I needed to get in some good miles today and had planned on running at Barton Creek. The more I thought about all I could do was picture seeing a bunch of other people on the trail so I changed things up and ran at Bull Creek. We are so fortunate to have such a wide variety of trails that are so close to home (Bull Creek is easily half the distance from our house as Barton Creek).
A long time ago I joined Henry and some others on a run that included most of the trails in Bull Creek but I don't believe I ever tied them all together in the same day. I've always heard the mileage is around 14 and sure enough it was 14.2. I planted 2 coolers, 1 near the creek and road at St Ed's and one up the trail a bit from the trailhead at the gravel parking lot and I started at the Dog Park. As it turns out, the cooler near the trailhead was overkill but better safe than sorry. I thought I might do the 4 mile flat section again but decided against it when I got to the car. Next time the cooler at St Ed's and a cooler in my car will do just fine. I just realized that a cooler at my turnaround point would be perfect. It's 7.5 miles and hardly anyone ventures down that far so I wouldn't have to worry about my cooler at all!!
I didn't see another human being for the first 90 minutes. It was solitude I was seeking and I found it!!
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