NEW ON THE WEBSITE: How the Flagstaff Running Series Grew into the Institution It Has Become, and How It’s Remained So Inexpensive. We talked to Neil Weintraub about the evolution of the series, which costs only $175 for five races, including a half marathon. flagstaffrunningnews.com/community-ru...

NEW: 13 Flagstaff-Based Runners Named to Elite Boston Marathon Field; Hiltz, Ejore in Millrose Mile; Kelati Heads Houston Half Field. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/13-flag...

NEW PROFILE ON THE WEBSITE: Olympian Yemane Haileselassie’s Long Race to Freedom: Eritrean Political Refugee Now Living and Training in Flagstaff, Set to Run the Houston Marathon This Month. flagstaffrunningnews.com/featured-pos...

Quick Hits: Prep Star Addy Ritzenhein Commits to NAU; Ramakongoana 2nd at Xiamen Marathon; Olympian Rachel Smith Announces Pregnancy. Ritzenhein, only a junior in high school, may be NAU's biggest signing since Nico Young. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/quick-h...

NEW: Trail of the Month: Aptly, for New Year’s Day, It’s the The Hangover Trail in Sedona, 8.2 Miles. flagstaffrunningnews.com/trail-runnin...

NEW: Quick Hits: Rachel Smith, Hoka Part Ways; Jeff Browning Wins 6-Hour Ultra in Phoenix; Soulstice Lottery Registration Opens. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/quick-h...

New: The January race calendar is up on the website. Lots of trail options down in the Valley. Flagstaff? Not so much. flagstaffrunningnews.com/community-ru...

New on the website: We start a six-month @wser Western States diary, as Flagstaff's @schmorgisborg Morgan Mahn prepares for the race after gaining a lottery spot. flagstaffrunningnews.com/community-ru...

New profile on the website: Team Run Flagstaff's Brandon Joe, Familiar Face Around Town, Raises His Profile with Third-Place Finish at the Tucson Half Marathon. He came to Flagstaff in 2022 knowing nobody; now, an integral part of the running community. flagstaffrunningnews.com/featured-pos...

Ben Rosario’s Second Act: The Ex-NAZ Elite Director Will Make The Marathon Project a Yearly Event. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/ben-ros...

New profile on the website: When the Trail Became Rough for Pro Ultra Runner Abby Hall, Seriously Injured in 2023, She Just Became Tougher. When's fully back from knee surgery and won a 100K race in Australia late last month. flagstaffrunningnews.com/featured-pos...

New profile on the website: When the Trail Became Rough for Pro Ultra Runner Abby Hall, Seriously Injured in 2023, She Just Became Tougher. When's fully back from knee surgery and won a 100K race in Australia late last month. flagstaffrunningnews.com/featured-pos...

New: Saturday's Results: Under Armour Dark Sky's Neil Gourley wins New Zealand road mile; Flagstaff High's Yohanes Van Meerten 11th at Footlocker Nationals; Team Run Flagstaff's Ryan Baker 27th at USATF Club Nationals XC Masters. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/saturda...

Footlocker Nationals: Flagstaff High's Yohanes Van MEerten, one of only two sophomores in the race, finishes 11th overall. He moved up from 20th at the halfway point. Time: 15:47.4

New on the website: A Q-and-A with Flagstaff High's Yohanes Van Meerten going into Saturday's Foot Locker XC Nationals. flagstaffrunningnews.com/prep-running...

Quick Hits: Aliphine Tulimuk and Matt Baxter post touching good-byes to Flagstaff; Ex-NAU runner Aaron Las Heras wins gold for Spain at Euro XC; Two Flag runners hit Western States 100 lottery jackpot; and more on the website. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/quick-h...

NEW ON THE WEBSITE: Sunday Results: Big Day for McKirdy Trained Runners: Haileselassie Wins Honolulu Marathon, and Weldibanos Takes CIM in Course Record; Dark Sky dominates Honolulu 10K; plus, local results from the trails, the McDowell Mountain Frenzy. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/sunday-...

Saturday Races: Hiltz Wins Overall at Merrie Mile in Hawaii; Flag High’s Van Meerten 3rd at Foot Locker West, Advances to Nationals; Izzo 2nd at Orlando Half; NAU Boston Indoor Distance Results. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/saturda...

How impressive was Flag High sophomore Yohanes Van Meerten at Foot Locker Regionals. His third place finish in 15:35 was the top underclassman. Compare that to NAU scholarship commit Broen Holman, who finished 27th in 16:10. May be time for NAU to pay attention to a local runner.

NEW: Footlocker West Results: @fhs_distance's Yohanes Van Meerten @_yvann3 puts on a great kick to finish third in the Foot Locker West Regionals at Mt. SAC. He advances to Foot Locker Nationals. Unoffical time: 15:34

Kalakaua Merrie Mile: Hiltz wins in photo finish. Kelati 2nd. Kessler top man, 4th overall. Women got 32-sec head start. First time a runner from the women's race beat the men's race winner. Hiltz afterward: "I identify as non-binary, so a woman still has not won this race. Maybe next year."

