Somewhere in the dark recesses of my mind lives a Halloween idea generator that quite frankly scares the crap out of me. Not exactly sure how that haunted niche in the brain came to be, but it’s there. For most the year I keep it suppressed, held in check by the willpower of goodness and strength of ever embracing decency. I say “most of the year” because there is a time when shadows stand guard as unearthly creatures join in allegiance to break the chains of civility and let evil thoughts deliver punishing waves to my sanity. This sinister rip in the fabric of time has a name and it is called October for it is here when the mind fills with devil spawn ideas such as this.
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It is something about October training runs that bring up the most god awful concepts. It may be the exhaustion brought on by the long race season or the long nights fretting about not having enough time to prepare for that year’s Haunted Trail of Tears. I’ll be lost in my run, entranced by the sound of my shoes pounding the pavement and then it hits like a twitch right before you fall back on your chair. An image will appear, clear, detailed and mortifying. My reaction equally immediate, decisive and well, a bit disturbing. “I have to reproduce that for next year’s haunted trail!!!” And that sets forth a year’s worth of planning, material gathering and building. You happen to be looking at the product from last year’s evil concept – and yes, it did make its debut last month on the Haunted Trail of Tears. The following is a quick summary of how this all came to be.
Hit the jump to see how it all come together if you dare!
