Seabrook Lucky Trails Marathon - Course

The Seabrook Lucky Trails race course is SUPER NICE!

It's a trail run - mostly crush granite and very well-worn grass and dirt trails, but a slight bit of street time, a boardwalk or two and some cross-country on grass by the bay - nice variety!

A fun mix of city, forest and even bay views to keep the run interesting!

It starts at a city park with a large pavilion and skateboard ramps, circles around it (~2/3 mile?) and then down the sides of a gully (~1/3 mile), down a trail next to Toddville road (~1 1/3 mile), then down through a wooded area (~1/3 mile) and across Toddville road through some dense trees (~1/3 mile), across a boardwalk and past a cemetery (~1/3 mile) and then around the really pretty Pine Gully Park on Galveston Bay (~1/2 mile).

Then you go back!

So for about 1/2 of the course, there are runners going in both directions (eventually, at some times).

Even though the trail is narrow at points, it really didn't get crowded.

I only did one loop (with Viv doing it when I finished).
True 1/2 marathoners did the entire loop twice.
And on Sunday, marathoners would do it 4 times.

Since the course is through interesting, changing vistas, it really wouldn't get boring.

There were trivia questions every mile to make it even more interesting! A sign had a question printed on it and then about 1/3 mile on down was the answer. Really cute idea!

There were three main water/Gatorade/etc stations that were EXTREMELY well stocked (even cold towels and vasoline!) with at least 2 additional places fluids were being handed out. So we never went more than about 3/4 mile without fluids!!

Spectator support was pretty non-existent. The volunteers at the aid stations were VERY supportive!

NEXT YEAR -- I'm definitely planning on doing the entire 1/2 marathon and would really like to do it both days......