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Favourite trails and happiness-o-meter ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Getting ready to go out the door this morning only to discover my beloved Aftershokz needed recharging ๐Ÿ™ a little worried I might struggle without some form of distraction I set off anyway and decided to try out my favourite trail for first time in ages (itโ€™s been too muddy and impassable in places). Apart from a few deep muddy patches that required tackling the bank and verges to pass near the start, it was fine. I was so pleased as I realised, as my mind drifted off in every direction, that one of the ways I classify my various run routes is not only by terrain, how busy will it be, do I want hills etc. But by how happy it makes me and this trail makes me very ๐Ÿ˜Š. Fields, sheep, track, views over Weald if Kent, farms, wildlife, village, home. It is not the easiest route but it is rewarding - especially the last 1k downhill! Happy Easter running ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฆฅ

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Your chosen trail sounds a great way to run into Easter and the start of Spring. Did you miss the aftershox distractions?

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SlothgoesrunningGraduate10โ€ข in reply todijep

Not at all. I had already settled on the idea it was going to be a slow /not bothered about pace run, so maybe it was a bonus to not have the headphones.

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Absolute bliss ๐Ÿฅฐ. I often run silent on the trails as sounds of nature are so soothing, plus I feel the need to concentrate more on the terrain. Itโ€™s amazing where the mind wanders off to though. I do all sorts from composing shopping lists to poems, both of which I instantly forget once home โ˜บ๏ธ You keep yourself amused for miles ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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SlothgoesrunningGraduate10โ€ข in reply tomisswobble

Absolutely. Must try a poem sometime! ๐Ÿ™‚

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Jools2020Graduate10

Great that you enjoyed this trail run so much! Sometimes itโ€™s good to run without headphones. You feel completely different, donโ€™t you?

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SlothgoesrunningGraduate10

Yes much more aware of the surroundings

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misswobbleGraduate10โ€ข in reply toSlothgoesrunning

and your footfall ๐Ÿ™‚

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