If you want to do something in your life you've never done, you'll have to do what you've never done.

About Me

I am a wife and mother of three. I started running in December 2009 after watching the Biggest Loser finalists run a marathon. I joined GoRun, a running group in Lake Charles, LA, to train for a marathon. In January 2011, I ran the Chevron Houston marathon, my very first marathon. Since then, I have run several marathons and numerous half marathons. In February 2011, I ran the Rouge-Orleans as a member of a six-person team. As we would meet the solo runners, members of my team would comment how crazy the solo runners were. However, in my mind I kept thinking that I could do that with the right training. After talking with my running coach, we set up a plan so that I would run the Rouge-Orleans solo in 2015. In the meantime, I would like to do endurance races. After much research, I determined to do the Mississippi 50-miler as my official first ultra race. (In 2013 I'm doing Rouge-Orleans as a three-person team.) Thus starts my journey....

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Sam Houston Jones State Park

The MS50 is a trail run.  All of the experts advise to try to run as much as possible on the same terrain as your race.  So, my co-runner, Linda Canning, who is experienced at running the trails at Sam Houston Jones State Park, was gracious enough to go with me on my very first trail run.  Can I just say that my first trail run was absolutely wonderful!!  I usually run with music, but no need on this trail run.  The woods were music.  I could hear the rustling of leaves and the squirrels running up and down.  The good Lord spared me the snakes.  Before I knew it, the run was over.  I have fallen in love with trail running.  The only sad part is that I won't get to run them as much as I would like.  It is about a 35 to 40 minute drive from my house to the park and we are losing daylight.  I am so glad that I discovered the joy of running trails!
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