Race Reports for Cross Timbers Trail Half Marathon

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Race rating (4)

Comments: They put on a good race and have lots of volunteers, the terrain makes having many aid stations difficult. The first was 2.5 miles into the race then another at almost 7, then back to the last one 2.5 to go. There was no way the RD could have had more logical or more frequent spacing. They were also running a marathon and a 50 mile ultra event serviced by the same aid stations Not pleased with 3:54 but it was a very challenging/technical course, bordering on an adventure race more than a trail run. Advertised as the toughest trail run in Texas. Aerobically I felt fine (swimming) my ankle ached as usual but I managed to stumble countless times and fall twice. Each time I caught my toe on something, either foot, it would shoot pain up my leg and slow me to a limp for a few seconds to a couple of minutes and this started happening more and more frequently as I got tired. Some of the climbs were real leg burners, reducing runners to more of a climbing, scrambling kind of thing, even a mild

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