Actually no it isn’t, the elevation gain was 92 metres but i’m not sure what that means
It’s a nice calm day no wind to speak of..... until you get to the top then it’s blowing
Walked up the chalky track, stopped to look at the dew pond, jogged gently through the woods, a lot of trees have been taken down due to disease so some nice views through the ones left
Out onto the track, the ruts are actually very narrow and very deep and changeable, so feet were a bit frightened because kept nearly turning on stones or at the edge of the ruts
We’d agreed that I would probably run further than Willow and he’d go back to the car so i looked over my shoulder at one point to see if he’s turned round and there he was right by my shoulder I jumped out of my skin and nearly fell over in surprise, we kept going for a while decided together to turn and jog/ walk back. Went through the woods a different way got a bit lost the track petered out and brambles bit my arms leaving streaks of blood but hey ho we were out and smiling
The last bit downhill across grass and we belted down wondering if we could stop but we did and back in the car to come home 5k done
Positives, plenty of space to go round people, views stunning,
Negatives, we aren’t trail runners and it was very slow, but we were out for nearly an hour and felt great after
Have a great weekend everyone whether you run, rest or sit on the injury couch Spring is here
If you squint a bit you can see the sea through the trees
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My favourite is along the paths near the sea, Willow is happy to keep to the park but every so often we go to the top of the south downs and marvel at how far we can see
That all looks and sounds absolutely glorious W&S. I haven't ventured to run along the top of the downs yet, but your post has certainly made me put it on my to-do list. Well done on your 5ks. I loved your description of your run, especialy the last bit - I now have a lovely mental picture of the two of you bombing down the hillside like a couple of kids!
What's bothering me now though is that I've started thinking "Hmm, I wonder if I could run up this?" or even "Ooh, this is lovely, I'd like to run up this!" when I'm driving up hills! 😱😂
When the running shoes open, you could both get fitted for trail shoes WillowandSola. You deserve a treat and they are much better for running on grass. 👟👟🏃♂️🏃♀️
That’s an idea Dexy but it’s not so much running on grass it’s deep narrow ruts that are all along the trails oh and rabbit holes, it’s quiet enough round here that I still love road running
You may not think of yourselves as trail runners but you are runners who ran on a trail 🤣 And how great that Willow didn't feel like he needed to turn back and you did the distance together. Lovely photo and I spy the sea 🌊
Wow, that’s very high and the river Severn is beautiful what I’ve seen of it, Willow used to live in that area for a while, aren’t you clever knowing things like that?
We went up and down then up a bit more and down you get the picture? then we turned round and did it all in reverse, the last down across grass was too tempting and we ran almost out of control fast but we managed to stop before we crashed so that was good,
Well done on completing 5k, trail running sounds quite tricky as the grounds so uneven and you have to watch you don’t end up with a twisted ankle. The bonus of course is that the air is sweeter and the views are better....I squinted and could see the sea, it was between the land and sky 😉🏃♀️🏃♂️
Not being a trail runner and having to go slowly is a good thing. Too many people struggle to keep their slow runs slow enough, and a trail run forces you to do that, while being very beautiful too.
Sounds like an interesting run but I can understand the difficulties of trail running and the fear of twisting an ankle. Well done both of you for staying out there for an hour 🏃♀️
The unevenness meant we couldn’t just keep moving legs we had to concentrate but we’ve decided to do that more often, it’s about 8k to the next landmark so aiming for that
That looks like a lovely location for a run Sola. Reminds me of my time living in Kent. I love the peace of trails and being away from traffic even if the uneven ground slows you down. It gives you more time to look.😊
Hi there. I walked up on the South Downs yesterday and was wondering about running up there because as you say the views are stunning, but it is the hills that put me off, although I could always walk up the hills I suppose😀Do you mind me asking where abouts on the Downs you are running?
We run wherever we go, yes there is some walking involved but we now run more than we walk, we have run around the 3 rings although found the walk up to 2 of them to be really steep couldn’t run up it
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