{"id":11463,"date":"2017-08-11T22:28:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T03:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=11463"},"modified":"2017-08-11T22:32:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T03:32:55","slug":"eight-miles-on-turkey-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=11463","title":{"rendered":"Eight Miles on Turkey Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"20170809-183948-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/35675730673\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4372\/35675730673_e996d888a6_z.jpg\" alt=\"20170809-183948-14\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the daylight savings time part of the year I run on Turkey Mountain at least once a week. I hadn&#8217;t been on the mountain for two weeks for various reasons so Wednesday night I was ready. I was very fortunate the weather was cool, in the high 80;s and it felt great. I wanted to do seven miles.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20170809-185824-19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/35683796153\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4351\/35683796153_2d8fa29308_z.jpg\" alt=\"20170809-185824-19\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There is a powerline right of way that runs north\/south the length of the park and the trail is called powerline also. I used to hate it because I loved the feeling of getting lost in the trees on the other trails but I have come to love powerline. It is up and down and very challenging.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20170809-193603-23\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/36492258395\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4342\/36492258395_a9458645c9_z.jpg\" alt=\"20170809-193603-23\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At a crossroads on the northwest side of the mountain is this dryer. It has been there a long time. There is an unofficial trail on the northwest side called the &#8220;Pink Trail&#8221; it is so convoluted that I have never been to follow it. I am wondering how this appliance ended up here. It is a long ways from the nearest road.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20170809-200911-26\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/36492327745\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4339\/36492327745_b8e874ace5_z.jpg\" alt=\"20170809-200911-26\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Turkey Mountain is roughly two miles long and a mile wide so if you want to do a lot of miles and not loop on yourself constantly you have to plan your route. I did a three miles loop on the east side of the park and about a two mile loop on the west side and then hopped over to east side again to get on another trail. I dropped down to yet another trail via this narrow, steep drop between the rocks. The thing is when I first started exploring Turkey Mountain years ago I tried all the trails and then as time went by I narrowed down to a lot smaller set. It is kind of fun to go rediscover old trails. Also you don&#8217;t have crazy bicyclists running you down on trails like this.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20170809-201355-27\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/36492416135\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4420\/36492416135_7578e2b95d_z.jpg\" alt=\"20170809-201355-27\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There is something about a trail in the woods that I cannot resist.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tulsa Running\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.garmin.com\/modern\/activity\/embed\/1906728598\" width=\"465\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So I was looking for seven but got eight due to some miscalculation and finished right at dark. Suited me fine. I am looking forward to my 23rd Tulsa Run 15K in October and i would like to run another half marathon in November. So I need to start ramping up my miles. It is not all training though. My running is a form of meditation for me. I get totally lost and live only in the present. In the woods the only thing I worry about is falling on my face and snakes.<\/p>\n<p>What do you do to get away from it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the daylight savings time part of the year I run on Turkey Mountain at least once a week. I hadn&#8217;t been on the mountain for two weeks for various reasons so Wednesday night I was ready. I was very fortunate the weather was cool, in the high 80;s and it felt great. 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