BCRR TRAIL RUNNING
BCRR ON THE LONE
STAR TRAIL
LST Runs Come Back -
May 3, 2008!!
WHAT:
We’ll be running the 4 Notch Loop section of the
Lone Star Trail. This loop is ~9.7 miles,
so you can run it once, twice, once and a half…whatever your
fancy. Please remember to bring enough water / Gatorade /
food to last for 9.7 miles since there will be no aid
stations. Also bring a copy of the map (see link below) so
you don’t get lost on the trail, as well as bug spray if you taste
yummy.
WHERE: 4 Notch Loop of the
LST, near New Waverly north of
Houston.
WHEN: Saturday, May 3,
2008.
TIME: Start at
7:00.
DIRECTIONS: L.S.H.T. PARKING
LOT # 8 - FOUR NOTCH (FS 213, 0.2 miles north of Four Notch
Rd). From Houston go north on I-45 to FM 1375 (New Waverly
exit). Go right/East on 1375; turn left/North on US 75; turn
right/Northeast on FM 2296 for 4.2 mi; turn right/East for 2.4 mi.
on Four Notch Road, turn left/North on FS 213 for 0.2 mi;
trailhead and hunters camp is on the left.
MORE
INFORMATION: Contact Michelle (michelle.wolpert@constellation.com)
or Mariela (mari123@hotmail.com)
MAP:
http://www.lshtclub.com/4notch.pdf
maps:
Maps of the Lone Star Trail are at www.lshtclub.com
BCRRers Hank
Kastner, Michelle Wolpert and
Scott Bounds teamed up with
Hasher Doug Aitken to run the
Lone Star Trail with several
other intrepid runners. The first
LST run was Mother's Day 2006,
remember:
"I
don't care what they say, I had
a great time. This was my
mother's day present to myself,
and I certainly got my money's
worth. I go to run through
fire, ride in a Porsche, then in
the back of a pickup truck, and
then once I got home and cleaned
up, my family was willing to
take me out to dinner."
"A
great inaugural first leg for the
LST! We'll see how many
people show up later: I
really enjoyed the fire
sections... how often do we get
to do that, huh????"
"Awesome
fun today! A number of us
decided that the second aid
station was an excellent point
to retire from the run."
"Thanks...
After stern words and clear
directions at the start... I was
always on a marked trail, and
like Daniel Boone, was never
lost. And naturally I
missed all of the supply drops,
so I ran all those miles without
so much as a sip of water.
But that's OK because the biting
flies (as big as
pigeons-really!) kept me moving,
and I reached the finish a tidy
half hour before the torrential
rain, lightning and hail.
And then there was the
"minor" forest
fire. I've run several
hashes, but never once was the
shiggy on fire. That Hank,
how does he do it? I can't
wait for the next one."
"It
all started so eerily. We
ran through a controlled burn
section that resembled a
National Geographic "walk
through fire"
special. Remember the ones
where the vulcanologist in his
heat suit steps in the
volcano. It was like have
open-pit barbeques along the
trail. With smoke
included. Just like hell.
I started singing, whistling,
cussing and screaming to
silence. When you're on
trail to nowhere you get plenty
of silence. I scratched my
legs badly through the
underbrush, and fought through
lots of spider webs, eek.
After 5 hours I popped out of
the woods unto the highway and
soon after (the BCRRers)
snatched me from hell, the
trail. There's more.
Then at the finish what else can
we get but golf-ball size
hail. Hail, fire and
brimstone. Did I mention
that last time we ran the trails
we had floods. What's
next? Locusts? Fortunately there
were no gator sightings at the
crossings."
OTHER NEWS: BCRR
Trail Runner Michelle Wolpert Makes
Texas UltraRunner of the Year
Inside
Texas Running (March 2007, page 14-15)
reports that Michelle Wolpert is
co-winner of the first inaugural TUOTY
award. TUOTY award criteria
includes excellence as displayed by top
finishes in Texas ultras, and durability
as shown through running many ultras in
the state. Michelle had two top-3
finishes in 7 ultra-runner events.
Other LST runners receiving recognition
were Larry Teeter and Kathryn Vidal.
