2012 USATF Mountain/Ultra/Trail National Championship Schedule

The 2012 USATF Mountain/Ultra/Trail National Championship schedule.

By on December 13, 2011 | Comments

USATF Ultra ChampionshipsThe 2012 USATF Mountain/Ultra/Trail National Championship schedule has been announced. Many of the races are the same such as the Bandera 100k, Caumsett 50k, and Continental Divide Trail Run while the Moab Trail Marathon is a new addition to the USATF Championship lineup. There won’t be a USATF Road 100k championship due to the Mad City 100k being so close to the IAU 100k World Championships (see bottom). The Mount Washington Road Race will be the USATF Mountain Running Championship for both men and women. The men’s team for the Mountain Running World Championships will be selected at Mount Washington, while the women’s team will be selected at the Loon Mountain Race in July.

2012 USATF Mountain/Ultra/Trail National Championships

For the third straight year, there’ll be a USATF Trail Series Championship that includes all the marathon-and-under USATF championships. This year that means a three race series with the following distances: 10k, 1/2 marathon, marathon.

[* Mt Washington is also the men’s Mountain Running Team selection race.
+ The Loon Mountain Race is the women’s Mountain Running Team selection race.]

2012 Mountain/Ultra/Trail World Championships
Here are a few international trail and ultramarathon championships of note:

  • April 22 – IAU 100k World Championship (Seregno, Italy)
  • September 2 – World Mountain Running Championship
  • September 8-9 – IAU 24 Hour World Championship (Katowice, Poland)
  • September 8-9 – WMRA Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge (Interlaken, Switzerland)
  • October 20 – IAU 50k World Cup – Vallecrosia-Bordighera, Italy

Call for Comments

  • Are you planning on running one of these races?
  • What do you think about the races on the schedule?
  • Do you pay particular attention to who wins USATF national championships?
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Bryon Powell

Bryon Powell is the Founding Editor of iRunFar. He’s been writing about trail running, ultrarunning, and running gear for more than 15 years. Aside from iRunFar, he’s authored the books Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running, been a contributing editor at Trail Runner magazine, written for publications including Outside, Sierra, and Running Times, and coached ultrarunners of all abilities. Based in Silverton, Colorado, Bryon is an avid trail runner and ultrarunner who competes in events from the Hardrock 100 Mile just out his front door to races long and short around the world, that is, when he’s not fly fishing or tending to his garden.