Gordo Running

First off, I had a long post written just needing finishing touches and pics... it got deleted.  HATE when that happens.  I started writing Sunday but, you know, Stranger Things Season 2 and Halloween happened.  I can't be held accountable, can I? So, Saturday I ran two races, a first for me.  I didn't go all out the second race, but it was still a fun and interesting challenge.  The first race that I did was a 10K trail race at the San Angelo State Park.  Welllllll... there's a story about that.  A few weeks back we (The Good, Bad, and Ugly run group) were out there measuring and marking the trail.  Dennis and I took off ahead, followed the pink ribbons, and finished with our watches coming out to exactly 10K.  When Kent came back to the parking lot a few minutes later, we told him.  He looked confused, asking "did you run that one loop?" No, we hadn't.  "Oh!  Well you have to run that loop too!"  Such is trail running i...

What's your favorite course?  The most scenic race I've ever run would have to be the Newport Rhode Races half marathon in 2014. The course took us between early 20th century mansions and the coast and our warm up run looked like this But, I wanted to write about those hometown favorite courses.  If you've got a visitor coming to town, where are you taking them to run? My favorite course in San Antonio also has to do with the time of day I typically ran it.  In  Running the Sun Up  I talked about running on the touristy section of the San Antonio Riverwalk early on a Sunday morning.  The city wasn't quite awake yet and the church bells were going.  Only a couple hours later and that section is hard to walk through, much less runnable. We've been here in San Angelo now for nearly a year and I have explored much of the city on foot.  At least, the parts that seem safe to run through.  There aren't many miles of sidewalk here in town. ...