Cross Timbers Trail Runs: Training Plan – Week 1




The Lost Loop Trail Run, held each October, offers the opportunity to test your strength and endurance on the challenging terrain of the Cross Timbers Trail. Races include a 12K, a half-marathon, and a full marathon. Whether you are a total couch potato or an avid runner, if you have the desire, a little determination, and a good plan, you can cross the finish line with a smile.

One plan for each of the three races is pictured. This will be the first in a 14-week training program.

  • 12K Plan is for basically healthy people able to run 3 miles a few times each week.
  • Half Marathon Plan is for the novice runner. You should be able to walk for 30 minutes 3 times a week.
  • Full Marathon Plan is for regular runners who put more than 40 miles a week on their feet and want to run 26.2 miles in 3.5 hours.

The plans will include a 5K check-in race half-way through training. The United Way of Grayson County holds their annual Hustle for Health 5K the second week in August in Sherman, TX. You can walk all or part of this race.

Before beginning this, or any training program, get the ok from your doctor. Listen to your body and adjust the training schedule if you need to.

Invest in good running shoes. You will be less likely to quit because of discomfort, the risk of injury goes down, and you will guilt yourself into running to justify the cost of the shoes.




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GOOD. Water normal stain; 58 degrees; 1.53 feet below pool. Striped bass fishing is great drifting live shad around the islands or past the bridges near the rivers. Rain should finish off the spawn and look for bait on the banks with feeding fish near them. Top waters are working on sandy flats in 2-8 feet of water. Smallmouth bass are good on live shad along the bluffs on the banks in 2-4 feet of water. Also fair on spooks early and look for largemouth off the banks in 6-12 feet of water on main lake points near rocks. Catfish are fair on cut shad along the rocks in 30-45 feet of water. Drifting cut rough fish or gizzard shad in 5-10 feet of water near the river could produce a big fish after a rain with an inflow of dirty water. Crappie are good on brush piles in 12-18 feet of water on jigs using electronics to locate active fish working in and out of the brush. Look for spawners shallow with warmer temperatures in the forecast. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Threadfin shad are spawning along the banks. Hybrid stripers are good on topwaters in the morning along rocky banks. Some days the egrets are working leading the way to fish. Some schooling activity under gulls. After the morning bite ends switch to swimbaits and Alabama rigs in 10-25 feet of water on the edges and dropoffs. This pattern should hold for the next 4-6 weeks while shad spawn near docks and banks. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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