On Sunday, son Logan and I went for a walk on Tulsa’s Turkey Mountain. I had run a race the day before so I just wanted so get out and stretch my legs a little bit. Something called a “recovery walk” or a “recovery run” except I was not running.
Turkey Mountain has a few double track miles of trails but most of it is single track. Once we got a quarter mile away from the parking lot, we had the place to ourselves.
The air was just barely warm, and dry, and the skies were deep blue.
The just barely changed leaves were almost fluorescent with the sun shining through them.
The grasses are just now turning color.
Here is a track of our journey. We stayed on the “Snake Trail” not because of snakes but because the trail folds back on itself.
I’m running a 25K race this coming weekend on Turkey Mountain, the TurkeynTaturs 25K. We’ll be running the Snake Trail and just about all the other trails on Turkey Mountain as well. I’lve pretty much run them all. I plan on taking my time and trotting the non-rocky flats and downhill segments and walking through the rocks and uphills.
This is a cumulative “heat map” showing all the trails I had run as of several months ago. As you can see I run a lot on Turkey Mountain. I love it and the race Saturday will be a tour of all of it.
Wish me luck!! It will be the longest race that I have run since 1997 when I ran the Madison Marathon in Wisconsin.
I’m linking with Skywatch Friday
my kind of walk. i just hope no snakes in there haha.
Beautiful place to walk. The sunlight looks so pretty filtering through the trees. Good luck on your run!
Sounds like you will be spending a lot of time doing the “Turkey Trot”. Best of luck and stay injury free. Looking forward to event photos next week.
A lovely area for a hike! And Logan is quite the lovely young man these days!
A lovely place to walk as long as there is no snake around. So nice to have your son accompany you on your walk. Happy weekend!
a great day for a hike. 🙂
good luck!
The October sun angle is beautiful; on certain days I find it almost like an all day golden hour. Enjoyed your urban wilderness photos.
Some great photos, and a sincere good luck wish for your 25 K. That’s a long way, but I know you will go great!
A healthy walk
May the Force be with you!
Lovely place your turkey mountain
A lovely walk, lovely to build these lovely memories on a father/son walk. Very special! Photos were great, narrative always nice to read and I enjoyed the maps. All the best for your race this weekend.
I like that Logan went with you on the recovery walk. Good luck on this big race.
Alan,
I prefer walking to running any day. Turkey Mountain looks like a lovely spot to do a recovery walk. I know whenever I exercise really hard I know I need to keep going to work out the stiffness or else everything tightens so much I can’t move. It looks like this was a purrfect day for a walk, too. All the best to you in your upcoming race! Have a good week. 🙂
All the very best, Alan. You surely run a lot and I bet you’ll nail it! I just join 5K and I was terrible hehehe. But I enjoy running and jogging with friends. it’s not only about the timing but the fun and joy of it! thats why we joined the 5 K and volunteered for NYC Marathon yesterday. Cheers from NYC.