Kwahaten Valentine's Teazer

The course for the Valentine's Teazer has been chosen.  Check out the Big D Sports Park along the Ogden River Parkway.  This will be a challenging and fun course!

The Kwahaten Mission

The Kwahaten Mission endeavors to be the most innovative and unique racing series for serious runners.  Achieving innovation by re-creating traditional racing concepts and re-inventing course design to challenge each physique, mentality, and spirit to the fullest; providing a unique and memorable experience to each participant, spectator, and member of the Kwahaten family.

Kwahaten

"Kwhaten", a foreign word to most of us, yet to many Native Americans this word conjures images of a graceful and powerful animal unique to North America.  The Prairie Ghost, Antelope, Desert Goat, Antilocapra americana or American Pronghorn are names mostly familiar to many Americans, especially in the West.  This graceful animal is entirely unique to our planet, the only surviving species of an ancient family dating back millions of years.  Though its scientific name Antilocapra americana means American antelope goat, it is neither antelope nor goat, but a deer-like animal that grows and sheds forked horns.
As the fastest land-animal in the Western Hemisphere, the Pronghorn is built for speed; over-sized windpipe, lungs and a large heart deliver great quantities of oxygenated blood to powerful muscles that propel this animal forward reaching speeds in excess of 60 miles per hour.  Unlike the cheetah, which can only produce short bursts of acceleration, Pronghorn can maintain speeds in excess of 40 mph over great distances.  For millennia the Pronghorn's body has evolved specifically to outrun predators, however, some will argue that Pronghorn will routinely run for enjoyment.

The Speed, Agility, Grace, and Endurance of  the Pronghorn Antelope, of which I will refer to as Kwahaten from this point forward, represents the epitome of athletic performance, strength, spirit, and prowess.  It is therefore at this time I introduce to the running community: Kwahaten !

http://www.hoothollow.com/Yellowstone%202004%20Trip%20Report.html
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/antelope.html
http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/may/papr/pronghorn.html