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Welcome - Congratulations on being the first one to post a message! Probably does seem as if nobody's home yet ... the forum won't fill out overnight.

Looks like you have a wealth of ultra experience. When's your next ultra?

I don't know. I'm a cross country coach so I have to worry about taking care of my team before I do anything for myself. I'll probably do the Bandera 50k or 100k in January.

Backcountryrunner-
Nice Site. And you're correct, word will get around and this site will be busy.

UltrarunnerP-
New to the trail running experience, but hooked already. I'm interested in the Bandera 50K. Have you run it before? What should I expect?

Hope to hear from you ... word.

Bandera rocks (literally). The 100K is two laps of the 50K. It has some nasty climbs (one is actually called The Big Nasty), lots of rocks but also some smooth level sections to get some speed. I've done the 100K all four years it's been on with two 2nd place finishes, a DNF and a win last year. I've done several ultras around Texas and this is the best trail I have run.

If you're new, you may want to give the 25K a try. It's still challenging (it's the 50K loop minus those easy parts I told you about) but it won't take up most your day.

Congratulations on the great finishes!

Question: Considering I'm pretty much a virgin to the sport, the toughest uphill I've encountered in San Antonio is on the Vista Ridge Loop (Fern Del Loop) @ Friendrich Park. Have you had the oportunity to run this trail? And if so, how does it compare to The Big Nasty?

As of today, TX seems to be the dominate state of ultra runners.

Sure seems that way on this forum so far! Welcome, dirtrunner.

Good to be around all of you guys. I'm new to the forum but hopefully can contribute my experience and coaching knowledge in one form or another! J

Welcome to the forum, jimsty! Your experience sounds great and I'm sure there'll be plenty of opportunity to help fellow forum members with their trail running.