completed)
  Suzuki Rock 'n' Roll Marathon - San Diego (June 2, 2002)
  100LR4#16/BR2/3 - Quad Dipsea 28.4M (205n'02/209n'03/195n'04) - Mill Valley
  100LR4#3/BSR2/3/BR2/3/4 - Way Too Cool 50K (525n'02/474n'03/486n'04) - Cool (March 13, 2004)
  100LR4#41/BR2/3 - Golden Gate Headlands 50K (202n'02/178n'03/116n'04) - San Francisco
  100LR4#27/BR2 - Skyline 50K (195n'02/162n'03/149n'04) - Castro Valley
  100LR4#18/BR2/3/4 - High Desert 50K (184n'02/194n'03/186n'04) - Ridgecrest
  100LR4#29 - Rucky Chucky Roundabout 50K (92n'03/138n'04)
  100LR4#42 - Shadow of the Giants 50K (87n'03/113n'04)
  100LR4#4/BR2/3/4 - American River 50M (421n'02/433n'03/461n'04) - Sacramento
  100LR4#34/BR2/3/4 - Avalon Benefit 50M (159n'02/131n'03/125n'04) - Avalon
  100LR4#39/BR2/3/4 - Dick Collins Firetrails 50M (125n'02/134n'03/120n'04) - Lake Isabella
  100LR4#36/BR4 - Leona Divide (120n'03/123n'04)
  100LR4#12/BR2/3/4 - Miwok Trail 100K (191n'02/210n'03/205n'04) - Sausalito (May 1, 2004)
  100LR4#6/BR2/3/4 - Western States 100M (255n'02/272n'03/278n'04) - Squaw Valley (June 26, 2004)
  BR4 - San Diego 24 Hr (80n'03/73n'04)
• Colorado
  100LR4#45 - San Saun Solstice 50M (98n'03/107n'04)
  100LR4#17/BSR2/3/BR2/3/4 - Leadville 100M (189n'02/206n'03/193n'04) - Leadville (August 21, 2004)
  BR3/4 - Hardrock 100M (69n'03/80n'04) - Silverton
• Connecticut
  BSR3 - Lake Waramaug 50K (36n'03) - Kent
• Delaware
  none in 2003
  BSR2 - Ultra Dawgs 50K (26n'02) - Newark
• Florida (completed)
  Blue Angel Marathon - Pensacola (February 23, 2002)
  Walt Disney World Marathon - Orlando (January 8, 2006)
  BSR3 - Croom Trail 50K (58n'03) - Brooksville
  BSR2 - Gator Trail 50K (34n'02) - Lake Waccamaw State Park
  BR2 - Rails to Trails 100K (22n'02) - Brooksville
• Georgia (completed)
  Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon - Chickamauga (November 8, 2003) $30/fm/lst/4*
  BSR3 - Peachtree 50K (55n'03) - Atlanta
• Hawaii
  BSR2/3/BR2/3 - H.U.R.T. Trail 100K (33'n02/31n'03) - Koolau Mtn Range, Oahu (January 17, 2004)
• Idaho
  BSR3 - Shafer Butte 52M (23n'03) - Boise Front
  BSR2 - Midnight Mtn 50K (35n'02) - Preston (July 19, 2003)
• Illinois (completed)
  Chicago LaSalle Banks Marathon - Chicago (October 12, 2003)
  100LR4#30 - Chicago Lakefront 50K Fall (137n'03/132n'04)
  100LR4#23/BSR2/3/BR2/3 - Howl at the Moon 8 Hr (119n'02/146n'03/171n'04) - Danville (August 14, 2004)
• Indiana (completed)
  Tecumseh Trail Marathon - Bloomington - Yellowwood State Forest (December 4, 2004, Saturday, 10:00 am)
  100LR4#10/BSR2/3/BR2/3/4 - HUFF 50K (175n'02/229n'03/219n'04) - Huntington (December 27, 2003)
• Iowa
  BSR2/3/4 - Cornbelt 24 Hr (45n'02/51n'03/48n'04) - Ames
• Kansas (completed)
  Heartland 100 Mile Spirit of the Prairie Cross Country Run - Cassoday (October 13, 2007) - UR Dec'03 p40 - BSR2
  BSR3 - Flat Rock 50K (36n'03) - Independence (September 25, 2004) (very rocky - UR Dec'03 p39)
