Fort Roots Loop/Levy Trail

Bill Brass, Bob McKinney, and I walked the Fort Roots Loop this morning in 1:51:01. It starts at Burns Park Golf Course, goes up to Fort Roots off of the River Trail, follows a recently paved asphalt trail that runs along the Arkansas River side of Fort Roots, past the parade grounds, and down an ancient trail I remember from 1980 to the skateboard park on the river. There it reunites with the River Trail, which we followed back to the golf course. It is 5.51 miles according to Brass' GPS watch. We went very slowly, talking the whole while.
After watching the NFL Green Bay Packers advance to 3-2 overall with a 42-10 shellacking of the Minnesota Vikings, I alternated one-minute jogs with four-minute walks to complete two miles on the Levy Trail in 25:55. During the final mile I incorporated my nearly forgotten race walk technique, last used the summer of 2011.