Quick Profile Location: Flagstaff, AZAge: 362025 Big Races / Projects: Cocodona 250 From Roads to Ridges—Georgia Porter’s Trail to Rediscovery Georgia Porter didn’t grow up dreaming of being an ultrarunner. In fact, she admits she was the “black sheep” in a family of runners, choosing to throw on the track team instead of chase miles. But somewhere between working as a paramedic in her 20s and qualifying for the Olympic Marathon Trials in 2020, Georgia found herself on an unexpected path—one that would ultimately lead her to the Aravaipa Racing Team and to some of the wildest adventures the Southwest has to offer. “Doing something badass doesn’t always look like crushing it. Sometimes it looks …
Aravaipa Running to Continue Legacy of Colorado Trail Races from Endurance Race Series
Colorado Springs, USA – November 12, 2024 – Aravaipa Running is thrilled to announce its acquisition of the Endurance Race Series Colorado events. These cherished races, with their roots deeply embedded in Colorado’s Front Range, have been a source of connection and inspiration under the leadership of Endurance Race Series Founder Jeff Stoner for over a decade. With twelve memorable years of community building and trail racing excellence, Stoner has decided to step back from the Colorado race scene, entrusting Aravaipa Running with the responsibility of preserving and growing the legacy of these events. In taking up the reins, Aravaipa Running—led by founder Jamil Coury—will assume responsibility for five distinct races that draw runners of all …
Ram Party Course Change Due To Winter Weather
Important Updates About Ram Party Trail Runs [This went out to all Registered Runners for the Ram Party Trail Runs] Hi Runners: We have an important update for this weekend’s Ram Party Trail Runs. If you weren’t aware a winter storm moved through the mountains above Colorado Springs today (and will be continuing into the night). Our team was out on the course today starting our course marking and setup. Due to hazardous winter conditions above 8000 feet on the upper parts of the Ram Party course (specifically around the Rampart Reservoir which sits above 9000 feet) Aravaipa Running has decided for the safety of runners, volunteers, staff, spectators and our venue hosts (Pikes Peak …
What is Aravaipa Strong?
When we decided to create a virtual race event in response to our core business (large scale trail running events) shutting down indefinitly due to the COVID-19 situation we wanted a name that would draw us closer together as a global community of trail runners. Something that would inspire others, but also ourselves. I’ve yet to face a challenge like COVID-19 and its far reaching effects to the events business in my time as an entrepreneur and I fully understand that this may be one of the most trying times I will ever face as a business leader in my career. We knew we wanted to hold a virtual event since that was really our …
The Future of Steep Camp & The Silverton 1000
This story has two parts. A long and a short. I will start with the short as it has important information regarding this year’s Silverton Steep Camp (formerly known as the Silverton 1000 Multi-Day Challenge). Cancellation of 2019 Steep Camp Silverton Due to increasing costs with renting the venue at the Kendall Mountain Recreation Area which is owned by the Town of Silverton we have had to make the tough decision to not hold this event in 2019. We hope to find a way forward to again hold Steep Camp in 2020 but just cannot do so at the current revised rates. As you will read below in the long version, this event is very …
Aravaipa Trail Talk Is Back!
After a long hiatus, we are reviving our weekly YouTube show aptly named “Aravaipa Trail Talk”. This show has evolved a couple of times starting out as a chat with Aravaipa founder Jamil Coury and evolving to feature athletes and trail running business owners in the community and recently with our new co-host Jubilee Paige a Q&A show. So where are we headed now? The show will return with weekly episodes ranging from 30 to 60 minutes in length featuring a variety of topics moving forward. Each show will be co-hosted with either Jamil, Jubilee or both of us and sometimes special guests and other staff members. We’d like to use this platform as a …
A Record Year at Whiskey Basin Trail Runs
When I saw him come into the mile 45 aid station at Badger Mountain he was ahead of schedule just as he had been all day. There was some dried blood on his hand and some fresh stuff still running down his right knee but he had a pleasant demeanor as he calmly stepped off the trail up towards us. When approached by the cheerful Squirrel’s Nut Butter team at the Badger Mountain Aid perched atop a juniper covered hillside overlooking Granite Mountain and most of Prescott, Arizona he politely asked if we had a cup. He was hoping for a drink of water. “I lost my water bottle off a cliff back there. Took …
#WhoWeAre – Aravaipa Group Trail Run
Community. That’s the one word that comes above all others when I think about the Aravaipa Group Trail Run and what it means to me. Building a community around the trail running scene is what we set out to do when we formed the weekly one hour trail run in 2011. Back then, the group met up each week in Tempe at Papago Park and a handful of us went for a run followed by a couple of beers at Papago Brewery. It was small, close-knit and a fun way to catch up with our friends each week outside of races and long runs. Aravaipa Group Trail Run has grown over the years and changed …
Desert Runner Trail Series Points Standings
The 2016-2017 Desert Runner Trail Series is coming to a close just in time for the weather to really heat up here in Phoenix. The 7th and final race in the series is the Mesquite Canyon Trail Runs on March 18 at White Tank Mountain Regional Park. We thought it would be fun and beneficial to update everyone on the current point standings. Since the final race in the series is worth more points (1250 instead of 1000) this one can really shake things up. The full point standings are currently on Ultrasignup for both the Ultra Series & Trail Series (they have been calculated through Elephant Mountain). We are recapping the top ten men and women in …
CEO Recap from Jamil
Wow, it’s already November. The evenings are getting dark early and mornings here in Phoenix have started to become (almost) chilly. That means one thing for us here at Aravaipa: we are just wrapping up the Javelina Jundred . It’s hard to believe that this was my 9th year as Race Director of this amazing event which has grown into the 2nd largest 100 mile foot race in North America. I agreed to take over the race back in 2007 at the ripe age of 22, the same year I graduated college and was embarking on my first “real job” at a local accounting firm. Little would I know how much that small opportunity would come to …