Articles by Chris McWatters

Rocky Raccoon

Johanna Wender runs across one of the many boardwalks at Rocky Raccoon. Wender finished 100 miles in 24:24. Misty Herron | Let's Wander Photography Now in its 31st year, this trail race is always spec...

Rocky Raccoon

“Even Hurricane Harvey can’t stop Rocky Raccoon!” That was the line I put on the top of the Tejas Trails website a few months ago. That was after a pretty scary hurricane and 30-plus inches of rain left Huntsville Sta...

Bandera

Perhaps one of the best parts of trail running is all of the unknowns... So many things can happen in one weekend, and the Bandera Endurance Run 2017 proved that adage once again. What else would you expect in the Cowboy...

Rocky Raccoon

It’s hard to decide what story, or even what word, to focus on when trying to describe this year’s Rocky Raccoon, presented by Altra. I think I’ll use the word “special.” For me, this being my first year to direct thi...

Bandera

I never could have imagined how strongly I would feel the fundamental value of the tagline I recently wrote for Tejas Trails: “More than just trail running…” Bandera Endurance Run, by Montrail 2016, reminded me exactl...

Wild Hare

Massive longhorn cattle looked on as the runners started piling onto the Bluff Creek Ranch for the 2015 Wild Hare Trail Run. This year’s Tejas Trails November race hosted a beautiful Texas day and a worthless Texas forec...

Tejas Trails Tales

You may have read the recent article from Joe Prusaitis about how he and his wife, Joyce, passed their “baby,” aka Tejas Trails, on to a new guy. Well, I’m that “new guy” and I want you to know about some plans of mine t...