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| The Dudes... |
Cedar Creek Cross Country Club rocked out the Bandera Trail Runs on January 12 at Hill Country State Natural Area. For XC runners that are used to running a 5k down the road and coming home on a school bus, driving 6 hours away to camp in a tent and run a 25k up and down multiple Texas "Mountains" can aptly be described as "Long...but Amazing!" (H.Rose) Evan Arambula, the swiftest youngster in the group, described conditions that made an already challenging course even more Les Miserables. Brandon summed up the experience as a race that "truly tests your physical, as well as mental, toughness"
Joe Pruisatis, Tejas Trails Race Director, never seeks to falsely elevate Bandera to some "Toughest Around" status, but such an effort would be superfluous; anyone that has raced there, and finished their race, knows what they have accomplished, and this time around, the (903) was well repped.
Check out team member results below.
25K (368 Entrants)
Evan Arambula - 2:16 - 6th
Hunter Rose - 3:19 - 95th
Brandon Hall - 3:20 - 99th
Hunter Norris - 3:57 - 185th
50K (258 Entrants)
Josh Sypert - 6:30 - 78th
Gene Myers - 13:14 - 244th
100k USATF Trail Championship (256 Entrants)
Boog Ferrell - 13:42 - 48th (11th in Open Male Div.)
For Boog's personal race report, click here.
