To celebrate the Halloween season, I ran a spooky 13 miles with the Breakaway Running marathon training group.
Here’s some great history about the course!
Rainbow Lake in Overton Park where it’s said the ghost of the Lady in Blue is sometimes seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=536q_2kXfeo
Bettis Family Cemetery http://historic-memphis.com/memphis-histo…/…/cemeteries.html
Annesdale-Snowden area. Annesdale Mansion served as a hospital during the Civil War. Many neighborhood homes are said to have non-living Civil War soldier inhabitants. Every few years the neighborhood hosts a “ghost tour” of homes. https://www.annesdalemansion.com/what-we-do
Skeletal remains were found recently in the Annesdale Mansion. https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/…/possible-human-remains-fo…/
The historic Elmwood Cemetery. The history of Memphis is chronicled there with many significant people buried there including generals, yellow fever victims, slaves, politicians, soldiers from pretty much every war we’ve fought. http://www.elmwoodcemetery.org/
The race was great. Perfect foggy, dark, and spooky weather. During the course we ran through the thick forested Overton Park. It was so dark I could not even see a few feet in front of me. Definitely spooky!
Elmwood cemetery was my absolute favorite part of this course. There is just so much history and beauty in that place.
Thank you Breakaway Running and Barry Roberson for creating a great course!
-Sarah