New profile on the website: Flagstaff-based pro Biya Simbassa talks about his 2:06:53 marathon in Valencia -- 4th fastest ever for an American -- and how moving to Flagstaff in 2019 and eventually going all in on the marathon shaped him. flagstaffrunningnews.com/featured-pos...

Also in our story on NAZ Elite changes: Steeplechaser Krissy Gear has left the group on her own but remains signed to Hoka. flagstaffrunningnews.com/featured-pos...

BIG CHANGES AT NAZ ELITE: Ben Rosario Resigns as Executive Director, Veteran Marathoners Reportedly Won’t Get New Contracts in 2025. flagstaffrunningnews.com/featured-pos...

NEW ON THE WEBSITE: Quick Hits: Drew Bosley Among NAU Runners to Compete Indoors in Boston; Flag High’s Van Meerten to Run in Foot Locker Regional; Ahmed Muhumed’s Online Talk for Charity. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/quick-h...

Trail of the Month: If you're headed west on I-40 to SoCal or Vegas, you might want to make a stop at the Monolith Gardens trail in Kingman for a brisk 8-miler before getting back on the road. flagstaffrunningnews.com/trail-runnin...

Weekend Results: Flag's Biya Simbassa Runs 4th Fastest American Marathon in Valencia, While Sara Hall Sets U.S. Masters Record; Flag High’s Yohanes Van Meerten Wins AZ 5K on Track; Abby Hall Wins 100K in Australia. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/weekend...

New on the website: A photo gallery from Thursday's Sedona Turkey Trot. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/photo-g...

New profile on the website: Olympic Trials Behind Her, Jeralyn Poe Kiprotich Takes Another Crack at the Marathon — the CIM — While Working on Her Doctorate at NAU. flagstaffrunningnews.com/featured-pos...

Thanksgiving Results: Dark Sky’s Weini Kelati Wins Manchester Road Race for 4th Straight Year, Lalo Herrera 2nd in Men’s Race; Izzo, Cox Win Sedona Turkey Trot. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/thanksg...

The December community race calendar is now posted. It's a light month, but you can do four marathons in four states in four days at the annual Four Corners Quad Keyah Marathon Series; plus, some trail races and Christmas 5Ks in the valley. flagstaffrunningnews.com/community-ru...

Trail of the Week: Davenport Hill Near Williams, 5.5 Miles. The summit of this nice little hill is known for ginormous cairns that people build, so the prickly question of cairn ethics is also addressed. flagstaffrunningnews.com/trail-runnin...

NEW: A roundup of non-NCAA results from Saturday: Hoka NAZ Elite's Ahmed Muhumed wins Philly Half in his debut at the distance; Flagstaff High's Yohanes Van Meerten 10th at NXR Southwest; Flag's Lindsay Prescott sixth at JFK 50 Miler. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/saturda...

NEW: Flagstaff ultra runner Lindsay Prescott finishes as the sixth woman at the prestigious JFK 50 Mile; it was Prescott's first 50 mile race. Her time: 6:47:18

NXR Southwest: @fhs_distance's @_yvann3 sophomore Yohanes Van Meerten finishes 10th in 14:46.25 -- given the team qualifications for the Nationals, that place could well qualify Van Meerten for a coveted spot at NXN. Teammate Alex Bland was 120th in 15:45.

NEW: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS The curtain fell on the Mike Smith Era for the @nautrackfieldxc cross country program on Saturday, as the women finished fourth, making the podium for the second straight year, and the men performed better than expected, fifth. flagstaffrunningnews.com/collegiate-r...

Good team run for nAU men to finish 5th. Top 20 for David Mullarkey. Top 60 for Corey Gorgss

NAU women led at halfway, faltered in last 1K. Nice race for Ali Upshaw, 22nd overall

A week after Georgia Porter set the women's fastest-known-time on the 817-mile Arizona Trail, we do an extensive Q-and-A with Flagstaff ultra runner. She talks about the highs (many), lows (many) and how she pulled off such an incredible feat. flagstaffrunningnews.com/featured-pos...

Today's Sound Running Cross was one of the only big pro xc race in the U.S. How about this: A Flagstaff Pro race at Buffalo Park. Dark Sky vs. NAZ Elite vs. Mike Smith Group vs. McKirdy Trained. We do the fantasy race matchups on the website flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/forget-...

NEW: Dark Sky Distance's Edwin Kurgat wins Sound Running XC Championships in Texas, as Dark Sky men take the team title. NAZ Elite's Mercy Chelangat 2nd woman and new Flagstaffian Katie Izzo 3rd. flagstaffrunningnews.com/pros/dark-sk...

NEW ON THE WEBSITE From Down Under to Up in the Mountains: NAU’s Moore Sisters, Aussie Expats, Will Factor Greatly in NCAA XC Nationals. flagstaffrunningnews.com/featured-pos...

NEW ON THE WEBSITE: Trail of the Week: Turkey Creek to House Mountain in Red Rock Country, 7.6 Miles. flagstaffrunningnews.com/trail-runnin...

Just a quick introduction to Blue Sky folks. Flagstaff Running News was launched in March, 2024, to provide, well, news, features and profiles on everything Flagstaffian in running: pro teams, collegiate, preps, ultra, trail, plus a trail-of-the-week. Hope you check it out. flagstaffrunningnews.com