Throw on your swim suits and hit the lakes. The Tex Robertson Highland Lakes Challenge is five swims, in five lakes, in five days. Swimmers will take a dip in Lake Buchanan on day one, then Inks Lake, Lake LBJ, Lake Marble Falls and Lake Travis. It all starts October 21.
Another race becoming more popular each year is the 2009 Livestrong Challenge which is on October 24 and 25 this year.
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There are only about 400 slots left. You can walk or run a Five-k in Austin or bike for 10, 20, 40, 65 or 90 miles. The bike race starts and ends in Dripping Springs.
This is the Lance Armstrong Foundation's signature fundraising event. Money raised benefits the fight against cancer.
