by Rocksteady | Jul 8, 2018 | Uncategorized, Volunteer Thank You's
Sunday July 8th, 2018 TO: 2018 Afton Trail Run Volunteers Dear Friends, Another year is in the books. This one just so happened to be a significant milestone as it was the 25th running of the Afton Trail Run. That is a quarter of a century, perhaps with some luck the...
by Rocksteady | Jul 2, 2018 | Race Updates
Welcome Runners to the 25th Annual Afton Trail Run! We are going to keep this email as short as possible since everything you need to know is already on our website https://www.aftontrailrun.com/ (which you should review in its entirety, especially the 25K and 50K...
by Rocksteady | Jul 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
There is a new volunteer-built trail at Minnesota’s Afton State Park, and it will quite appropriately be included in the 25th edition of the Afton Trail Run 25KM / 50KM and every edition going forward. If we had it our way, we would call it Donny’s Trail or maybe...
by Rocksteady | Jun 30, 2018 | Race Previews, Uncategorized
By Kevin Langton, RSR Staff Writer – Background / Stats by John Storkamp, Race Director Total registered runners for both races: 951; 555 men (58%), 396 women (42%). 28 states and 1 Canadian province represented. Youngest runner is 14 year-old Andrew Lewis....
by Rocksteady | Jun 29, 2018 | Shirts & Swag, Uncategorized
Unveiled, the 2018 Afton Trail Run race shirt – all registered runners and volunteers will receive this awesome shirt!
by Rocksteady | Mar 2, 2018 | Race Posters, Uncategorized
The 2018 Afton Trail Run Poster, printed on 11″ X 17″ heavy stock – fits most 11″ X 17″ frames.
by Rocksteady | Mar 2, 2018 | Race Numbers
The Afton Trail Run hosts two races simultaneously, the Afton 50KM Trail Race (starts at 6:30 AM Saturday) and the Afton 25KM Trail Race (starts at 7:30 AM Saturday). Each distance will have its own unique race number (unique color and number series) so runners can be...
by Rocksteady | Jul 11, 2017 | Interviews
An interview with 2017 Afton 25K winner Benjamin Cogger (BC). Interview conducted by John Storkamp (JS) – Afton Trail Run Race Director JS – Ben, congratulations on your awesome Afton 25K performance this past weekend, you have to be happy with the win! Yes!...
by Rocksteady | Jul 11, 2017 | Race Recaps
by John Storkamp, RD In 1994, 53 runners finished the inaugural Afton Trail Run 50K while 82 finished the 25K race for a total of 135 finishers. Fast forward 24 years, a field limit of 900 runners and yet another Minnesota trail / ultra race that filled to capacity....
by Rocksteady | Jul 10, 2017 | Interviews
An interview with 2017 Afton 25K winner Anna French (AF). Interview conducted by John Storkamp (JS) – Afton Trail Run Race Director JS – Anna, congratulations on your first Afton 25K win! For only being 20 years old, you already have some history with...
