On April 9th, Dan and I headed up to the wonderful, friendly town of Brevard, NC to ride the 12th Annual Assault on the Carolinas.
Category: Race Reports
Last Minute Race
“Oh Crap! They started without me!” I exclaimed out loud as I completely missed the start of the XTERRA Oak Mountain Xduro 21k Trail Race.
Mahalo – XTERRA World Championship Race Report
Race: XTERRA World Championship Location: Maui, Hawaii Date: Oct 24, 2010 To everyone in Maui, Hawaii: mahalo. What a wonderful island. I took the entire Barton
Race for the Cure
If you haven’t seen my FaceBook page, you may not have seen the results from last weekend’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5k
XTERRA Canada Nationals aka XTERRA Whistler aka best damn trails anywhere
By Marcus Barton I love, love, love, the outstanding, awesome, excellent, bombtastic, sweet, superb, wonderful, fabulous, magnificent, beautiful, and technical trails at Whistler! Thank you,
XTERRA Col. Francis Beatty Trail Run
By Marcus Barton One of my great loves is trail running. After all, it was during a trail run, many moons ago, that a buddy
XTERRA Panther Creek
I raced the XTERRA Panther Creek Tri back on August 1st. I know, I know. That was 4 weeks ago. After some pestering from a
Better Late Than Never – XTERRA East Championship Race Report
It’s hard to believe that the XTERRA East Championship race was over A MONTH ago. With everything going on (vacation, getting ready for XTERRA Whitewater,
The Bee’s Knees – XTERRA Southeast Championship – June 13
(last weeknd’s race) 78 degrees. That was the temperature when Dan and I arrived at transition area for our pre-race setup at the XTERRA Southeast
Grinding at the Greenway
Last Saturday (5/8), I raced the 6 Hour Grind at the Greenway, an endurance mountain bike race at the Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort
On a Wing (Rib) and a Prayer – XTERRA Uwharrie Race Report
I donned a wetsuit in preparation for a 15 minute (or so) open water swim (as part of my pre-race brick). The suit felt quite snug which worried me a little. Sure enough, as soon as I took off swimming, it was EXTREMELY painful. Every couple of strokes I could feel a pop and a crackle (which I’m still trying to figure out) which resulted in a sharp pain. I hadn’t even gone 100 meters and I had to turn around to head back to the shore.
Racing on Mars
That’s what it seemed like racing the XTERRA West Cup at Lake Las Vegas. Mars. Arid, rocky, sandy terrain. Most of the course, with the
Speedy Lizard 