UPCOMING EVENTS
April 6, 2025
THE TRAIL RUNNING FILM FESTIVAL
Join us on Sunday, April 6 for The Trail Running Film Festival 2025, a celebration on film of this wild, wonderful trail running community! The Portland, Maine screening of the 2025 Trail Running Film Festival is hosted and sponsored by the Runaways Run Club at Empire Live.
The mission of the Trail Running Film Fest is to celebrate running as a universal practice, to explore our collective and individual potential, and to pursue our wildest dreams. The Trail Running Film Festival creators accomplish this by documenting the culture of trail running, supporting filmmakers and creatives, and hosting events that bring our community together. TRFF is committed to promoting inclusivity, adventure, wilderness, art, and diversity across the trail and ultra community.
Tickets are now available at UltraSignUp through the provided link!
Ticket sales will benefit the TRFF Filmmaker Fund and local nonprofit Northeast Runners Alliance (NeRA).
Stay tuned for ongoing updates including event details, selected films, participating national and local sponsors, raffle prizes, and more!
Back Cove Backyard Ultra
July 12, 2025
Firebird Trail Races
August 23, 2025
Participants have donated in excess of $30,000, which is nothing short of astounding!
The 10 mile loop in Lowell Preserve and thru North Falmouth Community Forest is technical and challenging, with lots of rocks and roots on mostly single-track trails. All events start and finish in Lowell Preserve at the Windham Fire Station.
– Marathon course: two loops of the 13M course
– 50K course: three loops in Lowell Preserve and North Falmouth Community Forest plus 5k loop in Lowell (this one gives you a little extra for your registration fee)
Upcoming Group Runs and Events
Pub Run: Blue Lobster Urban Winery
Blue Lobster Urban Winery
Blue Lobster Urban Winery – 6:00pm
Runaways Run Club meets at different locations on Wednesdays at 6:00PM, all year. Each run varies in distance between 3-4.5 miles and will start & finish at the same spot. All paces are welcome on the run!
Common sense protocols: if you aren't feeling 100% well, stay home. Attendance at a group run is inherently risky, your presence indicates your acceptance of this risk.
Thursday Trails – Cape Elizabeth
C Salt Gourmet Market
C Salt Gourmet Market – 6:00pm – Please park in the lot behind C-Salt so that we don't take up patron spaces while we're out running! Thank you!
Runaways Run Club meets on Thursdays at 6:00PM at a trail location that rotates each week.
All paces are welcome on the run but please be advised that trail conditions are always changing and these trails can be fairly technical in sections (rocks, roots, inclines, etc.). We recommend trail shoes and the ability to run at least 2-3 miles without issue.
Common sense protocols: please do not attend if you are not feeling well. Trail running is inherently risky. Your attendance indicates your acceptance of this risk.
Lowell Preserve
Firebird Trail Race is a challenging and wicked fun trail race with distance options of 13M, Marathon, & 50K (be warned, it's brutal), that runs on donations, positive vibes, and a crushingly technical course in Falmouth, Maine.
Unlike other races, to compete here you must donate to a non-profit of your choice in addition to paying the low cost registration fee. Instead of some mega race conglomerate taking the profits, we ask that you pay it forward and contribute to a non-profit that aligns with your values. Donations must be made between 8.25.2024 and 8.22.2025, and we must have proof of the donation (receipt, confirmation letter, copy of your check) by 8.22.25 in order to confirm entry. Donations must be at least $20.
Participants have donated in excess of $30,000, which is nothing short of astounding!
The 10 mile loop in Lowell Preserve and thru North Falmouth Community Forest is technical and challenging, with lots of rocks and roots on mostly single-track trails. All events start and finish in Lowell Preserve at the Windham Fire Station.
– 13M course: one loop in Lowell Preserve and North Falmouth Community Forest plus 5k loop in East Windham Conservation Area trails
– Marathon course: two loops of the 13M course
– 50K course: three loops in Lowell Preserve and North Falmouth Community Forest (this one may give you a little extra for your registration fee)
Pub Run: Modestman Brewing Maine
Modestman MAINE
Modestman MAINE – 6:00pm
Runaways Run Club meets at different locations on Wednesdays at 6:00PM, all year. Each run varies in distance between 3-4.5 miles and will start & finish at the same spot. All paces are welcome on the run!
