For experienced trail runners who are accustomed to running moderately challenging trails, the Cross Timbers Trail Run races are likely to be a perfect fit if you’re looking for a race with plenty of steep uphills and downhills as well as terrain that will test your skills and endurance.
This race event – which includes a full marathon, half marathon, five-mile and a 50-mile run – takes participants along what has been nicknamed the “toughest little trail in Texas,” the 14-mile Cross Timbers Trail, which lies along the southern shore of Lake Texoma on the state line between Texas and Oklahoma.
Participants need to be ready for a run that’s challenging but not overly taxing, the race’s organizers add, because the trail along the lake is narrow in many places, including some stretches that are rocky and occasionally hazardous.
In addition to the satisfaction of finishing this race, of course, the reward is the scenery along the lakeshore, as runners pass through the area’s blackjack oak forests and run high along rocky ledges that overlook the water, for vantage points that at times are truly breathtaking.
