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Timothy Braun
When the dog could walk, he could run with the best of them. When he was alive, we would get up every Sunday morning, park by the Long Center, jog past the field with the kite festival hustle under the Mopac bridge, pass the boating docks, the gazebo and benches, and up to the foot […]
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Robert Leeper
The day after my mom passed I woke up very early, before dawn. I was sad, but also relived, as she had endured the last couple of years becoming more debilitated from Parkinson’s disease. Still, I was sad. I didn’t want to wake my partner so I made a cup of coffee, and poured it […]
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Maxim Novoselov
I was at a pretty low point in my life a few years back. I felt stuck in a loop of repetitive things and actions that had no meaning to me anymore. This loss of direction in my life, supported by always present, never-ending anxiety about my job, constant feeling of instability/insecurity, and piercing loneliness […]
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Lindsey Black
My father Samuel Patrick Black loved Lady Bird Lake (Town Lake)! It was his happy place for 40 years. He moved to Pecan Grove so he could walk/run before and after a long day at work. I remember as a kid we would race across the bridge near Austin High. He was a runner and […]
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A Special Engagement
My then boyfriend, Rob, and I ran the trail together every week – it was the best place to have big talks and settle disagreements. It’s amazing how much more productive that environment is! Even though Rob was getting over an injury, we’d planned to run the morning of Saturday, May 9, 2011. I’d gotten […]
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Saxophone on The Trail
I’ve been playing my saxophone on the Trail for eight wonderful years, usually on a Sunday afternoon…and always where the Trail goes under the IH-35 bridge! The bridge does all the heavy-lifting….adding a resonance and echo and mystery to it all. The bridge makes me sound better than I really am…someone once said, “How silent the...
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Anonymous
When I moved to Austin in 2006 I was enamored with walking the trail around Town Lake, as it was called then. The running store located right near the trail provided large coolers of water and paper cups for trail users. That was so impressive. I have loved the trail ever since.
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Morning Walks
Walking on the trails around the Lake was a morning ritual for me. Awake at 5am, a cup of coffee, and a quick drive down So. First, into free parking at the bridge, I walked about 30 minutes and turned around. The highlight of the walk was watching the sun rise over Austin. From the […]
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Les Gage
I had just gotten off the City Council and I got a phone call from Mayor Roy Butler…and he says Mrs. Johnson wants to build a trail around Town Lake and she wants you to head up the Committee to raise the money and build it….and I said “what”….OK…I will do it for Mrs.J. so […]
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Mary Garwood Yancy
Some years ago now, but still flashbulb vivid in my mind, I’d just turned my car into the lot off Stratford Drive under the Mopac bridge, preparing to run the Trail, when I got the call that my dear friend had passed. The news was not unexpected but it still took my breath away, and […]
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