Registration for the Chicot Challenge 100 Mile Trail Relay is OPEN!!  

Want to see views like this one while spending quality time with four of your closest friends?  Well, here is your chance!  Join us in Chicot State Park in Ville Platte, Louisiana, next March for the Chicot Challenge!  This is run on 20 miles of beautiful single track trails around Lake Chicot.  This is one of the most beautiful and diverse trails in Louisiana, and we can't wait to show you what Cajun hospitality is all about!  Check out the details here: (click picture below)

We would like to welcome the St. Jude's Jungle Garden 5k as a sponsor of the 2016 Veterans' 8k!   This race is run on the grounds of the beautiful Jungle Gardens on Avery Island.  We have a great time at this event every year and we are happy to have them as a part of our Veterans' 8k!  Click their logo for more information on this great race!

We are proud to announce the Zydeco Marathon as a sponsor for our 2017 Red Dirt Ultra!  This is a top notch marathon held in the heart of Cajun country, Lafayette, Louisiana.  If you are looking for an excuse to experience Cajun hospitality first hand, here it is!  As someone who has both run this race and volunteered at it for the last couple of years, I can attest to it being a first class event, and a great experience for everyone involved.  Click the logo for the website.

Logo!

We would like to extend a HUGE thank you to our tremendously talented friend, Christina Gravish, for sharing her creative skills with us and creating the Red Dirt logo.  We love it and can not wait to see it on the shirts!

Red Dirt Update!  

We are very excited to welcome the Evangeline Area Council Boy Scouts, Troop 224 and Team RWB to the Red Dirt family!  They will be manning Aid Station #1 on race weekend.  This will be a great mix of youth and enthusiasm and experienced athletes with Team RWB.  I have to admit - I am a little jealous.  Nothing would be better for me than coming around a corner to see a bunch of Boy Scouts when I am working hard during a race.  Big THANK YOU to our scouts and veterans for taking on this challenge!!

Also, the medals and buckles are in production!!!  As soon as I have one in hand, I will post pictures.  I know you will love them!

--Edie

Great News!  The 3rd Annual Veterans' 8k is moving onto the TRAILS!  This year our 8k and 1 mile fun run are brought to you by Paix Running and The Running Store and will be held at Acadiana Park in Lafayette, La., on October 29, 2016.  Our charities of choice this year are the St. Michael's Shelter for Homeless Veterans in Lafayette,  and the St. Landry Parish Veterans' Memorial.

The 1 mile fun run will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the 8k will begin at 8:00 a.m.  Both races will take place on the beautiful trails of Acadiana Park on Alexander St.  Because this is the Saturday before Halloween, costumes are encouraged!

Every finisher gets a dog tag medal, and age group winners receive an additional prize!   Bring the family out to take part in this great event and help to support these worthy veterans' charities! Click the picture below for registration information!

AID STATIONS

We will be scouting the course to get the exact locations for the aid stations, but here is what we know.  On the 31 mile loop, there will be at least 4 aid full service aid stations with hot food, etc.  Here are the first two aid station captains (seriously, you could not be in better hands):

LIZ WOOSTER

Liz will be heading up the Mud N Guts aid station.  Mud N Guts is a local trail running group filled with talented ultra runners and experienced aid station volunteers.  Liz's aid station will have vegan and non vegan options.  Her vegan potato soup has warmed many cold, tired runners in the late hours of an ultra.  We are so happy to have the help and support of the Mud N Guts crew! 

CESAR TORRES

Cesar Torres, the race director for Q50 races will head up the next full service aid station. If any of you know Cesar, you know that you will be well taken care of here.  Cesar is one of the most genuine and supportive RD's out there and he cares deeply about the success of each runner.  He will be one of the biggest cheer leaders on the course and a breath of fresh air when the fatigue kicks in.    Click Cesar's picture for more info on his great races! 

After this weekend, we will have exact locations of aid stations and distances in between.  I will also publish a list of what will be at each aid station so you know what to expect.