Twisted Ankle Trail Half-Marathon

Joey has decided he would like to run a 50k this year and as his first training race, he decided to tackle a trail race held near Rome, Georgia in Sloppy Floyd State Park. The starting line was next to the big lake in the middle of the park.

It was a race called the Twisted Ankle Trail half marathon. It was a 13.1 mile course which ran up a ridiculously steep mountain and went out and back along the ridge line before coming back down the mountain to the finish.

We don't have any pictures of the hill or much of the course, but let me just say, the climb up the mountain, which began around the 2nd mile marker, was a mile long and had over an 800 foot elevation gain. It was brutal!!

Joey took a wrong turn, along with several other people, on a poorly marked portion of the trail on the way down the mountain which killed his time, but otherwise he enjoyed his scenic stroll through the woods and will probably go back next year!! Maybe Kim will join him on the run next time!

Kim stayed in the park with Anna during the race and they actually held a kids run around the lake while the runners were out on the course. It was at least a mile and Anna made it the whole way on her own and ran most of it too! She's only 2! Way to go Anna!!