Thomas Gouard
With all of the tension right now in my city, the only place I felt comfortable running at was Fullerton Woods – Des Plaines River Trail.
Many people within our communities have been on the edge due to so many looters breaking into their businesses which has led to innocent people even being attacked.
I’m not sure where most of my upcoming workouts will be, but rest assure I would be doing some revisions to my run & bike routes and choice of trails in order to possibly avoid encountering ignorant individuals.
One of the odd things I noticed right off the bat today was that the parking lot at Sunset Bridge Meadows trailhead was empty! It gave me an un-kosher feeling during my whole entire visit to Des Plaines River Trail. I took note of every suspicious looking thing in the area which thankfully was not a problem.
Des Plaines River
One of my key landmarks on the trail
The underpass has been closed off for a while now.
Des Plaines River
I navigated around a lot of fallen trees which at to the adventure of trail running.
For the first time, I encountered a deer on this trail; I will make sure to have some food with me to leave during my next visit.
I kept this run short due to humidity, but I really wanted to go at least 4 miles. When I visit Des Plaines River Trail, the goal is never to do nothing shorter than 2 miles.
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most of my walking meetups are 2 to 5 miles, but sometime up to 8 miles.
Not bad. I would like to get more walks in outside of running and biking.
they are all slow. i am always walking ahead, especially if i know the area. friday evening, i arrived at the parking lot and drove home. i didnt feel like waiting for slow people.
I understand that; especially while walking.
i just need to remember to carry water with me at all times because i dehydrate easily…
And that weather out there is crazy too I bet. I am dying even when it hits 80 here. I am so happy our curfew has been lifted because I can make that late night trip for ice cream or early morning run before 6 AM. I can beat the heat, too
the weather is spring weather here, sunny and breezy, not hot and humid yet. probably next month. most stores dont stay up that late here, maybe around 8 or 9 pm, the most. but some are closing earlier because of the lockdown, around 5 or 6 pm.
Lovely and peaceful view of the area
…….Thank you Gloridaze