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Texas > Prude Ranch Races Half Marathon, 10K, 5K,
Duathlon & Relay
Fort Davis,
TX
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Date
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Event
Details
Featuring both a guest ranch and a working cattle ranch that sit on
hundreds of acres just outside Fort Davis in west Texas, the Historic
Prude
Ranch opens up its wide-open spaces every year for the Prude Ranch
Races, a series of running
events that includes a half marathon, 10K, 5K, and both an individual
and relay duathlon. The half marathon race in the event is hilly and
challenging, and takes runners on an out-and-back course to the Mount
Locke Observatory, which overlooks Prude Ranch from the nearby Davis
Mountains.
The race is a small running event -- fewer than 100 runners crossed the
finish line in 2007 in all three races combined -- and is run in part
to mark the start of the ranch's annual Davis Mountains Fitness
& Training Camp, a week-long fitness camp for adults who want
to get more active and start new fitness regimens in sports ranging
from running,
hiking, cycling and swimming to mind-body exercises like yoga, Pilates
and meditation.
From the starting line at the gate to the ranch on Texas Highway 118,
the half marathon race takes runners along the roads and mountain
trails within the ranch and out toward the observatory and back. Thanks
to Fort Davis's nearly mile-high elevation (5,050 feet above sea
level), the race usually enjoys relatively cool temperatures in what is
normally a month that brings very hot temperatures across the rest of
the
state.
Along the course, runners get to take in the stark beauty of this
remote west Texas town and the Davis Mountains State Park, where the
Prude Ranch has been in operation as a working cattle ranch for more
than 100 years. The starting time for all of the races in the event is
7:30 AM, and the
awards ceremony begins around approximately 10:00 AM.
Race
Weather & Climate
Warm, and sometimes hot, to mild weather conditions with occasional
showers are the norm in the late summer weeks in the town of Fort
Davis, which lies just under 100 miles north of Big Bend National Park
in southwest Texas. In August, average monthly temperatures range
between 87°F and 59°F, while rainfall amounts average
about 2.97 inches for the month -- the highest monthly total of the
year on average.
Fees
$18 if registered before July 15, 2008
$20 after July 15 and through the day of the race
Registration
To reserve your spot in the late summer 2008 running of the Prude Ranch
Races Half Marathon, print out and mail in this downloadable entry form.
Websites
www.fitnesscamp.org
Historic Prude Ranch
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