by Rocksteady | Jul 1, 2019 | Race Updates
Welcome Runners to the 26th 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 | Jun 30, 2019 | Race Previews, Uncategorized
Written By Kevin Langton & John Storkamp Stride for Stride at the Afton Trail Run – Photo Credit Fresh Tracks Media Welcome to the 26th Annual Afton Trail Run, the traditional Minnesota 4th of July Weekend gathering of trail running, our own little greater...
by Rocksteady | Jun 23, 2019 | Shirts & Swag, Uncategorized
Unveiled, the 2019 Afton Trail Run race shirt – all registered runners and volunteers will receive this awesome shirt!
by Rocksteady | Jun 23, 2019 | Race Posters, Uncategorized
The 2019 Afton Trail Run Poster, printed on 11″ X 17″ heavy stock – fits most 11″ X 17″ frames.
by Rocksteady | Jun 23, 2019 | 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 | Jun 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Due to an infrastructure project on their lower property, the normal overflow parking lots that Afton Alps Ski Area generously allows us to use for the Afton Trail Run will not be available for the 2019 race. We will be using an alternate parking lot on Afton Alps...
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...
