{"id":14106,"date":"2022-08-09T16:48:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T21:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14106"},"modified":"2022-08-10T09:25:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T14:25:49","slug":"2022-tess-5k-trail-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14106","title":{"rendered":"2022 Tess 5K Trail Run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nCKa5v\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52267998881_58e27c78a7.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Saturday I got up bright and early and headed out to Turkey Mountain to run the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/Race\/OK\/Tulsa\/TessTrailRun\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/Race\/OK\/Tulsa\/TessTrailRun\" target=\"_blank\">Tess 5K Trail Run<\/a> sponsored by the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegriefcenter.org\/services\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thegriefcenter.org\/services\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tristesse Grief Center<\/a> here in Tulsa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\">\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\"  src=\"https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/photos\/52267044362\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to go ahead and do a video of the start. After I was done videoing I had to loop around the timer&#8217;s truck and across the starting line myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nCMr6h\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52268442974_7f992cde47_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF0321\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A treat for me on this race is that most of it was done on the brand new sustainable trails constructed in the last year. Especially nice was the new trail from the lower parking lot up to the upper level of Turkey Mountain. Those old trails have gotten worse and worse over the years. It got so bad that I hadn&#8217;t used them in a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nCL4q7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52268174946_179d1ac132_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF0322\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new trails are like a super highway through the woods. Another benefit is the chances of getting ticks and chiggers from the grass is way less. Also it is easier to pass other people and there is lots of room for both bicyclists and hikers\/runners on the trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nCNxRA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52268660840_f476262ffb_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF0323\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pretty soon I had passed a small bunch of people and was way behind the pack. That&#8217;s alright, I was looking for a great hike through the woods. My running days are over. I do admit though on the smooth slightly downhill stretches I did trot a bit. Probably not over three or four hundred yards  total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nCMr2E\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52268442764_181f5f9538_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF0324\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And here we split off from the superhighway headed to the left and headed right to one of the legacy trails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nCNxPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52268660730_0f253f4bca_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF0325\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And up the rock garden after we turned south. I got an impromptu invite to a private geological tour of Turkey Mountain last week. I learned that the trail above is caused by alternating layers of shale and sandstone. As the shale layers dissolve and wash away the brittle sandstone breaks  and falls down forming a kind of steps. Yep, the steps are ankle breakers!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nCL4mQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52268174756_e0f7ebb85f_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF0326\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also learned the top of Turkey Mountain is 300 million years old and has been submerged and re-emerged under a huge inland sea five times by a combination of tectonic and weathering forces. The guy showed us rocks that used to be sand on a beach and lots of little fossilized shellfish embedded in the rocks. It was amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nCL8Km\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52268189518_47b903cd75_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF0327\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Enough geology for now. We made the loop and headed down the superhighway to the finish. All I can say is that I finished vertically. I didn&#8217;t place in my age group. Last year I finished first in my age group. Oh well I finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a great race, it was easy to register and they had lots of volunteers helping out. Timing was by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tatur.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/tatur.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tatur<\/strong>,<\/a> the best in the business in my opinion. They had lots of snacks and water for the participants and I think everybody left happy I know I did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nCLpSe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52268243741_ba3cfb8e12_c.jpg\" alt=\"New Belgium Trippel\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They didn&#8217;t have beer this year so I had one at home later on. In fact I might have had more than one, I&#8217;m not sure. They had tshirts but they are mailing me mine as I registered a little too late to actually get a tshirt at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nDpLN2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52275533285_56c706334b_z.jpg\" alt=\"Tess 5K Trail Run\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll be back next year, <a href=\"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=13445\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=13445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> is my post from the 2021 Tess Trail Run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.garmin.com\/modern\/activity\/embed\/9351105714\" title=\"Tess 5K Trail Run\" width=\"465\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>A big thank to the Tristesse Grief Center, their staff and volunteers who helped, Tatur Racing, and my fellow racers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am linking to <a href=\"https:\/\/myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>My Corner of the World<\/strong><\/a>. 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