Russell Forest Run
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John Howell, Jill Dark, Lacey Howell and Tatum Massey at last year's Russell Forest Run

Running has long been a part of my life.

I grew up in Indian Hills, and if memory serves me correctly, I started running for fun when I was about 14 years old. I had a pair of baby blue track pants and a FM radio Velcroed to my bicep. It’s funny the energy you have as a teenager. Dobbs Road was long and flat, and two laps around the Morningside loop equaled a mile. I would run that loop at 9 o’clock at night. I would run when I was happy, and I would run when I was sad.