Return to Deputy Darren Goforth Park

User: Blaze - 4/27/2017  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 3.14 Miles Duration: N/A
User: Blaze - 2/11/2017  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 2.13 Miles Duration: 54 minutes

Fitness walk.

User: Blaze - 1/29/2017  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 5.99 Miles Duration: 1 hour, 49 minutes

Fitness walk (3 laps).

User: Blaze - 1/2/2017  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 4.06 Miles Duration: 1 hour, 11 minutes

Fitness walk.

User: Blaze - 12/15/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 3.85 Miles Duration: 1 hour, 7 minutes

Fitness walk.

User: Blaze - 12/14/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 10.11 Miles Duration: 2 hours, 52 minutes

Fitness walk.  Cool, cloudy, quiet.

User: Blaze - 12/9/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 7.80 Miles Duration: 2 hours, 16 minutes

Fitness walk on a very cold morning (high 30s) due to wind chill factor.

User: Blaze - 12/6/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 3.86 Miles Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

Fitness walk.  Very cool morning, so only did 2 laps.

User: Blaze - 12/1/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 1.92 Miles Duration: 35 minutes

Fitness walk.  Wasn't feeling very good, so I could not get into the workout.  Stopped after 1 lap.

User: Blaze - 11/30/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 8.41 Miles Duration: 2 hours, 21 minutes

Windy and cool.

User: Blaze - 11/29/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 6.10 Miles Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes
User: Blaze - 11/22/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 7.89 Miles Duration: 2 hours, 13 minutes

Fitness walk.

User: Blaze - 11/21/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 18.14 Miles Duration: 5 hours, 11 minutes

Fitness walk to build endurance.

User: Blaze - 11/18/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 4.00 Miles Duration: N/A

I forgot my phone so could not record track file as usual, but I did two laps and then stopped when it started to drizzle.

Big Miles
User: Blaze - 11/17/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 20.19 Miles Duration: 6 hours, 1 minute

Fitness walk to build up endurance.  My leg felt a lot better, especially after stretching, so I clocked some big miles to make up for yesterday.

User: Blaze - 11/16/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 2.02 Miles Duration: 45 minutes

I really wanted to take a long walk today, but I've sustained an achilles tendon injury.  I walked/limped one lap around the lake, but it was slow going and it became obvious that I need to stop for awhile and heal before the injury gets worse.

User: Blaze - 11/15/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 12.14 Miles Duration: 3 hours, 56 minutes

Fitness walk to build endurance.

New Location
User: Blaze - 11/14/2016  [View Log Page]
Rating: halfstar Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: halfstar
Distance: 14.14 Miles Duration: 4 hours, 3 minutes

I found a new park to walk and I've added it to the TexasHiking.com database.  This park was named after Deputy Darren Goforth who was brutally murdered in cold blood very close to where this park is located a couple of years ago.

The park is a 2 mile loop (1.97 miles, to be exact) that goes around a large man-made lake/flood reservoir.  The path is paved and well-marked.  The park also has 2 bathrooms, a large playground for kids, and other nice amenities.

As for my hike, I felt really good today after taking the weekend off to recuperate.  I decided to explore some open green space that led me down a long draianage gully all the way out to the Riata Ranch subdivision park.

I could have easily gone 25 miles today, but I had to cut my hike short to pick up my daughter from college.

I think I will make this my regular walking park since I really enjoyed the experience.