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2010-2011 XTERRA TRAIL RUN SERIES SCHEDULEDATE RACE LOCATION DISTANCE/PART OF SERIES1/9/11 XTERRA Boney Mountain Xduro Trail Run Newbury Park, CA 6/21km – SoCal Series #41/9/11 XTERRA White Tanks Trail Run Waddell, AZ 6/19km – Arizona Series #22/6/11 XTERRA Mission Gorge Trail Run San Diego, CA 5/15km – SoCal Series #52/6/11 XTERRA McDowell Mountain Trail Run Fountain Hills, AZ 7/24km – Arizona Series #32/26/11 XTERRA Thrill in the Hills Trail Run Winder, GA 21/42km – Georgia Series #53/6/11 XTERRA Stillwell Trail Run Syosset, NY 8km – Long Island Series #13/12/11 XTERRA Black Mountain Trail Run San Diego, CA 5/15km – SoCal Series #63/13/11 XTERRA Trout Creek Trail Runs Tampa, FL 5/15km – Florida Series #24/9/11 XTERRA Lake Las Vegas Trail Run Henderson, NV 5/10/21km – America Tour4/9/11 XTERRA Bethpage Trail Run Bethpage, NY 5km – Long Island Series #24/16/11 Pure Austin Fitness XTERRA Muleshoe Trail Run Spicewood, TX 5/18km – Texas Series #24/16/11 XTERRA Doug Harris Memorial Trail Run Clemson, SC 10km – America Tour4/23/11 XTERRA Vulture’s Knob Trail Run Wooster, OH 15km – Ohio Series #15/2/11 XTERRA Claw Trail Run Lithia, FL 8/16km – Florida Series #35/4/11 XTERRA Warwick Park Revenge Trail Run Pottstown, PA 5km – Philly Series #15/7/11 XTERA Malibu Creek Xduro Trail Run Malibu, CA 6/22km – SoCal Series #75/18/11 XTERRA Hibernia Park Blast Trail Run Coatesville, PA 5km – Philly Series #25/21/11 XTERRA Waco Trail Run Waco, TX 5/10/21km – Texas Series #35/21/11 XTERRA Hargus Lake Trail Run Circleville, OH 7km – Ohio Series #26/1/11 XTERRA Warwick Park Ruckus Trail Run Pottstown, PA 5km – Philly Series #36/4/11 XTERRA Deep South Trail Run Jackson, GA 15km – Georgia Series #66/5/11 XTERRA Stillwell Trail Run Syosset, NY 8km – Long Island Series #36/15/11 XTERRA Hibernia Park Challenge Trail Run Coatesville, PA 8km – Philly Series #46/18/11 XTERRA Richmond Trail Run Richmond, VA 10/21km – America Tour6/25/11 XTERRA Chapin Forest Trail Run Kirtland, OH 8km – Ohio Series #37/9/11 XTERRA Beech Mountain Trail Run Beech Mountain, NC 10km – North Carolina Series #17/9/11 XTERRA Montauk Trail Run Montauk, NY 5km – Long Island Series #47/9/11 XTERRA Mohican Trail Run Loudonville, OH 18km – Ohio Series #47/17/11 XTERRA Bear Creek Xduro Trail Run Macungie, PA 10/21km – Philly Series #57/30/11 XTERRA TSALI Trail Run Robbinsville, NC 6/13/18km – North Carolina #28/6/11 XTERRA STOAKED Trail Run Hanover, NH 16km – America Tour8/20/11 Pure Austin Fitness XTERRA Austin Trail Run Austin, TX 5/18km – Texas Series #48/20/11 XTERRA Colonel Francis Trail Run Charlotte, NC 10km – North Carolina Series #38/20/11 XTERRA Lake Placid Trail Run Lake Placid, NY 5km – America Tour8/20/11 XTERRA Oak Hill Trail Run Boston Township, OH 8km – Ohio Series #59/4/11 XTERRA Fisher Farm Trail Run Davidson, NC 8/16km – North Carolina Series #49/18/11 XTERRA Cheaha Trail Run Delta, AL 10km – Alabama Series #1 – 20129/24/11 XTERRA Wheeler Canyon Xduro Ogden, UT 21km – America Tour9/24/11 XTERRA Harbins Park Trail Run Dacula, GA 10km – Georgia Series #1 – 201210/1/11 XTERRA Fall Fitness Trail Run Buford, GA 5km – Georgia Series #2 – 201210/2/11 XTERRA Point Mugu Trail Run Malibu, CA 11/18km – SoCal Series #1 – 201210/2/11 XTERRA Estrella Mountain Trail Run Goodyear, AZ 8/20km – Arizona Series #1 - 201210/8/11 XTERRA Marathon of Trail Races Colorado Springs, CO 5/21/42km – Colorado Series #1 – 201210/22/11 XTERRA Makena Beach Trail Run Makena, HI 5/10km – World Tour10/23/11 XTERRA Monte Sano Trail Run Huntsville, AL 5/15km – Alabama Series #2 - 201210/29/11 Pure Austin Fitness XTERRA Bluff Creek Run Warda, TX 5/10/21km – Texas Series #1 – 201211/5/11 XTERRA Battle at Big Creek Trail Run Roswell, GA 8/15km – Georgia Series #3 – 201211/6/11 XTERRA Wild Horse Trail Run Tampa, FL 5/10/16/21km – Florida #1 – 201211/13/11 XTERRA Oak Mountain Trail Run Pelham, AL 10/21km – Alabama Series #3 – 201211/24/11 XTERRA Topanga Turkey Trot Trail Run Los Angeles, CA 5/10/15km – SoCal Series #2 - 201212/3/11 XTERRA Victoria Bryant Trail Run Royston, GA 10km – Georgia Series #4 – 201212/4/11 XTERRA Trail Running World Championship Oahu, HI 5/10/21km – World Tour12/11/11 XTERRA Crystal Cove Trail Run Laguna Beach, CA 5/17km – SoCal Series #3 - 2012TENTATIVE AS OF 8/6/10 GO TO XTERRATRAILRUN.COM FOR LATEST SCHEDULE26
