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The Trailway Trail Race (SEP 2023)

By Terry Joy October 5, 2023Blog, Race Report, Trail Running1 Comment

Moonset/Sunrise at Lake Somerville State Park Event: Trailway Trail Run Half-MarathonDistance: 13.1MDate: 2023-09-30, Sat, 7:30aLocation: Somerville, TXEvent Host: Tejas Trails What a great day--weekend--this turned out to be! The weather…

20231001 – 102% Compliant! (W4D7-50K)

By Terry Joy October 1, 2023Trail Running, Training

I finally completed all the training runs in my plan for a given week. I'm making a note and hoping I can repeat it week 5 as well. Not to…

20230924 – Week 3 Summary (W3D7-50K)

By Terry Joy September 24, 2023Trail Running, Training

This week was definitely better than the previous. I was only short 5.3 miles of the 26 on the plan for the week. The highlight of the week was getting…

20230917 – Week End (W2D7-50K)

By Terry Joy September 18, 2023Trail Running, Training

Navasota River, CR 402near Baines Creek Trailhead CR 402, back along the one-lane bridge crossing the Navasota River Navasota River, CR 402southeast view from bridge I spent most of the…

20230910 – Long Run (W1D7-50K)

By Terry Joy September 11, 2023Trail Running, Training

Steiner Ranch TrailsMoonset over Steiner Ranch (above)Running water and a pool alongside the trail (left) It's the first full week of my 50K training plan and the long run for…

Now, About That 50K

By Terry Joy April 19, 2023Aging, Blog, Fitness, Mental Health, Trail Running

60th year? Why not run my very first ultra-marathon? Well, I’ll tell you why-- If you don’t do the training, you’re not doing the distance. If you’re working on a…

XTERRA Cameron Park (June 2022)

By Terry Joy April 12, 2023Blog, Fitness, Race Report, Trail Running

Note: I wrote this post during the fall last year and never published it. As I'm hoping to do this event again in 2023, I thought it would be fun…

What We/I Do

By Terry Joy August 2, 2022Aging, Anxiety, Blog, Depression, Fitness, Trail Running, Weight

On my way to 60, a crazy little thing happened. I kinda, sorta, accidentally, but on purpose registered for an ultra-marathon. ... It’s a long story. Hi, I’m Terry—short for…