Runners no longer with Team Traverse

Because of personal reasons, the following runners are no longer with Team Traverse:

• Pete Mehok
• Olga Varlamova
• Larry King

All excellent runners and wonderful people. We will miss you but will see you on the trails!

2011 Bandera Trail Runs Team Review

Team Traverse members who participated in the 2011 Bandera Trail Runs:

• Brad Quinn (100k)
• Liza Howard (100k) 1st Place – Course Record! – USATF 100k National Champion!
• Amanda McIntosh (50k)
• Melanie Fryar (50k) – 1st Place – Course Record!
• Dalton Wilson (50k)
• John Reynolds (50k)
• Josue Stephens (50k)
• Joe Prusaitis (Race Director)

See Official Results Here!

Here is a fun little video I made with the small amount of footage I captured on my new Kodak PlaySport HD Waterproof Pocket Video Camera and Apple iLife ’11

Here is a great course overview for the 100k loop

On to Rocky Raccoon!

Bandera 100k report 2011 (via Lizahoward’s Blog)

“She’s ten minutes behind you!”  That’s what my father in-law yelled at me around mile 42.  Five miles later “She’s eight minutes behind you!”  It was down to “Six minutes!” nine miles before the finish.  Sheesh.  There are worse things than running a 100k race with Meghan Arbogast and Pam Smith gaining on you each mile, but they certainly didn’t come to mind yesterday afternoon 50 miles into the race.  (Giardia?  Giant silverfish?) I really want … Read More

via Lizahoward’s Blog

Bandera Trail Runs 2011 Directors Report

By Race Director Joe Prusaitis

Bandera 100km
2011 USA Track & Field 100km Trail National Championships
Bandera, TX
8 Jan 2011

It all happened so fast… all of it. Landing the USA Track & Field 100km Trail National Championship just 4 weeks before the race date. The rain that suddenly slammed the race.and the runners who hammered the course records in all three races. 256 started with 249 finishing the 25km, 199 with 192 finishes in the 50km, and 171 with 129 finishes in the 100km. 41 of those who did not finish the 100km dropped into the 50km to increase their finish total to 233. 626 total runners were on the course at the same time, and it was not crowded. All three races started on different parts of the course at the same time so as to keep each race separate from the other.