2008 Reviews

Dear Kat and Scott,

We just received your check for the donation to the Old Community Center. Wow, that is more than generous and much appreciated by all of the family. The Community Center has been a pet project of Tex's from the early 60's and has housed projects ranging from a youth center to the annual Snake Shake and Armadillo Roundup (sounds like Tex, doesn't it!). The two buildings now house Burnet's Visitor's Center and be beginnings of a local museum. Your donation will be applied to the on-going renovation of the museum part of the building.

Thanks you for all of your hard work. The event was a great success and we would be pleased to host the 2009 Tex's Challenge.

Attawaytogo,
The Longhorn Family

 

Great going Kathy and Scott!

Another great Tex's Challenge and the 2008 race was better than ever! This was a special race for me having did the master's solo catagory last year at this race. This year I teamed up with my 18 year old son, Giancralo, for his first adventure race ever.

Our father son team finished with a respectful sub-2 Hour time. The mountain bike section of your race really brought out the team work with this father and son. My son led us up the road hill of death encouraging me, and the burning in my legs seemed to be pleasurable seeing his zeal to tackle the hills on the bike. He especially liked the mystery events and the bleacher run. The run up the marble encrusted hills had some great vistas!

Great Racing Fun,

Boswell and Son

2007 Reviews

Review 1

Hey Kathy,

My husband, friends, & I wanted to drop you guys a line letting you know how much fun your race was. This was only our 2nd adventure race and we needed a great experience to follow our not-so-great first time. Your race was well organized and your race staff was friendly and helpful (very encouraging as well). We met first-timers during the race and expressed to them how grateful they should be that their first time was with you guys. The course was exceptionally challenging for us, HOWEVER, WE HAD A BLAST!!! Thanks again, and we look forward to another race with ya'll.

Just a FYI, Jill Mills was thrilled with the event. She is a 2001, 2002 World Strongest Woman champion. My husband and I trail ride with her and we convinced her that she needed to give these races a try. She stated that your race was better organized than some of the Strong Woman competitions she's participated in.

Mucho Props To You Guyz,
Michelle Guerrero & Jason Sauceda

Picture(Jason, Michelle, Jill & Milo)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review 2

Thanks for putting on a great race!  Brad and I had a blast.  Great people, great area and great weather made for a great time.  (Roger Terry)

Review 3

I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful race!  I knew I would have fun or finish, I had no idea I could do both!!  (Kelley Rogge)

Review 4

Nice post race report - never seen one this cool or timely. I appreciate the race sponsors. (Rich Sumrall)

Review 5

Great race on Saturday!

I wanted to also say thanx for a terrific time. I couldn't have spent a better day in the rain and mud and humidity! Every year I race with your organization, you always keep us in good spirits and keep the motivational level high us to keep going! Great Job!! This Tex's Challenge was the third for me, and the first Adventure Race my cousin and race partner (Jessica Wright) was a part of, and wanted to say "Great job Jess!" She is already looking for the next race to do with her husband! See you all next race!
(Danny Duran)

Review 6

Kathy and Scott-
My name is Lisa and I was part of team What Were We Thinking? that participated at the New Braunfels Adventure Race this past weekend. My team mate Crystal and I came to this race hoping not only to place but to finish for ourselves. Unfortunately we didn't have it in us to make it cross that line. We came in to this with little to no training and paid for it in the end. We have set a new goal for ourselves. We both want to find a race that is coming up and make it this time!
Scott... Thank you so much for your words of encouragement during our race. If it weren't for you.. I would still be wondering what it would have been like to get in a canoe. You guys were the best. We look forward to seeing y'all at another race! (Lisa Clark)

Review 7

We really enjoyed the race! The terrain is awesome and the staff and
volunteers are excellent. I honestly couldn't think of a thing that could
be better. Registration went smoothly, great location, great organization.
Thanks for running such an outstanding event. I'll see you guys later in
the year, maybe Smithville. Thanks, (J.J. Hollie)

Review 8

I just wanted to say Thanks and Great Race!
You guys did an awesome job everyone was wonderful! This was my first adventure race and I had a blast! I'm still telling my friends about it! I am already looking forward to the next one.
I also wanted to tell my cousin and coed partner, Daniel Duran, thanks for being patient and encouraging! I really wasn't sure I could make it up that hill the forth time! haha! Thanks again! (Jessica Wright)

Review 9

Hi Kathy and Scott,

Thanks so much for the fantastic race. You guys are top-notch. My wife and I are looking forward to the sprint series. See you in June, (Matt Kulow – Team Built in Sweater) Story by Matt: MATT KULOW'S RACE REPORT

Review 10

Tex's Challenge Race Report (We won 4th for Coed!!)

