by Rocksteady | Aug 10, 2018 | Interviews, Uncategorized
An Interview with Jeff Miller (JM) after getting the ATR50K Grand Masters course record in 2018 – Interview conducted by Kevin Langton (KL) KL: Jeff, congratulations on another grand masters win and the grand masters course record at Afton. First, can you tell us...
by Rocksteady | Aug 10, 2018 | Interviews, Uncategorized
An Interview with Herb Byun (HB) – Interview conducted by Kevin Langton (KL) ~ Editors Note; of all the impressive performances at the 2018 Afton Trail Run, Herb’s time of 7:08 and placing 193rd out of 293 starters at the age of 74 is simply staggering and one...
by Rocksteady | Jul 27, 2018 | Interviews, Uncategorized
An Interview with 14 Year Old Afton 50K Finisher Andrew Lewis (AL) – Interview conducted by Kevin Langton (KL) KL: Congrats, Andrew, on being the youngest ever finisher of Afton 50k at age 14. What drew you to this particular race? AL: Thanks, Kevin! What drew me to...
by Rocksteady | Jul 20, 2018 | Interviews, Uncategorized
An interview with 2018 Afton 50KM men’s champion and new course record holder Justin Grunewald (JG) – Interview conducted by Kevin Langton (KL) KL: Justin congratulations on an incredible race. You won by 45 minutes and blasted Chris Lundstrom’s...
by Rocksteady | Jul 11, 2018 | Race Recaps
Written By John Storkamp – Afton Trail Run Race Director | Above Photo: Fresh Tracks Media 25 years. A quarter of a century. The Afton Trail Run 25KM and 50KM celebrated a milestone birthday this year and coincidentally, we had already planned a party! Enter...
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!
