Everything You Need to Know About the XTERRA Ruidoso Course
After racing there in 2025, former pro Tim "T.O." O'Donnell gives an insider’s look at the New Mexico course that will serve as the XTERRA World Championship for the next three years.
Bethany Mavis is a San Diego County-based freelance writer and editor, and the former managing editor of Triathlete and Women’s Running magazines. In the midst of her schedule as a mom of three, wife, half-marathoner and adjunct professor, she loves spending any snippets of free time outside with her family.
After racing there in 2025, former pro Tim "T.O." O'Donnell gives an insider’s look at the New Mexico course that will serve as the XTERRA World Championship for the next three years.
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