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Greg Redding ’88 Training Run at Shades

a man running in the woods
Professor Greg Redding ’88 trains for trail running at Shades State Park just 20 minutes from Wabash. Greg ran his first 100-mile trail race last summer in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming, and we asked him to write about the experience for an upcoming issue of Wabash Magazine. To illustrate the piece, we accompanied Greg during a training run at the place he calls "my home park" as the last leaves were coming off the trees. Photos by Steve Charles

a tree with orange leaves

While many of the canopy trees had shed their leaves, the trees and bushes of the understory, including the paw paw trees, were stubbornly hanging onto theirs.
 

a man climbing a rocky hill

Shawnee Canyon in Shades State Park is a perfect place to practice trail running because foot placement is paramount during long runs in wild country, as is building up the muscles of the feet and legs for uneven terrain.

a stream of water with rocks and leaves

Rain for several days before Greg's training run had the water in Shawnee Canyon flowing. Again, good practice for trail running, where unpredictable weather conditions are the norm.

a man walking on a log in the woods

Rock hopping and log crossing are all a part of the appeal of trail running, which Greg says "gets me back to my cross country roots."

a man running on a rocky hillside

Greg slows down to negotiate the cliffs of Shawnee Canyon.

a river with brown leaves on rocks

Shawnee Canyon empties into Sugar Creek. Just 100 yards or so upstream from here several years ago, writer and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams got her first glimpse of Shades and wrote, "Wildness resides in the heartland of America."

a plant with yellow leaves

 A young sycamore along the banks of Sugar Creek.

a stream of water with brown leaves on the ground

 Water flowing in Shawnee Canyon

a man running in the woods

 Greg Redding runs Trail 8 in his "home park."

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