Lightweight XTERRA ShoesDesigned to Help Athletes StalkTheir On-Course PreyXTERRAGEAR.COM NEWSTJ Gray — one of the designers ofXTERRA’s new line of footwear andapparel — stood at the finish line of theXTERRA World Championship in Mauiin October 2008. While many of thecompetitors lay in bed the night beforecounting sheep in anticipation of therace, that afternoon Gray was countingshoes.Road shoe, road shoe, road shoe.As athletes poured down from thelower slopes of Mount Haleakala from their nearly sevenmiletrail run over roots, rocks and ravines, Gray and Browncouldn’t believe their eyes. “Maybe one in 100 was a trailrunner,” said Brown, who along with partner Gray have alsodeveloped shoes for Nike, adidas and Salomon. “Theywere all sacrificing stability for less weight.”They returned to the drawing board, determined to makeXTERRA the lightest — but still, most stable — trail runningshoe on the market. With four months until the launch of theshoes at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City,designs were tweaked, materials tested — including aunique combination of lighter blown rubber in the forefootand a heavier high-abrasion carbon rubber in the heel.But their biggest scientific sport discovery was yet to come.After much trial and error in their New Hampshire lab, amolding model never before seen in the category wascreated. Gone was a traditional glued-together midsole,replaced by a dual-injected, dual-density EVA made of twolayers — the top soft, the bottom harder — giving comfortand stability while taking away weight.The result: an eco-friendly design that’s one of the lightesttrail runners ever, weighing in at less than 10.5 ounces formen, 9.5 for women.With the weight issue solved, multi-sport competitors Grayand Brown began to research every movement taken on atrail — the footplant and lateral pushoff around a 90-degreedirectional path change, the flexed-footed jump over water,the balanced gripped-toe run across a log.As they were going for a timed run in the woods near theirstudios — furiously passing each other, taking turns as thelead — the big-picture design inspiration for XTERRA’s newfootwear line came: a big-cat predator’s paw.“Chasing its prey, a big cat grips into the earth — digginginto loose gravel, dirt, gaining time and distance on everystep, every leap,” said Gray, a former collegiate decathleteat Syracuse.“The outer part of their foot acts like a traction pad,” hecontinued. “It’s from there that we came up with XTERRA’sunique outsole lug concept.”The concept’s name: WILDTred. According to Gray andBrown, its carved claw-like perimeter lug design formsindependent touch pads from forefoot to heel with deep flexzones for controlled, wrap-around grip. They also noted thelugs are higher than the shoe bottom’s concave center,helping it act as its front and rear suspension while creatinga larger surface area.“With the cat’s paw, we liked the symbolism of man’sco-existence with all things found in the environment, saidBrown. “We adapt to our surroundings, whether it beanimal, plant or any of nature’s elements.Continued Brown: “The thought behind XTERRA’s new lineis that the outdoors are no longer to be conquered; they’reto be connected with.”XTERRA’s footwear launch includes five styles: trailrunner, trail trainer, ultra trainer, performance sandal, andperformance slide.For more information on the product — or what retailersare carrying XTERRA — multisport athletes can go towww.xterrafootwear.com27
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Page 5 and 6: SCHEDULE OF EVENTSFriday, September
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