Saturday morning I had planned on 5 or 6 miles to precede the Houston Half Relay that I had on tap for Sunday - good old two-day-in-a-row training. In my race packet from the 10 for Texas, I noticed a flier for the Lemm Harvest Trail 5K, which starts off about a mile from my house. So, perfect. I ran to the start, signed up, ran the packet over to my parents' house (closer to race start than my house), ran back to the start and sat on a curb reading my Kindle app until the start.
Ran 5K through the park. It was chip timed, but I can't find the results online, and since I sandwiched this run I have no idea my 5K time. The park is really a lovely one, 3 lakes, crushed granite trails, etc. And the run was really nice. I was #116, and they were going in order, on a race day sign-up, so really tiny, but that gave the whole thing a really nice grassroots feel. There were tons of waterstops with little Boy Scouts manning the stations. Tons of families and kids running. It was totally relaxed and just... nice.
I wasn't sure how they'd mark the trails off in the park, and I was worried it'd get confusing, because I use that park and the map looked confusing to me, but they were *really* smart. They used those strings of flags all over the place and it was honestly totally clear and understandable where you were supposed to be going. I was really impressed.
Before I knew it, I was done. I grabbed a bottle of water and ran home. 5.5 miles in 55 minutes, total.
Because the next stop that day would be....
Ren Fest!
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