Palisades Ultra Trail Series

As of this day (June 29th), our county in Idaho is fortunate enough to remain in "stage 4", the final stage, of our corona recovery...

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

After much deliberation and many lengthy conversations with local officials of all sorts... THE 2020 PALISADES ULTRA IS PLANNING TO GO FO...

Below are some key points from an email sent out to all participants on May 19, 2020 ALL RUNNERS AND VOLUNTEERS: PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOW...

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

-4/29/20 - Discussion with YMCA, optimistic about holding the event -All YMCA Big Elk Cr. camps are still a go, including the Palisades U...

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 te...

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, stin...

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

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