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MAINE TRAIL RACES

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A list of the "regulars" ~ great trail races across Maine that are (mostly) over 5k

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Maine Trail-Running Clubs
(or pretty darn trail friendly)

Bold Coast Runners (Downeast)

Central Maine Striders (Kennebec Valley)

Marsh Island Trail Runners (Penobscot Highlands)

Sub5 (Penobscot Highlands)

Trail Runners of Midcoast Maine (MidCoast)

Trail Monster Running (Southern Maine)

Race
Location
Organizer
Month
Length
Race Type
Bradbury Snowshoe Race
Pownal
Trail Monster Running
January
4ish miles
Snowshoe
Central Maine Striders Fall Classic 10K
Waterville
Central Maine Striders
January
4.5m
Road Run
Cobscook Winter 20k/10k
Pembroke
Bold Coast Runners
January
10 or 20K
Run
Boyden Lake Half Marathon
Perry
Bold Coast Runners
April
Half Marathon
Run (solo or relay) or Ruck
Big A 50K
York
Mount Agamenticus Conservation Region
May
50k
Run
Pineland Farms Trail Festival
New Gloucester
Back 40 Events / Pineland Farms
May
5k to 100m
Run
Riverlands 100
Turner
Trail Monster Running
May
100 miles
Run (solo or relay)
6 at the Springs
Poland
Trail Legs Run Coaching and Poland P&R
June
6 hours
Run
Close to the Coast 5k and 10k
Freeport
Freeport Rotary
June
5k or 10k
Run
John Andrews Trail Run
Saco
Eastern Trail Alliance
June
5k
Run
Quarry Road Summer Race Series
Waterville
Quarry Road Recreation Area
Weekly Jun - Aug
3k to 8k
Run
WinterKids Mountain Mayhem
Greenwood
WinterKids
June
12 hours
Run and Bike
Back Cove Backyard Ultra
Portland
The Grind Run Co.
July
24 hours
Run
Bradbury Scuffle
Pownal
Trail Monster Running
July
6 miles
Run
Downeast Sunrise Trail Relay
Ellsworth to Eastport
Crow Athletics
July
103 miles
Relay Run
Blue Hill Mountain Trail Fest
Blue Hill
Blue Hill / Wabanaki Alliance Benefit
August
5k, 10k, 50k
Run
Bradbury Mountain Breaker
Pownal
Trail Monster Running
August
9 miles
Run
Campobello Coastal Challenge
kinda like Lubec
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
August
10, 25, or 50k
Run
Firebird Trail Races
Falmouth
The Grind Run Co.
August
13m, 26m, 50m
Run
Five Fields 50k / Bald Pate 10k
Bridgton
Loon Echo Land Trust
August
10 or 50k
Run
Frost Fixed-Time
Orono
Marsh Island Trail Runners
October
6 hours
Run (solo or relay)
Last Man Standing Ultramarathon
New Gloucester
Back 40 Events / Pineland Farms
August
Backyard Ultra
Run
Nordic Trail Festival
Presque Isle
Nordic Heritage Center
August
6 hours
Run (solo or relay)
XTERRA Sugarloaf
Carrabasset Valley
Sugarloaf Mtn / Xterra
August
8k to marathon
Run
ACT Fall Trail Fest
Arundel
Arundel Conservation Trust
September
5k, 10k, half marathon
Run
Bad Little Trail Run
Whitneyville
Bold Coast Runners
September
2.5 or 7 miles
Run
Bradbury Bruiser
Pownal
Trail Monster Running
September
12 miles
Run
Cherry Hill Farm Ultra
Gorham
Cherry Hill Farm Ultra
September
25 or 50k
Run
Happy Moose Half & Four in the Forest
Oxford
Western Foothills Land Trust
September
4m or half marathon
Run
Megunticook Trail Festival
Camden Hills State Park
Camden Hills State Park
September
10, 20, or 50k
Run
TUCARD
Orono
Marsh Island Trail Runners
September
7-17 miles
Duathalon (Solo or Relay)
Big Brad Ultra
Pownal
Trail Monster Running
October
50k or 50 mile
Run (solo or relay)
Bobcat Ridge 25k
Kennebunkport
Kennebunkport Conservation Trust
October
25k
Run
Central Maine Striders Fall Classic 10K
Waterville
Central Maine Striders
October
10k
Road Run
Land of Light Race
Norway
TruStrength Tomorrow
October
100k
Duathalon (Solo or Relay)
Little Duck 50K
Windham
Presumpscot Regional Land Trust
October
50k
Run
Moosehorn Ghost Run
Baring
Bold Coast Runners / Friends of Moosehorn NWR
October
Half Marathon
Run (solo or relay)
Pleasant Mountain Race
Bridgton
Loon Echo Land Trust
October
20k
Run
Race Through the Woods (HVNC)
Jefferson
Midcoast Conservancy
October
5.5 or 13.1 miles
Run
Sugarloaf Uphill Climb
Carrabasset Valley
Sugarloaf Mtn
October
2.5 miles and 2500 vertical feet
Run
Trust Trail Fest
Kennebunkport
Kennebunkport Conservation Trust
October
5 or 10k
Run
Bold Coast Bash
Cutler
Bold Coast Runners
November
10 or 30 miles
Run
Wildlands Summit Run
East Orland
Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust
November
1 or 6.2 miles
Run
Millinocket Marathon & Half
Millinocket
Crow Athletics
December
half or full marathon
Run
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