Had an excellent run Saturday morning with Steve Frederick. We ran the 15 mile Rick Gastelum Trail (Zilker to HOL) out and back in 3:13.
My original plan was to get it in around 3:30-3:40 but once Steve accepted my invitation to run I knew it would be faster. It worked out good.
It was a long freakin day though. Had my alarm set for 5am. Got up at 4am. Met Steve at the pool parking lot at 6am. Ran. Soaked in the pool spilloff for a little while. Went straight home and started getting ready to leave for Gruene. Got to Gruene around 2pm. Started drinking soon there after. Did a 2hr float. Saved Ray Cotton from drowning. Ate potluck. Continued drinking until bedtime at 11:30pm.
Did it all over again Saturday!! Life is really good!!!
July.......67
That was a great weekend and good job on helping the "old" guy ;)
ReplyDeleteAny time I run between Sculpture and the Mopac overpass, I am consistently overwhelmed with images of Rick. Why on that section of trail? It was along there somewhere when I joined Joe for some of his birthday miles one morning that I met Rick for the first time. It's difficult to admit, but I still struggle with what happened 3 years ago in July. Maybe, because I was out there that night and witnessed how the creek had morphed into a raging torrent within a very short period of time. Regardless, all my images of Rick are of him smiling.
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