Posted by: "christy.bishop"

Sun May 6, 2007 7:19 am (PST)

Here it is...

Race was fairly small because I think many people were at other races, graduations, etc. The transition area was a large grassy area though on a slight incline, so there was no problem finding a good spot.

We came early & brought the good 'ole Jetboil & made oatmeal on site while waiting around for the race meeting. Things I wish I had brought included plastic bags for trash & wet clothes, shoes, etc, tent stakes to secure the tarp, a flag w/pole to make our team area easier to spot.

Race Sequence:1.5-2 mi Run – Up one heart break ridge after another. (I should really start training at the Hill of Life, because I had to walk quite a bit of this uphill part- it was steep.) Down a creek bed with varying size of rock, some covered with slick moss- from boulders to gravel, definitely some ankle grabbers in there. (The flat parts that were slick reminded me of Bull Creek while the super-varied rocky part reminded me of Barton Creek when the creek is dry.)It was difficult to run this part also. We had to swim through part of the creek- maybe 100 feet to the other side, the rocks below were slick & it was hard to swim with sneakers on. I depended on my buddy to help me get to the other side. Then it was down a steep hill which was also slick to a jeep road near the road which was flat & easy and led to the transition area.

6-7 mi Mountain Bike- Next we went up the same steep hill from the 1st part of the run, which my partner so thankfully helped push my bike up while I walked up. It is difficult to get momentum to go up it because you're practically starting from a dead stop to a steep uphill. At the creek bed you then split to the left and go up & up on a jeep road. All the wild flowers were in bloom & it was the prettiest part of the course (except for all the bees & bugs which accompany flowers.) We hosed ourselves in bug spray several times during this race & shared with some other racers. I think my teammate got stung a couple of times by bees. We came across a solo racing woman who had a flat & didn't know how to change a tire. We stopped & helped and we know several people had passed her by. I know this is supposed to be a competitive sport, but I was very disappointed no one else helped her. Next came a flat part, then downhill part (some of which I had to walk because it was steep & slick). There was definitely some opportunities for top speeds of 20-30 mph on some of back downhill part. It was great fun. It then came back down to the road & the course followed a Jeep road parallel to the real road up to the transition area. This part was flat & a great place to make up some time. Drop bikes in transition area, cross road to the river

3/10 mi Paddling- Since the flow on the river was so high, they shortened the paddle/float. We used it as a time to grab a snack & reapply sunscreen. At the pull out you could drop your paddles & seats. Then you had to portage the boat & lifejackets back up to the paddle start. It was easy just to flip the boat over rest it on your head & walk up to the paddle
start.

6-7 mi Mountain Bike- It was an exact repeat of the biking section above. I again relied on my partner to help push my bike up the hills I couldn't ride. Then I hauled the mail on the down hills since I knew what to expect around the turns. It was fun, my favorite part other than the pond swim (which was super-freshing).

1.5-2 mi Run – It was an exact repeat of the first run section above. My legs were jello at this point, so we struggled through it & I jogged the parts I could.

Finish!!  Well, it was a small race & so Justin (my teammate, bike pusher, water supplier, encourager, etc), and I won 4th place for 2 person coed & finished the race in just under 4 hours!! Since it was our 1st race in almost a year & our 2nd ever (we did Muddy Buddy last year), we were super-excited to win a plaque along with a great big bike lock (Justin's keeper) & a new bike computer (my keeper since I lost mine a while ago!)I believe there was another team there from AAR, but since I'm new to the group I didn't know until the end. I think they won 1st place coed (Werewolves of Austin)!?!?