Not as planned

[HeavyFoot]

One particular hill really bugs me: it’s the one at the end of the Lanhydrock Parkrun near Bodmin. It’s the best part of the last km of the course, quite sadistically. Most people as far as I can tell have to walk it’s so steep.

I set out to conquer it very early Tuesday morning. With hardly anyone about, the sun shone through the mist rising amongst the trees. Beautiful.

First unplanned thing was that my legs felt so heavy. Not enough hydration? Swam too hard on Monday? No matter, speed was not important today.

I arrived at the gate to the uphill woodland, but within 100 metres got lost at the first fork! Oh yes, marshals are so important.

Well, it was quite uphill back to the start, but not the Eiger I had mentally prepared for.

I’ll try again another day.

[Yesletsgo Ambassador Graduate10]

What is it about Parkrun and hills? Where I live is very flat but the Parkrun course has a long uphill slope, not so steep you look at it and go 'no', just steep enough to sap your energy and make you (me 😂) feel old and unfit .

Well done you for doing it just because you could!

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

To be honest, that hill spoils the Parkrun enjoyment for me. The previous course there was hard but achievable.

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

Hills are still my nemesis. It's a mental thing largely I know. I use plotaroute.com to minimise elevation. I need to change my mindset somehow...

[HeavyFoot Graduate10]

I live in a hilly area and have had to learn to love them. But this particular hill has been insurmountable. So far.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

If at first you don't succeed... Huge well done and you will beat that hill

[nowster Graduate10]

One of my local parkruns has a section they've nicknamed "Angina Hill". However, it's not the hardest or longest hill in Heaton Park.

I've never done that parkrun (much too busy for me), but I have done the harder hill as part of a 10km race event. Lots of folks were walking it. I managed to run about two thirds of it.

[Cmoi Graduate10]

I like hills (runs away and hides) 😜⛰️😍🏃‍♀️

Seriously, well done HeavyFoot . I feel the same way about speedwork, tempo runs and flat routes that go on forever. 🙄