Im Unexpectedly in Cornwall this weekend ( long story... Family stuff).
So.. I did my fave run here in
Truro that my best friend recommended to me.
Started off ok up the enormous hill... Then down into the valley, head torch on and getting in the zone...
Now ...this run takes me right through the Cornish coastal path which was frankly a fu***** Bog. I slid about and screamed, danced ( MOS 2014 in my ears), then I realised... I was being hunted. I was a panther being chased by hunters. They wanted to capture me and put me in a cage with a lead...I had to KEEP RUNNING (
get it???). So I slid down paths, scrambled over roots, shin deep in icy puddles.... I was panthering and I loved it, loving the hunt and the adrenalin of it...
It was just a 10k but it felt more like 12... I think the whole running on really difficult paths makes you work that much harder so the body gets fully punished!
A few jelly belly to keep up the sugar worked a treat...
Lots of thinking too... Life's troubles are sorted on a run and it all goes away.
I had a thought... That running is all about the journey... Living, breathing, smelling, seeing and touching everything as I go and discover. That's why I need to push myself, so I can enjoy the journey for longer without my body tiring....
Happy panthering
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Waw... That sounds like you had the best time ever! I wish I hsd the courage to do a bit of trail running but I'm to worried I'll hurt myself. You don't half make it sound fun though.
Yesterday I made a wrong call and decided that I may as well put on non running day clothes, but it then transpired that I could have run (but such is my health that if I went and got changed there would be no run) So instead I did a brisk-ish walk in the wood where I did quite a bit of C25K (on a bit of a running nostalgia trip at the moment) Nearly had a serious trip on one of the widest rides - one of those sneaky snakey brambles. Made me laugh. (The fact that I burned almost as many calories in the same time as running, despite brief stops to chat to other dog owners, did not make me laugh)
I'm not very fond of slippy slidey mud, especially not on a slope but other than that I much prefer to run like your panther hunt - knee deep in an icy puddle really livens things up. We have a lot of trees down here so many surprises even on familiar paths.
I found trail shoes improved my confidence no end.
Panthers are a rare breed in Cornwall and highly prized so you must have run fast to keep ahead of those hunters It's good making up new routes to keep it interesting and sounds like you had a great time.
10k on a trail probably counts as 12k on the flat anyway.
Thankyou...I actually think its good training too as you use all sorts of leg muscles which makes it a difficult run to navigate...and its such good fun too!!!!
Now that does sound like a tough run, but the big question is did the hunter ever catch the panther in the end or did the panther manage to escape?.
You never stop amazing me, you passion for running is so infectious & I know that I need to get back out there soon.
Hopefully this week will see this tortoise getting back on the track and putting in some long overdue km's
I think the hunter hadn't done quite as much training as panther....But next time they may well have, and then find and shoot the panther....but I'm ready!!
well done for planning to get out there this week, you will feel so much better. It helps if you have something to aim for like a 10k or half marathon race...and a marathon next year?!!
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It's good making up new routes to keep it interesting and sounds like you had a great time.
HM hunting
Long time... and panthers 
Could have been Going on A Bear Hunt 