• Kentucky (completed)
  LBL 60K Trail Run - Grand Rivers (Saturday - March 19, 2005 - 6:00 am) 
  Louisville's Lovin' the Hills 50K - Jefferson County Memorial Forest (February 19, 2005 - 8:00 am)
  100LR4#51(50K)/BSR2/3 - KY Ultra Trail Sojourn 50K/51M (50K/60n'02/91n'03/97n'04) (51M/27n'03) - Farmers (March 20, 2004)
• Louisiana (completed)
  Nokia Mardi Gras Marathon - New Orleans (February 16, 2003)
  BSR2/3 - Big Dog 50K (17n'02/22n'03) - Ruston (November 29, 2003)
• Maine (completed)
  Mount Desert Island Marathon - Bar Harbor (Sunday - October 17, 2004)
  BSR2/3 - ME Track Club 50K (11n'02/20n'03) - Brunswick
• Maryland (completed)
  JFK 50M - Boonsboro (November 19, 2005) - 100LR4#1/BSR2/3/BR2/3/4
  100LR4#43 - Catoctin 50K (92n'03/112n'04)
  100LR4#5/BR2/3/4 - Hinte-Anderson Trail (HAT) 50K (258n'02/263n'03/329n'04) - Susquehanna State Park (March 19, 2005)
• Massachusetts
  BSR2/3 - Stone Cat Ale 50M (44n'02/44n'03) - Ipswich (November 13, 2004 tentative)
  BR4 - Around the Lake 24 Hr (32n'03/48n'04)
• Michigan (completed)
  Bayshore Marathon - Traverse City (Saturday - May 29, 2004 )
  BSR2/3 - Dances with Dirt 50K/50M/100K (50K/91n'02/94n'03) - Hell (September 6, 2003)
  North Country 50M (September 11, 2004) UR Dec'03 p34
• Minnesota (completed)
  Grandma's Marathon - Duluth (Saturday - June 18, 2005)
  BSR2/3 - Trail Mix 50K (103n'02/101n'03) - Bloomington (April 17, 2004) (lst/fm)
  BR2 - Edmund Fitzgerald 100K (48) (29n'03) - Duluth (October 18, 2003)
  BR4 - FANS 24 Hr (68n'03/63n'04)
• Mississippi (completed)
  Tupelo Marathon - Tupelo (September 1, 2002)
  Carl Touchstone MS 50 Mile Trail Run - Laurel (March 1, 2008) - BSR2/3
• Missouri (completed)
  Spirit of St. Louis Marathon - St. Louis (October 21, 2001)
  BSR2/3 - Quivering Quads 50K (87n'02/73n'03) - Cuivre River State Park, Troy (November 8, 2003)
• Montana
  BSR2/3 - LeGrizz 50M (84n'02/70n'03) - Spotted Bear (October 9, 2004) UR Dec'03 p36
  BR2 - Elkhorn Mtn 100K (48n'02) - MT City
• Nebraska (completed)
  Siouxland Lewis and Clark Marathon - Sioux City NE/IA (Saturday - October 15, 2005)
  BSR2/3 - Bohemian Alps 50K/50M (50M/15n'02/19n'03) - Brainerd (September 20, 2003) UR Dec'03 p53
• Nevada
  BSR2 - Silver State 50K/50M (50K/73n'02) - Reno (May 21, 2005)
  BR2/BSR3 - Tahoe Rim Trail 50K/50M (50M/174n'02/164n'03) - Tahoe (July 18, 2004)
  Running from an Angel 50M - Lake Mead National Recreation Area (January 5, 2008)
• New Hampshire
  BSR2/3 - Pisgah 50K (56n'02/42n'03) - Chesterfield
• New Jersey
  none
• New Mexico
  BSR2/3 - BB 50M (6n'02/6n'03) - Los Alamos
• New York (completed)
  New York City Marathon - New York City (November 3, 2002)
  BSR2 - Kurt Steiner 50K (96n'02) - NYC
  BSR3 - Greenbelt 50K (64n'03) - Plainview
• North Carolina (completed)
  Dupont Forest Trail Marathon - Hendersonville (Sunday - October 12, 2008)
  BSR2/BR2/3 - Mt. Mitchell 40M (95n'02/76n'03) - Black Mtn.
