A Muddy 4k In My New Trail Shoes - A Tough One, is 10k really doable?

[Birdlady64]

Well, I have certainly christened my new shoes!

They arrived this morning and they went on immediately and I was walking around the house all morning in them.

I just had to try these beauties out!!! Lunch break from work - maybe just enough time to fit in a 4k run in the woods, and crack run 2 of week 7 of the Magic Plan.

Shoes off - I can't put my running shorts on over the top of my shoes - kit on, shoes back on. Wait a minute....

I need to take a picture for my obligatory new shoes post 🤦‍♀️

Shoes off again. Photo taken. Post written - see here :-healthunlocked.com/bridgeto...

Sorry it was a bit rushed. I didn't have much time to spare....

Well - it was certainly muddy in the woods after all the recent rain! My poor new shoes! Look at what happened to them 😱

This is the first time I've run in the woods for several weeks, after several reports of a worrying character lurking about looking for solo women. I've really missed it.

I so wanted this 4k to be a lovely relaxed run, through the lovely woods, in my lovely new shoes, but boy this was a tough one 🥵 My heart rate climbed right away and didn't drop at all throughout the run. It was slow running and really hard work. On this basis I won't be anywhere near 10k anytime soon. 😨

As for the shoes?

I love them! 🥰🥰🥰 Like all the Salomon walking boots/shoes I have had before, they are so comfy right out of the box. They are nice and light and felt really grippy on the soft muddy surfaces of the minor paths, and at home on the harder surface of the main dirt/gravel paths as well.

So I'm really not happy with that run ☹ but I am super happy with my new runners 😁👟

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Don't be disappointed, we know we all have runs that are tough , but you are doing them !

And love the shoes 😁👍

I hated getting mine dirty 😂

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

they are trail shoes - I guess they are supposed to get dirty.

Hubby wasn't very impressed when I got back

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Birdlady64]

Haha 😂

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Those lovely blue shoes won't be blue for long, they will be mud grey, however, if you scrub them about 15 minutes after you get home from a run they will look blue again.

Well done on your run today Birdlady64 although you say it wasn't your best run. the main thing is that you enjoyed running in your new running shoes. 😊 🏃🏾

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you Al

Looking back I did enjoy the run. It was good to be in the woods again. The colours are wonderful at this time of year.

My shoes are scrubbed clean of mud and drying👍

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Birdlady64]

👍

[Tasha99 Graduate]

Once you’ve tightened the laces, the extra bits tuck in a hidden pocket at the top of the tongue. Didn’t know either until someone showed me.

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to Tasha99]

Yes my walking boots are like that

[Tasha99 Graduate in reply to Birdlady64]

Oh sorry I thought you didn’t know with them hanging down in the pic 😶🤣

[MontyMooDog Graduate]

Well done on getting out there and christening your new shoes. May be looking to getting a pair of trail shoes myself if I can manage to stay injury free😀

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to MontyMooDog]

Thank you

I hope you get those trail shoes soon and have many miles of happy running in them 😁

[Jools2020 Graduate]

Well, your lovely new shoes have been well and truly christened! 🏃‍♀️👏

But maybe you can’t judge your ability to run 10K on the basis of a tough, muddy run through the woods 🙂

Maybe there’s something in the air regarding heart rate - I could not get mine down this morning and there wasn’t a fisherman in sight! According to Garmin I was 52% of my 5K run in Zone 5. With your run it sounds plausible that your heart rate would go up, but my run was on the road and pretty flat.

Glad you love your new running shoes! 👍

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to Jools2020]

No fisherman - ha ha! 🤣

Mine was 79% in zone 5 according to Garmin. It felt tough but not that tough !

Of course you are right about the 10k. I think I would choose a different route for that run

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to Birdlady64]

I looked for the fisherman! 😂

No, I’m sure the stats are wrong. Going to increase my MHR setting again in Garmin. My last km was the fastest, but it wasn’t exactly speedy at 8:08. We’ll get it sorted one day 😀

[Tinytears60 Graduate]

Well you certainly christened them beauties didn’t you! 👟👟💙

Same thing happened to me when I got mine 🙈

Don’t be hard on yourself!.... you got out there and did a 4K run! That’s a win in my book! 👏👏

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to Tinytears60]

Thanks. It's getting harder to find the time to run. Lunchtime was a bit rushed to be honest. But I'm glad I did it.

The new shoes are brill - all scrubbed clean and dried ready to get dirty again next run 😁.

They're trail shoes - they are meant to get dirty aren't they...

[Slothgoesrunning Graduate]

Glad you got to run in the woods again - so lovely this time of year. Like the new shoes!

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to Slothgoesrunning]

Thank you. Yes it was lovely to run in the woods again. The colours and smells at this time of year are pretty special. There are lots of chestnuts this year.

The new shoes are fab 😁

[Hidden]

Oooooh I do love that jazzy blue 😱

I want some!!

[Birdlady64 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Thanks!

I thought they might be a bit too bright after I ordered them but as soon as I saw them in the box I loved them 😁