Utah Series
Utah Series Schedule
06/07/08 XTERRA Wolf Mountain Trail Run 10k – Huntsville, UT
06/28/08 XTERRA Snowbird Challenge Trail Run 8k – Snowbird, UT
07/19/08 XTERRA Antelope Island Trail Run 12k – Antelope Island, UT
08/16/08 XTERRA Wheeler Canyon Xduro 21k – Ogden, UT
XTERRA is taking Utah by storm with the XTERRA 2008 Utah Trail Run Series. The season includes four races sure to challenge the toughest athlete with their off-road, root-tripping, hill-climbing trails.
Kicking off the series is the XTERRA Wolf Mountain Trail Run. Ten kilometers of unforgiving ascents up the peaks of Wolf Mountain Resort will put the most avid runner’s skills to the edge of exhaustion.
Not ones for letting athletes off the hook too easily, XTERRA continues the Utah Series with the Snowbird Challenge 8k. Hopefully with the magnificent snow-covered mountain views at the Snowbird Resort in Salt Lake City, runners will forget they are travelling over the five miles of extreme, calve-burning hills.
The largest of Great Salt Lake’s 10 islands is Antelope Island and the setting for the third XTERRA Utah Series event. Runners will face a variety of terrain including white sand beaches, beautiful wildlife sections and technical hiking trails as they scramble over 12 demanding kilometers of undisturbed earth.
Finishing the 2008 XTERRA Utah Series is the Wheeler Canyon Xduro. With its tough-as-nails, brand-new, half-marathon distance, the Xduro will present an endurance challenge unlike any previously experienced. Just 15 miles from Ogden along the Wasatch Mountains, the Pineview Reservoir sets the stage for the finale of Utah’s most extreme trail run series.
For more information on the 2008 XTERRA Utah Trail Run Series, visit www.stridersrunning.com. Race directors John and Kristin Wojciechowski can be reached at 801-728-9121 or striders@qwest.net for further details.