  BR2/3 - Uwharrie Trail 40M (86n'02/81n'03) - Troy (February 7, 2004)
  100LR4#50(100M)/BR2/3/4 - Umstead (50M)/100M (100M/74n'02/78n'03/98n'04) - Raleigh (April 3-4, 2004)
• North Dakota
  BSR3 - Moad Daah Hey 50K (10n'03) - Medora
• Ohio (completed)
  US Air Force Marathon - Dayton (September 18, 2004)
  Flying Pig Marathon - Cincinnati (May 4, 2008)
  BR2/BSR3 - Mohican 100M (62n'02/55n'03) - Loudonville (June 21, 2003)
  BSR2 - Olander Park 24 Hr (164n'02) - Sylvania
• Oklahoma (completed)
  Mother Road 100 - 2 - Elk City to Ft. Reno - November 8, 2008
  BSR2/3 - A-O.K. 50K (7n'02/8n'03) - Atoka 
• Oregon
  100LR4#36 - Siskiyou Out and Back 50K (112n'03/123n'04)
  100LR4#22/BSR2/3/BR2/3/4 - McDonald Forest 50K (178n'02/177n'03/177n'04) - Corvallis (May 8, 2004)
  100LR4#53 - McKenzie 50K (96n'03/96n'04)
  BR3 - Where's Waldo 100K (31n'03) - Portland
  Mount Hood PCT 50M/50k - Clackamas Ranger Station (near Timothy Lake/20M south of Mt Hood) (July 30, 2005) UR Oct05 p42
• Pennsylvania
  BSR3 - Presque Isle 12Hr (38n'03) - Erie
  100LR4#35/BSR2 - Groundhog Fall 50K (72n'02/62n'03/124n'04) - Punxsutawney (September 11, 2004) UR Dec'03 p41
• Rhode Island
  BSR2/3 - Nifty 50K (50K/27n'02/32n'03) - Middletown (October 21, 2006)
• South Carolina (completed)
  Kiawah Island Marathon - Kiawah Island (December 9, 2006)
  BSR3 - Laurel Valley 35M (59n'03) - Pickens
  BSR2 - Laurel Valley 40M (40n'02) - Pickens
• South Dakota
  BSR3 - Mickelson Trail 50K (8n'03) - Hill City
  Lean Horse Hundred/Half-Hundred/50K Hot Springs SD (Saturday - August 20, 2005 - 6:00 am) - Aug 1 deadline - 100M/$165/30hr/buckle // 50M/$95/12hr/bolo / 50K/$75/10hr/bolo
• Tennessee
  Country Music Marathon - Nashville (April 28, 2007)  (completed 9 times: 00/01/02/03/04/05/06/07/08)
  Cumberland Trail Stump Jump 50K - Signal Mtn (October 7, 2006) - UR Dec'03 p54 - 100LR4#49/BSR2/3
  Nashville Ultra 50M - Nashville (October 18, 2008)
• Texas (completed)
  Sunmart 50K/50M - Huntsville State Park (December 13, 2003) - 100LR4(50K)#2(50M)#20/BSR2/3/BR2/3/4
  Rocky Raccoon 50M/100M - Huntsville State Park (February 3, 2007) - 100LR4#43(100M)/BR2/3/4
  BR4 - Bandera 100K (52n'04)
• Utah
  100LR4#19/BSR2/3/BR2/3/4 - Squaw Peak 50M (129n'02/168n'03/184n'04) - Provo (June 5, 2004)
  100LR4#31/BR2/3/4 - Wasatch 100M (123n'02/134n'03/130n'04) - East Layton (September 11, 2004)
• Vermont
  Vermont 50M - Brownsville (September 26, 2004) UR Dec'03 p48
  100LR4#25/BSR2/3/BR2/3/4 - Vermont 100M (190n'02/216n'03/163n'04) - Woodstock (July 17, 2004)
• Virginia (completed)
  Bull Run Run 50M - Bull Run (April 12, 2008) 
  100LR4#24 - Holiday Lake 50K (144n'03/165n'04)
  100LR4#26/BR2/3 - Promise Land 50K (205n'02/168n'03/157n'04) - Bedford (April 24, 2004)
  100LR4#11/BR2/3/4 - Mountain Masochist 50M (244n'02/208n'03/215n'04) - Lynchburg (October 16, 2004) UR Dec'03 p24
  BR4 - Great Eastern Endurance Run 50K/100K (100K/45n'04) (September 2004) UR Dec'03 p18
  BR3/4 - Hellgate 100K (44n'03/49n'04) - Lynchburg
  BR2/3/4 - Massanutten Mtn 100M (82n'02/71n'03/88n'04) - Front Royal (May 8, 2004)
• Washington
  100LR4#14/BSR2/3/4 - Chuckanut Mtn 50K (118n'02/165n'03/198n'04) - Bellingham (March 15, 2003)
  100LR4#51 - Cle Elum 50K (September 20, 2003) UR Dec'03 p38
  100LR4#46/BR3 - White River 50M (132n'03/104n'04) - Greenwater - (July 30, 2005) UR Oct05 p38
  BR2 - Cascade Crest 100M (40n'02) - Easton (August 28, 2004)
• Washington DC
• West Virginia (completed)
  Rattlesnake Trail 50K - Kanawha State Forest (Saturday - July 7, 2007) - 100LR4#54
  100LR4#20/BSR2/3/4 - Capon Valley 50K (158n'02/164n'03/180n'04) - Yellow Spring (May 17, 2003)
  100LR4#46 - Highland Sky 40M (104n'04)
• Wisconsin (completed)
  Ice Age 50M - La Grange (Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest) WI (May 13, 2006) - 100LR4#9(50M)#32(50K)/BSR2/3/BR2/3/4
  2005 = 222 finishers/260 starting = 85% finishing
  BR2/3/4 - Kettle Moraine 100K/100M (100K/22n'02/69n'03/64n'04) - S. Kettle Moraine State Forest, Whitewater (June 5, 2004)
  Glacial Trail 50K/50M "Rocky" UR Dec'03 p43
• Wyoming
  100LR4#36(50K)/BSR2/3 - Bighorn Wild and Scenic 50K/50M/100M (33M/94n'02/93n'03/123n'04)- Dayton (June 17-20, 2004)

Race Calendars

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• Stan Jensen Ultra Website (all 100M listed)
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• Active.com
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• International Marathon Listing (via Marathon Guide)
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