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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Hmmm .... TIR Has Some Competition

Well, well, Texas is going to get a second relay it seems.

The folks at Myomed Ragnar Relay are going to be putting on a relay the weekend of October 24-25 that will start in San Antonio, go through the Hill Country and finish in Austin. The page for the Texas relay is here. The word's been out for about 9-10 days and I'm surprised that I haven't heard anything about it.

Always good to have a little competition out there, I suppose.

Figuring that the vibrant running community in Austin has been left out of the Texas Independence Relay, because it heads east away from the state's capitol, the thought must be that they'll be able to capitalize on the market as well as leverage a.) the increased build-up that will be taking place for the new Rock 'N' Roll San Antonio Marathon and b.) travel options for out-of-state teams to fly into either San Antonio or Austin.

However, this is right in the thick of the fall marathon season and the question that I have is: Will this run on the same weekend as the IBM Uptown Classic 10K? (But come to think of it, Ragnar has its date set for a Friday and a Saturday while the Classic is typically on a Sunday.)

I certain my friend, Mr. Rauschenburg, will be able to tell me. ;)

posted by WalkSports.com | 10:57 PM

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