BUTS member spotlight on Slade Hubbard: Looking forward to bad decisions
This month we talk with BUTS member Slade Hubbard, a relatively new ultra runner with a veteran's insights. When did you start trail running and why? Fall of 2021. As…
BUTS member spotlight on Paige Gaston Paschal: What’s on the mind of this former white water junkie?
When did you start trail running and why? I Started trail running in 2017 because I was super bored with pavement. So it was either switch it up or quit…
BUTS member spotlight on Lori Lyons: Yes, I ate 52 gels
Lori Lyons during the TransAlpine Run, in the Austrian, Swiss, and Italian Alps This month, we hear from Lori Lyons, who, among other BUTS backing, is the group's swagmaster. When…
Andrew McCain puts together another absolutely Alabama ultra
By Andrew McCain | BUTS member There are a handful of boring words that might best describe running 33.5 miles on sand. Words like "trudge, monotony, forever, owww, when, why,…
Meet BUTS member Kay Estes: ‘I love our home trails most of all’
When did you start running and why? Around 2012-2013. I shifted from being a road runner because I was having too many overuse injuries from pavement. What is your favorite…
Meet BUTS member Brad Olzinski
When did you start trail running and why? Man, I can still remember my first trail run, it was a Rattlesnake Ridge loop at OMSP. The route wasn’t anything spectacular,…
Co-founder Brad Siegal: Happy Anniversary BUTS
Happy Anniversary BUTS. Wow, it doesn’t seem like 10 years ago, this whole thing started. I think, in order to understand how BUTS started, we need to go back in…
Meet BUTS co-founder Greg Wingo
Greg Wingo is co-founder of the Birmingham Ultra Trail Society and outside the trail world? "I'm a paddling race director. I direct Great Alabama 650, the longest paddle race in…
BUTS Annual Party is March 19
We hope to see EVERYONE at Turkey Creek Nature Preserve on Sunday, March 19 at 1 p.m. for the BUTS Annual Party. This will be our second year at the…
Here are the details on BUTS membership renewal
Our 2023 membership drive begins March 1! Join us as we celebrate TEN YEARS of BUTS! Your membership gets you cool swag, access to run routes and training plans, and…