by Deborah Sexton May 16, 2009 It was the best of times, it was the worse of times. While I was often overcome by the beauty and majesty of the views, climbing up Caballo from the base, all I ... Keep Reading
Race Reports
Big D Texas Marathon Double Race Report
by Marshall King April 5, 2009 Sunday I completed my sixth goal race in my "Racing Against Prostate Cancer" series: The Big D Texas Marathon. But since my goal was to run an ultra every month, I ... Keep Reading
3 Days of Syllamo Race Report
by Marshall King March 18, 2009 Due to an extremely severe ice storm in February a lot of the trail system was damaged (the number of downed trees is just unbelievable) . The race director ... Keep Reading
3 Days of Syllamo Race Report
by Fred Thompson March 18, 2009 Last year it was a tornado, this year an ice storm prior to the event that created challenges for the RD and runners alike. With downed trees everywhere, ... Keep Reading
“A-OK” 25/50K Race Report
by Mary Ann Miller RD on March 1, 2009 Roads and rocky trails near Atoka, OK When a locked gate necessitated a last minute course change, I wondered how finish times would be affected. As it ... Keep Reading
Cross Timbers Trail Run 50 Mile
by Marshall King February 22, 2009 Saturday, February 21 I toed the line at 6:30 AM for the start of the Cross Timbers 50 Mile Trail Run. If you've read my blog recently you know that I DNFd at ... Keep Reading
My First Hundred Miles
Ever since I dnf’d at Arkansas Traveler, at 2nd Powerline aid station after the turnaround, I have wondered if I would ever succeed at getting 100 miles under my feet. That race was early in my short ... Keep Reading
Rockledge Rumble 50K
by Marshall King November 8, 2008 Today was the second race in my "Race Against Prostate Cancer" series: the Rockledge Rumble 50k. As I wrote previously, I've done this race four years in a row ... Keep Reading
Cactus Rose 100mi Trail Run
by Lynn Ballard Hill Country SNA, Bandera Texas 1 Nov 2008 5am Sat - 4pm Sun (36hr limit) 50 starters - 20 finishers Three. Let’s see, there was Mike Dobies, then there were those two ... Keep Reading
Heartland 100
by Marshall King October 11, 2008 "The ultimate goal and the most satisfying reward is not how fast a runner goes but how well a runner manages his or her struggles to find the finish." ~Dave ... Keep Reading
Grand Teton 100
by Joe Prusaitis Grand Targhee, Wyoming Aug 30, 2008 The logistics of the Grand Teton 100 is such that we run sections A, B, and C for 25 miles and then repeat the same loop 4 times for ... Keep Reading
The MAZE 30K/10K
by Joe Prusaitis, RD [race results] Walnut Creek Metro Park Austin, TX 4 May 2008 The Rogue / Vasque Trail Series in Austin, Texas is part of the Vasque North American Trail Tour of 2008. ... Keep Reading
Ouachita Trail 50 Mile – Epic Failure!
by Marshall King April 22, 2008 Well, this weekend I raced in the Ouachita Trail 50 mile race in Arkansas. I tried my best, but it wasn't my day. First of all, no one told me that we had to ... Keep Reading
Bataan Death March
March 30, 2008 It was due to the hopelessness of the situation. From the web site: “The Bataan Memorial Death March honors a special group of World War II heroes. These brave soldiers were ... Keep Reading
The Prickly Pear 50K
By Thomas “T.O.” Okazaki Saturday, March 15, 2008 McAllister Park, San Antonio, TX “Oh no, not again!!” I watch my hand held water bottle and hat go flying off down the rocky trail as I ... Keep Reading
3 Days of Syllamo
by Lynn Ballard March 14, 15 & 16, 2008 http://www.3daysofsyllamo.org/ Fifty-Six, Arkansas How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints for the courts of ... Keep Reading
Cross Timbers Trail Runs
Cross Timbers Trail Lake Texoma, TX February 23, 2008 Cross Timbers Trail Runs 2008 RDs’ Report The 27th anniversary of the Cross Timbers trail run was another great event! After many ... Keep Reading
2008 Turkey And Taturs Report: This Spuds For You!
By Thomas "T.O." Okazaki After volunteering at the Southlake Cross Country meet on a Saturday morning, I drove about 300 miles in the rain, late that afternoon, to do a very muddy and nasty trail ... Keep Reading
Rocky Raccoon 100mi & 50mi
by Joe Prusaitis Huntsville SP Huntsville TX 2 February 2008 Race Results We had an epic weekend in the piney woods of Texas this past weekend. A record field of 252 Century runners ... Keep Reading
Rocky Raccoon 100
by Bill (The Trailgeeze) Rumbaugh Huntsville State Park Huntsville, TX February 2, 2008 I showed up at the Lodge area of Huntsville State Park in plenty of time Friday afternoon to pick up ... Keep Reading
Three Lakes Boondoggle
by Paul Tidmore (Ray Roberts Lake, Lake Lewisville, Grapevine Lake) December 31, 2007 3_lakes_boondoggle_smAw man—if that wasn’t about the stupidest thing I’ve ever done running. OK—where did ... Keep Reading
Ultracentric 24-Hour
by Fred Thompson Meadowmere Park, Grapevine, TX November 17-18, 2007 Now that a week has passed, my reflective perspective. I sit here now unable to run due to a strained calf muscle. How ... Keep Reading
The Louisiana Trails 50K
by Thomas “T.O.” Okazaki Shreveport, LA November 17, 2007 I have never been to the state of Louisiana before and was looking forward to running my very first trail race there. Since it was a ... Keep Reading
Cactus Rose 100 mile
by Joe Prusaitis (R.D.) Bandera, TX 3-Nov-2007 Cactus Rose is a beauty with a bite. It was planned that way. Its older brother Rocky Raccoon and this make for quite a Texas Jekyll-Hyde. The ... Keep Reading