I’ve now completed two runs in Wk4. With a history of arthritis I avoid roads and pavements, and usually run on tracks through the woods behind my house, but for wk4:1 I ran in a local park for the first time. The park was a flat run, mostly on grass, and I was reasonably comfortable - much better than I expected.
Yesterday I did Wk4:2 on my usual tracks. Boy, was it hard! I checked when I got home, and my usual route is downhill at first with a drop of 100m over the first 1.5km, then a climb of 100m over the 2.5 km home. I was warned that trail running was going to be harder but I hadn’t realised just how much.
So... should I switch to a flatter route, or persevere with my usual one, maybe taking it easier uphill?
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