Tag: Tunnel Hill

Rajpaul Pannu, winner of the 50-mile, comes out of Tunnel Hill’s famous tunnel. Chad Colson I’m sitting next to my runner as he sits next to a platter of cookies in the warming tent at Tunnel Hill...

The Tunnel Hill course has proven to be very fast. USATF-sanctioned, the course is certified and carries the IAU Silver Label for road, and the IAU Trail Label. Besides Zach Bitter’s world best off-road mark, the even...

Mike Bialick, 38, of Minnetonka, MN, won the Tunnel Hill 100-mile run for the second time. His victory gives him two firsts, and two second-place finishes in his four attempts. In fact, it took a world record 100 by Cami...

November 10, 2018, began as a typical day in sleepy Vienna, Illinois. The sun rose but gave little warmth, leaving a gaggle of raw-boned ultrarunners shivering with excitement. They checked their nutrition and fluids, sn...

Tunnel Hill Founder and Race Director Steve Durbin knows gnarly courses. A six-time Barkley Marathons competitor, he is a member of a secret band of ultrarunning scalawags that descend on Frozen Head Park each year, dete...

Having biked and run on the Tunnel Hill State Trail for several years, we knew that this was a fast track compared to the dozens of others we’d run. When friend and World Record Holder (48 hours) Traci Falbo of Charlesto...

Normal temperatures for mid-November in the sleepy little town of Vienna, IL, are around 60 degrees for a high and 40 degrees for a low. Sounds like great running weather for a 100-mile run, doesn’t it? Enter the “Polar...