I have a ton of great pics from the Barkley Book Fair day run, and will post them this evening!!!
As promised, and thanks to the brilliant photography skills of Kathy Hoover and the shameless swiping of some brilliantly written text from the TATUR website, here is the Barkley Book Fair day run report.
19 runners stepped up to the starting line to run a slightly modified course.
Mileages marked on long used maps all these years have been found to be a little long since everyone and their Labrador Retriever wears some sort of a Garmin now. The day loop that I have used for the 1st 2 years was really only about 4 miles long (but still seemed like 6!) So for this year, I added a little of the Red trail. Therefore, I thought the course might be 5 miles, but actually turned out to be only 4.5 (yet seemed like 6.8935 miles long!)
Runners set....GO!
And they were off on their adventure! After the red loop, and the 1st book,
runners got to experience the roots of the Lo-chi trail....all the way to Brian's "I-want-my-Mommy Hill". For beginning trail runners, this was either a treat or their worst nightmare. The good news was that before they met this ruthless climb, the runners got to garner their pages from the 2nd book,
and rehydrate with cold water and Gatorade! Then the CLIMB!
After this viscous ascent, book 3 awaited the weary runners.
Does anyone wonder why I am always curiously absent when most of the day runners finish?
From here on, there were a few little ups and downs, but no major climbs. Book 4 was at the end of the mountain overlooking the river and downtown Tulsa.
And book 5 was on the shale covered trail on top of the ridge.
A few more twists and turns,
ups and downs, and lots of roots and rocks,
and finally the last book was collected.
Candice....you ROCK!
Brian's report:
"The day runners finished up sweaty and a bit muddy. The first group to come through was a foursome of speedsters, Scott Stumph, Katie Stockstill, and Anjeanette Leving.Herbst, Brad
The next group to come through the long awaited finish were the wonderful Drew clan. This group of young but experienced trail runners were Eliza, Eva, Margaret and Jacob Drew. This group has done several trail races including Cross Timbers and Turkey & Taturs. Several of them are planning to go to K.C to do a great race called the Psycho Psummer Trail Race.
Next to come through were Jeff Largent for Holdenville then a great couple named Todd and Christie Bullard. Following the Bullards were a group of five including Barbara and Kim Drew, Kim Jackson, Mark Crew and Polly Choate.
For many this was their first trail race. Candice Brown was one of the trail newbies. Candice was followed by two amazing runners who traveled from Enid OK to run in the Barkley Book Fair. Nikki Watson and Desiree Powell are not new to trail running but deserve the award for "Best Attitude" Both were among the lead packs during the day run and were only about a mile from the finish when they made a wrong turn due to some ribbons being taken off of the trees. They spent over an hour lost in the woods. We sent patrols to look for them, called their cell phones and were really starting to get worried when they one of the searchers, John Childress called to say that he had found them. Minutes later they came through the finish line with smiles on their faces and relief that it was finally over. They were yelling triumphantly that they made it. Not only were they not discouraged, they said that they were definitely going to do the grueling night run also."
I might add, only 5 runners from the day run ran the night run too. Kathy Hoover, Jeff Largent, Desiree Powell, Nikki Watson, and Brad Stumph. You are amazing!
Keep scrolling down. I have added a couple of details to the night run report.
As promised, and thanks to the brilliant photography skills of Kathy Hoover and the shameless swiping of some brilliantly written text from the TATUR website, here is the Barkley Book Fair day run report.
19 runners stepped up to the starting line to run a slightly modified course.
Mileages marked on long used maps all these years have been found to be a little long since everyone and their Labrador Retriever wears some sort of a Garmin now. The day loop that I have used for the 1st 2 years was really only about 4 miles long (but still seemed like 6!) So for this year, I added a little of the Red trail. Therefore, I thought the course might be 5 miles, but actually turned out to be only 4.5 (yet seemed like 6.8935 miles long!)Runners set....GO!
And they were off on their adventure! After the red loop, and the 1st book,
runners got to experience the roots of the Lo-chi trail....all the way to Brian's "I-want-my-Mommy Hill". For beginning trail runners, this was either a treat or their worst nightmare. The good news was that before they met this ruthless climb, the runners got to garner their pages from the 2nd book,
and rehydrate with cold water and Gatorade! Then the CLIMB!
After this viscous ascent, book 3 awaited the weary runners.
Does anyone wonder why I am always curiously absent when most of the day runners finish?From here on, there were a few little ups and downs, but no major climbs. Book 4 was at the end of the mountain overlooking the river and downtown Tulsa.
And book 5 was on the shale covered trail on top of the ridge.
A few more twists and turns,
ups and downs, and lots of roots and rocks,
and finally the last book was collected.
Candice....you ROCK!Brian's report:
"The day runners finished up sweaty and a bit muddy. The first group to come through was a foursome of speedsters, Scott Stumph, Katie Stockstill, and Anjeanette Leving.Herbst, Brad
The next group to come through the long awaited finish were the wonderful Drew clan. This group of young but experienced trail runners were Eliza, Eva, Margaret and Jacob Drew. This group has done several trail races including Cross Timbers and Turkey & Taturs. Several of them are planning to go to K.C to do a great race called the Psycho Psummer Trail Race.
Next to come through were Jeff Largent for Holdenville then a great couple named Todd and Christie Bullard. Following the Bullards were a group of five including Barbara and Kim Drew, Kim Jackson, Mark Crew and Polly Choate.
For many this was their first trail race. Candice Brown was one of the trail newbies. Candice was followed by two amazing runners who traveled from Enid OK to run in the Barkley Book Fair. Nikki Watson and Desiree Powell are not new to trail running but deserve the award for "Best Attitude" Both were among the lead packs during the day run and were only about a mile from the finish when they made a wrong turn due to some ribbons being taken off of the trees. They spent over an hour lost in the woods. We sent patrols to look for them, called their cell phones and were really starting to get worried when they one of the searchers, John Childress called to say that he had found them. Minutes later they came through the finish line with smiles on their faces and relief that it was finally over. They were yelling triumphantly that they made it. Not only were they not discouraged, they said that they were definitely going to do the grueling night run also."
I might add, only 5 runners from the day run ran the night run too. Kathy Hoover, Jeff Largent, Desiree Powell, Nikki Watson, and Brad Stumph. You are amazing!
Keep scrolling down. I have added a couple of details to the night run report.
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