Mud, brambles and views (and shorts)

[tony_a]

My sixth run after finishing C25K so I thought it would be a good time to get off the pavement and onto a trail. Picked what looked like a nice circular route out of the village, up to the top road and back in on the tarmac.

Generally really good but the hill was steeper than expected and coincided with a narrow waterlogged section lined by brambles. Didn’t manage to avoid either mud or brambles - legs covered in scratches and mud. Probably need to leave it a few weeks to dry out before trying again.

First time ditching the Lycra for sensible shorts and I actually stopped a few times. Realised today I’ve been treating it as mandatory to keep moving at all times. But it is supposed to be fun too so today I had stops for a photo, negotiating a flooded section and because the hill nearly killed me.

[DebJogsOn Graduate]

Took me a while to realise that as a graduate there was no 'boot camp' and that it was ok not to be running 100% of the time.

I can't wait for the end of overly muddy pathways!

Lovely photo 😊

[tony_a Graduate in reply to DebJogsOn]

Quite liberating isn’t it. I was thinking how nice it looked with the sun coming up and started to try and get my phone out whilst still running. And it came to me, you could just stop for a bit 😀

Definitely will be lots of fun on the trails once the mud has gone.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

It becomes much more fun when it dries up...........well it nearly always dries up eventually.

Have fun.

[tony_a Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

I’ll definitely be back there when it dries out. And the route I planned on Strava worked a treat (in that it actually existed) do more of that too to explore new routes.