A muddy and flooded 8k this morning. . .

[orangeguy]

Things are a tad soggy here in Northants, I headed out early this morning to a local country park to find flooded fields, swollen rivers and in many cases flooded and impassable footpaths. It was difficult to know which route to take for the best, I decided to head for the canal towpath, that was OK for about 2k then it turned into a sea of mud. I did an about turn and headed back. By the time I had got back to the car I had done just over 8k with a constantly changing route and still ending up looking very muddy from the knees down. Despite the conditions it was a good run although if they made such a thing as running wellies they would have come in very handy today! 😁

[Hidden]

Mud n water excellent running orangeguy, who needs wellies 🤣

[orangeguy Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

I thought too until I stepped in what I thought was a shallow puddle and went in up to my ankle! 😂😂😂😂 . . . at least it was near the end of the run 😬 . . . all part of the fun of winter running I guess 😁

[Queenie17 Graduate10]

Good for you, you made the best of an ever-changing route and got 8k under your belt🎉I do love a slosh in mud, can be exhillerating, but not in my runners😲😬😆

[orangeguy Graduate10 in reply to Queenie17]

Exactly, despite making an effort to stay dry I came back pretty messy. All the walkers were out in their wellies it was just us runners looking for ways to navigate around the giant puddles and mud 😬