Palisades Ultra Trail Series

Dear PUTS Family – Racers, Volunteers, Sponsors, Partners, and Fans,   We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one...

Read up and be prepared for your 2024 race!

Let me set the scene for you, so you can experience this with me as you read. 05:40 the crisp air enters and leaves your breathe with a...

Registered and ready to roll; I discovered the Palisades Ultra Trail run while mapping out potential challenges that paired well with...

I felt compelled to share some thoughts about the Palisades ultra event. This year 2020 has been nothing short of unusual. I personally...

The most important lessons in running have virtually nothing to do with a stopwatch...

With sweat-stained shirt and wobbly knees, a gaunt trail-runner made his way gingerly back up the steep trail, holding head high while...

Pre-Race Arrived to “tent city” at the Big Elk Creek YMCA campground Friday night at 5:30 with my wife and two kids in tow! Set up the...

A waist light is not the first piece of gear that one typically thinks of when gearing up for a trail run. If you happen to be running at...

Palisades Ultra Trail Series 2019 100 Mile Race Report by Mike Hewitt.

IF YOU CAN RUN A 5k… YOU CAN FINISH THE BIK ELK ½ MARATHON! 16-week Beginner ½ MARATHON Training Plan **This is just a SAMPLE plan that...

Grizzly 50 Finisher -2018 Race Day. Time to get Grizzly. This was the inaugural year for the PUTS series, and as soon as I laid my eyes...

Big Elk 1/2 Marathon -2018 My first 1/2 marathon-yay! It was one gnarly trail, some turned back, some pushed on through the rivers,...

Grizzly 50 Finisher -2018 I probably had no business toeing the line this weekend for the Palisades 50 miler. Still dealing with an...

Grizzly 50 Finisher -2018 This weekend I had the amazing opportunity to run the inaugural Palisades. The plan was to run 103.6 miles...