The dominant variable was mud, but there was certainly more than that. Water crossings were knee deep, unless you chose the wrong route and found yourself chest deep under water. Six aid stations were spaced approx. 3 miles apart but the hills came more often than that. The trail twisted all about the Barton Creek hill sides, desperately avoiding the flat areas as much as possible. The slippery wet chain wall and endless trip hazards threw down more than a few people who quit paying attention for just a moment. Regardless, everybody came in spent and muddy. The rolling start between 6:30am and 7:00am created an odd situation such that nobody knew who was in front or behind. Every person raced the clock alone while they fought the mud and the hills. A blow by blow of how the race evolved is impossible to tell in this format. They entered the forest and exited a few hours later. The order they came in was not necessarily the order they placed. Chip timing sorted that all that out later well after everybody was done. Paul Frost took 1st in 2:35:09. 2nd thru 5th all finished in 2:41 with only seconds separating the lot of them. David Zeitler, Kyle Brown, John Reynolds, and Steven Moore. Nora Colligan won the women's race in 2:49:36, with Cindy Henges 2nd in 2:50:51, and Brenna Abbitt 3rd in 2:57:00. But that was one race. Besides the Belt race, there was also the Rogue Series, which was the same thing and yet it wasn't. When the race was done and times tallied, then we learned not only who actually ran all three 30km trail races, but also who finished in what order. End result was Paul Frost taking 1st overall in the series in 7:00:04, with Steven Richard taking 2nd in 7:34, and John Reynolds 3rd in 7:35. The Rogue Series women's champion was Brenna Abbitt in 7:52:56, with Nora Colligan in 7:58, and Ivi Kerrigan 3rd in 8:48. Well, thats it for the 2007 Rogue Series, our 4th running of this series. In 2004, 418 people ran the entire series. This year, there were 1157 of you. In all four years, it has always been at Walnut Creek for the MAZE, Emma Long for the LOOP, and Barton Creek for the BELT. The support from all of you has been phenomenal in both run participation and the volunteer help. The running community has rallied around this series in a very warm way. I just wanted to say thanks! You have been wonderful. joe prusaitis Rogue Running Systems