The race was held under ideal Fall conditions at Lake on October 13. Cool at the start and as the sun rose warmed up to a beautiful sunny day with a high of 52°F.

Chris Grauch from Boulder, CO came away with a win with a time of 5:16:12. This was the 4th fastest time ever.

He was being chased down by Women's course record holder Beverley Anderson-Abbs. She finished with a time of 5:21:22, which broke her course record by 17 minutes and her 3rd victory in the Women's race. She has won all 3 of the Women's races.
She was pursued early by 3rd place runner Rory Bosio who finished with a time of 5:45:22. She is a young (23) and upcoming ultrarunner.

The Diva duo of Juliana Cremeans & Janet Demsher won the relay with a time of 6:45:58

After the race, runners were treated to a huge home made buffet of pork/beef roast, scalloped potatoes, veggie chili, broccoli cheddar soup, veggies, garlic bread, salad, and multitude of desserts made by Linda(Mathis) & Linda(Bennett).

We want to thank all the great volunteers at our race. All runners appreciated the Thanksgiving Style feast at the Watson Lake Aid Station(Mile 12.0 mi/20.8) provided by Dave Cotter and the Tahoe Mountain Milers/Sage Brush Stompers Running Clubs.

We were able to raise over $1200 for the Tahoe Rim Trail Association. They do a wonderful job maintaining one of the best trails in the world!

You could find a great recap and pictures of the race made by Scott Dunlap in his 'Trail Runner's Blog'. [ Read Report ]
Scott, a Trail Runner Extraordinaire, finished 5th at 5:51:49.

Come visit us on October 11, 2008 to see the beauty of Lake Tahoe! It is the 8th race in the 2008 Ultrarunner.net Race Series [ Web Site ].

Linda and Robert Mathis
Race Directors