Favorite spots? Mine is Ft Ben Park. I like to park at the Cherry Tree lot, which is roughly in the middle, and run sort of zigging figure 8's--I can put together quite a bit of trail that way and I'm rarely far from my car. I don't like to plan my distances or times much, so it works out well. I kick myself a little for paying to get in--it seems that many of the runners must just enter on one of the trails. Five bucks to go for a run is pretty obnoxious. I'm always interested in finding more.

I eager to go to more trail running this summer. I plan on going around to some of the state parks I have fond childhood memories of for my long runs on the weekends, and, perhaps doing some camping after I'm done.

The DINO run at Town Run was alot of fun, despite being a little wet and slippery. Making it even better for me was winning a pair of shoes--it was like getting paid to run...so, in a sense, I'm now a professional runner. Or something. The Knobstone Trail Mini put on by the Hoosier Hikers Council was one of the toughest races I've done. I ended finishing in just over 2 hours, but it's awfully hard to figure how that would translate to a road course. I'm looking forward to doing it next year with a little more familiarity with the course.