THE XTERRA / PILOT BUTTE CHALLENGE DOUBLE
As if completing the XTERRA Trail Running National Championship on September 27 in Bend, Oregon weren’t a big enough accomplishment, 5 brave runners set out the following day to complete the second leg of the XTERRA/Pilot Butte Challenge Double. After running over 13 miles on Saturday, the 1-mile Pilot Butte Challenge should have been a walk in the park. However, this one mile event raced straight up the side of an extinct volcano. Thomas Taylor and Andrea Berger (both pictured) had the fastest combined times in the XTERRA Trail Run Nationals and Pilot Butte Challenge. Taylor, 33 from Phoenix, AZ, came in overall 9th at the XTERRA Trail Run Nationals and took 2nd place at Pilot Butte for a total time of 1:26:03. Georgia Regional Champion Berger, 45 from Forsyth, GA ran a combined 2:13:10. Congratulations to them both.
In correlation with the XTERRA USA Championship off-road triathlon, XTERRA will also be hosting both 5 and 10km trail runs open to the public on this Saturday, October 4. Incline Village offers a spectacular course on the north shore of Lake Tahoe, and proceeds benefit the Incline Village AYSO. For more information, visit 
In a sold out field of 460 runners racing up and down the Santa Monica Mountains, Tim Van Orden, 41, from Bennington, VT and Malibu local Anissa Faulkner, 38, took the top spots at the XTERRA Point Mugu Trail Run on September 28. 
After finishing the XTERRA Point Mugu Xduro on September 28 in 2:53:21, Hunter Todd is on his way to Hawaii to compete in the XTERRA Trail Running World Championship on December 7. Born with a congenital heart condition called Tetralogy of Fallot, he and his heart rate monitor will set out on the trails of the stunning Kualoa Ranch where he will be running to raise money for the Kardiac Kids of Honolulu. The 15-year old Oakmont High School (Roseville, CA) is one step closer to his goal of being crowned an XTERRA World Champion. 
