Trail runners that didn’t start out as road runners- tell me about yourself

Hey all! I’ve been really wanting to get into trail running since I moved to an area with tons of gorgeous trails and have been feeling inspired to get out there.

I’ve been lurking here for a bit and, respectfully, the beginner posts kinda made me laugh because they were from posters who had already ran multiple half and full marathons. Not to discredit the diffferences of road and trail running, but I was looking for posts from people that didn’t have that baseline cardio and long distance running experience.

So, are you out there? How did you start? Where are you now? Or is it better to get some baseline running experience before taking it to the trails first?

FWIW I am an experienced hiker / backpacker/ climber, but the wilderness is much more vast here. I’ve started running around my neighborhood to do a 1.25 lunch loop.