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Lauren Gammage
In 2014, I matched with a guy on a dating app. Normally I was hesitant to meet up with anyone, but Sam suggested we run The Lake. I figured if I didn’t like him I could at least outrun him (and get a good run in). Instead, it turned out to be love at first […]
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Lula
10 Things I Love About the Trail (from a dog’s POV) One on one time with my mom. All the places I can get into the water (when algae-free, of course). Meeting other dogs on our walks. The dog park where I can run free and play with friends. The many water stops available just […]
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Ryan J. Rigo
Hello, My name is Ryan Rigo. Very few places have changed my life as much as this trail has. I’m from Chicago, a city I love, but a city that is very tough to live in health wise. This trail has given me countless hours of sunlight, meditation, and exercise. I find my most peaceful […]
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Julie Costello
It was a Wednesday morning around 6am. My boyfriend started joining me and my running buddies as the token male in the group for regular runs around Lady Bird Lake. It was Town Lake at the time. Our weekday runs were typically only a few folks, those who didn’t have early meetings for work and […]
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Lacey Cones
To The Trail At a young age, my Nana and me, “I’m taking you to a fun place!” She said, and I wondered, “what could it be?” We pulled up to town lake, a new adventure for sure. Once we started walking I thought, “hey, this place is pretty cool!” Once we got to the […]
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Rich Jones
My first run on the trail was June 22, 2013. Not only had I just moved to Austin from Pennsylvania but I had also just signed up to run my first marathon, the Dallas marathon, in December of 2013 (which ended up getting cancelled 2 days prior to the race due to an ice storm). […]
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Tina Fisher
My daughter, Julie, and I are avid and frequent users of The Trail and love it! For years when we go on hikes, we pack our traditional peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Julie surprised me and got me a commemorative brick on The Trail that says “We go together like PBJ” Love You Mom Xoxo […]
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Alina Gorniak
The Butler Trail is special to our family because it’s our five-year-old son, Simon’s, happy place. We live across the street from trail access and have been strolling the trail together almost daily ever since he was born. Simon likes observing people running, biking, and walking their dogs as well as spotting the decorative belts […]
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Going the Distance
Just over 15 years ago, I was in Australia for work and had a little downtime so I went and saw the movie “Supersize Me,” about the guy that ate McDonalds for a month straight. All the Australians were laughing and whispering a lot of comments along the lines of, “Typical out of shape obese […]
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Renee Butler
As former mayor of Austin, Roy A. Butler, used to say; “Things don’t just happen.” Grant Butler, his grandson, took that advice to heart when he decided to plant a large grove of 52 trees at the corner of Congress and 1st St. He did this in 2010 at the age of 15 years old. […]
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