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2019 Shannon Trail Series #2 review/finale preview

We had a successful (If I do say so myself) Trail Series Race #2 this weekend in the San Angelo State Park.  We had 132 runners between the 5k and 12k series and the weather was absolutely perfect for trail running.  Granted, for those of us not running, we had to huddle around the propane heaters and bundle up.  We went out a few weeks on our normal SARL Tuesday night run to start marking the course.  We quickly realized that this year's course would have to be different than last year's. Kent threw a rock in, water was ankle deep (All photos are from Jammie Preiser unless otherwise noted)  So, we had to start looking for a new route. ...now what? maybe over there? I guess this year we'd have to be a bit creative with the course. we ended up not even going this way As race day got closer, we tried a few different times to mark/measure the course.  Once, we were thwarted by strong winds.  Kent and Ross ended up marking most of the course during the d