Registration for the Fall Season is now open! Practices will start on August 25th, and we will be training for Solem Adventure Racing's Jailbreak AR on November 22 in Huntsville, TX. If you know of anyone looking to learn more about adventure racing or our training programs, please invite them to attend one of our pre-season informational events:

HFAR Fall Season Informational
Thursday, August 7th at 7pm
REI - Galleria (7538 Westheimer Rd)

Adventure Racing 101
Wednesday, August 13th at 7pm
Trotter Family YMCA (1331 Augusta Dr)

Start Your Engines: The ABC's of Sports Nutrition
Copyright: Nancy Clark, MS, RD July 2008

Eating a performance-enhancing diet isn't easy, and for many athletes and active people, nutrition is their missing link. If that's your case, here are a few ABC's to get you started on the path to winning with good nutrition.

Art Cook & Robyn Cantor, Too Cool Racing

Calling all Too Coolers! Bring your game and get ready to rumble, run, paddle, splash, swim, trek, bike and climb your way through 12 or 24 hours of pure Texas adventure racing!

Too Cool brings their traditionally grueling, hot, highly competitive No Sweat AR back to Parrie Haynes Ranch August 23-24th. As usual Too Cool provides plenty of hospitality, including air conditioned bunks, pre race dinner, post race breakfast, showers, leaderboard on Checkpoint Tracker (yes, No Sweat 24 hr AR is part of that National Series!), cool shwagg and awesome sponsors!

Too Coolers once again can sponsor the Capital Area Food Bank by bringing in 5 cans of food and getting the infamous 'Skip Point'...a chance to strategically skip one point on the course!

Race directors Art Cook and Robyn Cantor bring over 20 years experience to the adventure racing world. Art Cook says "Hydrating for racing in this kind of heat is critical. Also, how the teams pace themselves often determines who will be at the finish line. A team that starts out too fast will quickly find themselves suffering under the strains of racing in such conditions. Perseverance is key!"

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PrimalQuest (6/21-7/2)
Werewolves (Ash E., Jason M., Tom L., Paul M.) - 24th

Terra Firma Sprint AR #4 - Houston Urban (7/12/08)
Outcast (Chad G., Angela P.) - 2nd Coed
Go Outside (Tracy J., Troy F.) - 6th Coed
Mmm Team (Becky M., Tim M.) - 7th Coed
Random Chaos (Steve M., Vanessa M.) - 8th Coed
Slice N Dice (Bobby K., Cynthia B.) - 9th Coed
Houston Fit AR Strangers (Dan G., Lisa C.) - 13th Coed
Big Sky (Neil D., Carrie P.) - 15th Coed
The Undertakers (Jenny G., David F.) - 24th Coed
HoustonFitAR.com (Chad H., Ben S.) - 3rd Male
Last Virgins in Houston (Ash E., Tara K.) - 1st Female and Overall
ER Phobic (Helena F., Lisa W.) - 2nd Female
Some Like I Hot (Patricia B., Andrea S.) - 6th Female
MANA (Natalia A., MiAlicia A.) - 10th Female
SOS (Lan P., Eddy D.) - 7th Coed Masters

Terra Firma Sprint AR #5 - Glen Rose (7/26/08)
Out of Excuses (Alan H., Andrea S.) - 5th Coed
Rock - Paper - Scissors (Scott S., Stacie G.) - 9th Coed
Don't pop the bubble! (Steve M., Scottie T.) - 13th Coed
Blue Steel (Vanessa R., Robert S.) - 15th Coed
Mmm Team (Becky M., Tim M.) - 25th Coed
HFAR-DTMV (Lindsey S., Keith H.) - 6th Male
Team Deckux (Neil D., Chris D.) - 24th Male
Some Like It Hot (Patricia B., Andrea S.) - 7th Female
Double Shot (Lisa C., Ralinda W.) - 11th Female

(clockwise from top left): Team Last Virgins in Houston (Ash E. and Tara K.) make AR history by being the first female team to ever take first overall in a Terra Firma Sprint Series race. | Patricia B. at the Summer Season Mock Race in Jack Brooks. | Team Blue Steel (Vanessa R. and Robert S.) at Terra Firma's Glen Rose Sprint. | Team Rock - Paper - Scissors (Scott S. and Stacie G.) take 9th place coed at Terra Firma's Glen Rose Sprint.

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