It was a crisp morning as we drove west on interstate 20 into the dense cypress filled swamps of northern Louisiana this last Saturday, the purpose of our trip was a little walk in the woods, or should I say a run.
Last week Lesley emailed me at work about a trail run taking place at Lake Bistenaue state park in Louisiana on the the 9th and wanted to know if we should run. We talked about it and decided it wold be a splendidly spontaneous outing. A co-worker of Lesley's, Michelle, came along as well and we met Tucker in Ruston the night before the race. Well, this takes us back to the first sentence and we are on the way to the race. We get there and it's kinda' cold out which only helps motivate us, I think, to "warm up".
The race was a "chip race" were all of the racers wear a small Velcro band with a computer chip in it to accurately time them. We lined up and people started running. As this was a trail run we didn't run on the pavement, nice, and we did run on a narrow sparsely marked rout through the woods. It was a 5k, and after the few minuets it takes to complete that distance, though it feels longer than it is, we all showed up back where we started.
We were greeted with hamburgers and beer and it was only 9:00 in the morning. We didn't stick around very long afterwards because we wanted to explore the park and this part of rural Louisiana. It wasn't until later in the day that we discovered that I had taken 2nd place overall in the mens division. It was my first placement and I guess I should of known when I crossed the finish line and there was no body around. But we all had a blast and did great as you can tell from the post race group shot.
It was a crisp morning as we drove west on interstate 20 into the dense cypress filled swamps of northern Louisiana this last Saturday, the purpose of our trip was a little walk in the woods, or should I say a run. 
Last week Lesley emailed me at work about a trail run taking place at Lake Bistenaue state park in Louisiana on the the 9th and wanted to know if we should run. We talked about it and decided it wold be a splendidly spontaneous outing. A co-worker of Lesley's, Michelle, came along as well and we met Tucker in Ruston the night before the race. Well, this takes us back to the first sentence and we are on the way to the race. We get there and it's kinda' cold out which only helps motivate us, I think, to "warm up". 
The race was a "chip race" were all of the racers wear a small Velcro band with a computer chip in it to accurately time them. We lined up and people started running. As this was a trail run we didn't run on the pavement, nice, and we did run on a narrow sparsely marked rout through the woods. It was a 5k, and after the few minuets it takes to complete that distance, though it feels longer than it is, we all showed up back where we started. 
We were greeted with hamburgers and beer and it was only 9:00 in the morning. We didn't stick around very long afterwards because we wanted to explore the park and this part of rural Louisiana. It wasn't until later in the day that we discovered that I had taken 2nd place overall in the mens division. It was my first placement and I guess I should of known when I crossed the finish line and there was no body around. But we all had a blast and did great as you can tell from the post race group shot.
