For Those About to ROCK.......

If you've never experienced XTERRA Pipestem Creek or the RM Stoudt Festival, you are missing out. The focus of the whole weekend is to provide the participants with an experience that is unique, challenging and memorable! There is an element of adventure in every event.
The trail run takes you off the beaten path through woods, pines and over logs before hitting the North Ridge trail for some great views of the reservoir as you twist and wind along, get this....... the north ridge of Pipestem. Yeah, it starts out with about a half mile of gravel (yaaaawwwwwwwwwn), but makes up for it the other 4.5 miles. The steep climb up from the shore to finish the run is a special touch that your legs will really enjoy.
XTERRA Pipestem Creek Sho-Co (short course) is the perfect off road race to get any beginner hooked!! The bike course packs almost 1000 feet of climbing into 5 miles and the run is a fast 3 mile loop with a rock garden and some punchy little hills.
XTERRA Pipestem Creek is one of the highest rated XPS races the last two years. 9.2 and 9.1 ratings for 2010 and 2011 by the athletes who participated. A huge cash purse paying 6 deep for both the Men's and Women's divisions sweetens the deal. I'm thinking of adding some live entertainment to play while you dine on all the free Domino's pizza and fresh fruit you can handle after destroying yourse..... I mean the course!!!
XTERRA Pipestem Creek Epic MTB is a massive 26 mile loop-style race that takes you on singletrack, gravel, horse trails and NO trails!! Last year about 2" of rain fell during the race that definitely made "The Epic" live up to it's name. It was an absolute mudfest. I buried the lead out ATV and it took me three weeks to get it out! This race had some unbelievable prizes last year including a Garmin 500 and over $400 in Oakleys. I'm working on that same level of prizes for 2012.
All in all, the weekend is a blast and the athletes that participate are treated to a ton of extras that you just don't get at other events (I know, I participate in a lot of other events). Keep checking the blog for updates, or better yet go sign up!!!