Well, the 2018 Shannon Trail Series is in the books and I'd say it was succesful. I mean, I'm biased and all, but it was a bigger turnout than I'd expected. The races averaged 40 more runners than last year. I'm not exactly sure why there were more people this year, but I'll take it. I posted a recap/preview blog a couple weeks ago and the response has blown me away. It's at 700+ views. My second most widely read post doesn't even have half that amount. There ended up being some problems come award presentation time, but I'll get into that later. We had a bit of adversity to deal with from the get. It was raining, so James wasn't willing to set up his expensive sound system. Can't say that I blame him. After meeting him at HEB and the Preisers at Chick Fil A, we got to the park a little after 6 am. As we were driving to the trailhead, we saw a couple bunnies, deer, and Ross hurrying somewhere while towing the SARL trailer. Not a goo