They just anounced a race series here in Ohio called the Xterra Scramble. It is a series of off road trail runs 5k and 10k. Anyone ever done these races before or is this a new thing? Seems kind of cool.
they are pretty cool, usually they piggyback the scramble with an Xterra tri, doing the scramble the day before or early race day morning before the tri starts. Typically the same run course as the tri. Trail running is the best! Well except for the falls, my right ankle is still bugging me from a crazy 10 mile monster hill slippery root and mud fest/race I did last week. Be careful though as you may become addicted to that off-road madness and even end up buying a mtn bike and forsaking your beloved road bike. I used to swear that mtn bikers were complete ****ing idiots and hated the feeling of no control and chances of falling. Now I sometimes wonder about the sanity of riding on the road…