Common sense protocols: if you're not feeling well, or have Covid, don't come. Participating in a group run is inherently risky. Your attendance assumes acceptance of this risk.
Thursday Trails: Fore River Sanctuary
1685 Congress St, Portland, ME 04102-2130, United States Map
Fore River Sanctuary – 6:00PM
Runaways Run Club meets on Thursdays at 6:00PM at a trail location that rotates each week.
All paces are welcome on the run but please be advised that trail conditions are always changing and these trails can be fairly technical in sections (rocks, roots, inclines, etc.). We recommend trail shoes and the ability to run at least 2-3 miles without issue.
Common sense protocols: please do not attend if you are not feeling well.
Sunday Run & Pick Your Own Blueberries!
Pineland Farms
Join the Runaways for a summer Blueberry Run (trail run + pick your own blueberries). We will meet at the Pineland Farms Outdoor Center (former YMCA), and head out on a 5 mile run. We can grab coffee and snacks at the market and then we head to Gillespie Farms to pick blueberries, located at 752 Mayall Rd.
The trails at Pineland are well maintained, relatively smooth and non-technical with lots of rolling hills. Trail shoes are not strictly necessary.
Trail running is inherently risky. Your attendance indicates your acceptance of this risk.
Lone Pine Brewing Company
Lone Pine – 6:00pm
Runaways Run Club meets at different locations on Wednesdays at 6:00PM, all year. Each run varies in distance between 3-4.5 miles and will start & finish at the same spot. All paces are welcome on the run!
Common sense protocols: if you're not feeling well, don't attend. Group runs are inherently risky, your attendance indicates your acceptance of this risk.
Thursday Trails: Oat Nuts Park
Oatnuts Park
Oat Nuts Park – 189 Summit St, Portland, ME 04103 – 6:00PM
Runaways Run Club meets on Thursdays at 6:00PM at a trail location that rotates each week.
All paces are welcome on the run but please be advised that trail conditions are always changing and these trails can be fairly technical in sections (rocks, roots, inclines, etc.). We recommend trail shoes and the ability to run at least 2-3 miles without issue.
Common sense protocols: please do not attend if you are not feeling well. Trail running is inherently risky. Your attendance indicates your acceptance of this risk.
Thursday Trails – Cape Elizabeth Robinson Woods
Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church
Robinson Woods trails – 6:00PM
4-5 mile trail run in Robinson Woods. Meet in the Church parking lot by the trailhead.
Common sense protocols: If you're not feeling well, don't attend. Trail running is inherently risky. Your attendance acceptance of this risk.
Trail Work Day with Portland Trails
Join us September 20 to improve the Portland Trails trail system! More info to come! If you are interesting in joining, please sign the waiver here for Portland Trails. www.trails.org/get-involved/volunteer-opportunities/group-waiver-rsvp/?nMonthsToShow=0&JobId=a0TP…
Pub Run: Orange Bike Brewing Co.
Orange Bike Brewing Company
Orange Bike Brewing – 6:00pm
Runaways Run Club meets at different locations on Wednesdays at 6:00PM, all year. Each run varies in distance between 3-4.5 miles and will start & finish at the same spot. All paces are welcome on the run!
Common sense protocols: if you aren't feeling 100% well, stay home. Attendance at a group run is inherently risky, your presence indicates your acceptance of this risk.
Back Cove Park
Year 5 of Portland's only backyard ultra on the iconic Back Cove Trail! Choose to challenge yourself over and over (and over) again until the last biped remains standing. Every hour on the hour you'll head out to complete the 4.16 mile loop in a test of physical and mental fortitude. Think you have what it takes? Let's find out!
The start/finish area is centrally located at Back Cove Park across from a Hannaford Supermarket and other amenities. There will be porta potties and an aid station at the start/finish area with water, snacks, electrolyte/salt packets, basic first aid supplies and ice during the heat of the day. You should plan to bring everything else you think you'll need in addition to these basics. There are water fountains at intervals on the Back Cove trail, and additional public toilets in Payson Park (approximately halfway through the loop). There will be an unattended aid station on the trail at Payson Park with minimal snacks/electrolytes.
**Registration opens 1/1/2026
Swag and other award information TBA.