Bandera 100 km Trail Run 2010 Race Report

My strategy for the day was to put my Rocky Raccoon 100 mile pacing strategy to the test. This consisted of a 8 minute run / 2 minute walk cycle for a mere 62 miles. Although not the ideal course to test this strategy due to the climbs and technical nature of the course, I decided to do it anyways since it would be a simply way to hold myself back from running too hard and not able to recover in four weeks for Rocky.

The unique challenge with this course is that every climb and descent is complete covered with rocks of every size…