BBQ and the Chisholm Trail

As you may have heard, Jake's Rib of Chickasha will be supplying us with some post-race food! For those who live in Chickasha, there is no need for us to tell you what good news this is. The biggest testament to Jake's is the big crowd! Every day of the week, for lunch and dinner, Jake's parking lot is crowded to overflowing. If

you don't get a seat by 11:30 in the morning, you are likely to park a block down the road, and have to wait a few minutes for your table and food. Customers don't mind, however, as they know they will be getting good service, plenty of food, and top-notch barbeque. An extended lunch rush is hardly over for an hour before folks start lining up for dinner.

We encourage all our runners to bring a chair and sit right down after the race. Cheer on our fellow runners as they cross the line, enjoy the awards ceremony, commiserate with your fellow runner, eat, drink, and have a good time. We will enjoy Sloppy Jake's sandwiches after the race, along with some chips and your choice of beverage served from your own trophy of a cup.

If you haven't had enough, you can go get a HUGE sit-down meal at Jake's. Discounts on your next meal at Jake's will be provided to all our runners. A huge THANKS! to Jake's Rib. We know there's no other 10-mile race where you can get all this. It's a steal of a deal.

There is a theme in all this, isn't there? Sometimes it seems a little vague to us. But really, there is. Look closely at this old

photograph. See the men enjoying beef, beans, and beer out of steel cups? After a long day on the trail, that's what we're going to do, too.

The photo shows an old chuckwagon like the kind that were used on the Chisholm Trail. The trail went from Texas up through Oklahoma, right through the washita valley by Chickasha, Oklahoma. You can visit the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, in nearby Duncan, Oklahoma, and find out a lot more about the history of this area. There are still places you can still see the wagon ruts worn into the hard clay and rock. Numerous historical markers can be seen wherever the trail crosses a major road.