Red Newt Racing
2018 Schedule!
Red Newt Racing provides challenging events in inspiring places, and mediums for celebrating, fostering, and fueling the community that seeks them. Based out of Ithaca, New York, the company was founded as an extension of events that Ian Golden has created and directed. Events that have ranged from 1 to 100 miles, from some of the toughest on the east coast and most beautiful in the country. They have been selected to serve as USATF National Championships and be included in the US SkyRunning Series. Yet it remains a vital mission to retain a classic homegrown and accessible trail/ultra feel and be thankful and beholden to the community that makes them possible.
What I seek are challenging courses using some of the most inspiring trails in this region. I want people to find mindfulness and connection to the trails, test the tolerances of body and mind, celebrate the community which is trail and ultra, and remain stewards of the environment at large. In doing so my hope is these events fuel a passion not simply for racing, but rather a shared transcendence of motion, effort, mindfulness and beauty. Red Newt Racing exists to provide a medium for my passion, but also a context where we may all enjoy, challenge, succeed, fail, hurt and ultimately flow as a singular community.
Until then… RD- Ian Golden
Race Reports, Videos and Photos
In the last few months of 2017, I found some great new inspiration for my health and wellness business, Happy Belly Life. That time and inspiration manifested in Healthnut.
he 3rd running of the Whiteface Vertical K takes place tomorrow morning (Saturday, July 8th)! Here is a little footage from last years race to help prepare you for the 3,300 feet of ascent in 2.4 miles!
The Whiteface Sky Races are happening this weekend! The weather forecast is just as expected, sunny, clouds & t-storms. I finally got around to last years footage from the Sky Run (15.2 miles with 8,000 ft of gain). Here it is and look forward to it this coming Sunday!
ou have to embrace the darkness to get to the light. There have been a lot of big changes in my life since my last race report, which was for Grindstone 100. I pretty much had a walk through Hell at Grindstone, as my marriage was coming to an end amongst other things. Trudging through pouring rain mostly alone for 30 hours or so gives a person way too much time to think....
Ben Nephew was back for another go at this years Cayuga Trails 50 Mile Run in Ithaca, New York! Here is how his race went.
193 Photos from the 2017 Cayuga Trails 50 Mile & Marathon. Photos by MPF's Joe & Elizabeth Azze.
Another inspiring weekend on the trail racing scene! We were on site at the beautiful Cayuga Trails 50 Mile & Marathon in Ithaca, NY. A 50 mile USATF National Trail Championship event. Congratulations to MPF RNR team members & everyone who shared in the beauty of trails this weekend.
Ben Nephew was back for a 3rd year and win # 3 at the Breakneck Marathon but the return of Adam Russell after his 2nd place to Ben last year had different thoughts about how the race would turn out...
It's always an adventure at Breakneck! This was my 3rd year capturing the event and I look forward to it each and every year! In the past I took both videos and stills but this year I just focused on pausing a single moment of some amazing athletes out enjoying their adventure.
In its third year the Breakneck Point Trail Runs did not disappoint. The weather proved to be ideal once again and the runners were greeted with a beautiful, grueling rollercoaster of rocks that never let up until they reached the finish line. Congratulations to the MPF RNR athletes, the MPF Adventure Club & Clients and to all of the runners, organizers and volunteers!
Here is our video of the 2nd running of the Breakneck Point Trail Runs in Hudson Highlands State Park, New York.
When my wife asked me what time I would be finishing the Cats Tail Trail Marathon, without even thinking I replied “Well it’s only a marathon, so it shouldn’t take too long.” She laughed...
Here is Jason Friedman's race report from the 2015 Water Gap 50. This was to be either a race to wrap up his 2015 season or a kick start to the 2016 season.
Photos from the 2017 Whiteface Vertical K and Sky Run!