Time to leave the tarmac 👍 after five days running roads and footpaths it was time to find mud and hills🙂. I prefer my hills muddy rather than and endless tarmac gradient. They're so much more involving. The running I find makes you sharper, thinking about foot placement, tree roots, rocks etc and you're looking ahead much more taking it all in.
Yesterday I got the layers totally wrong, and returned home like a dripping soggy rag, not a good look 😬.
So today it was knees out shorts on and it felt instantly better, chilly but so much better🙂🙂.
The last very similar runs have all been pretty quick so today ok not so fast perhaps a tad of jeffing purely because of the slippyness on the hills but I run trails slower anyhow.
The mud was delightful, the footfall beautifully squelchy and the silence out there WOW it was I felt cleansing. A run to declutter,I suggested to acountrycabbage yesterday about running naked to just enjoy it, today was just that run, nice and slow and easy and all ready for tomorrow 👍
Happy healthy running you lot out there enjoy it whatever your run and be kind to yourselves 🙂
Sounds great! You’ve decided me. I’ve been considering running ‘naked’ and I’m going to try it on Thursday. I’ve not tried it for a whole run.
Funny, I have been wearing tights for a few weeks but I get exactly what you mean, I much prefer to run in shorts. It’s just a little cold for me right now. Give me a couple more degrees! 😊
I love that you describe mud laden traitorous hill running as ‘involving’ 😁😎
Sounds incredibly strenuous but I can understand that’s the point; I like how you describe your sharper focus, foot placement, etc. 👌🏼✨
Oh no, you came home looking like a soggy cabbage yesterday?! (sorry, that’s payback for wanting to witness my Vicar of Dibley moment!) 🙊
Truly though, sounds like a wonderful space to be in 🤩 definitely the kind of terrain I’d like to take on when I’m fit enough. They say New Year is the time to cleanse and declutter so that’s very good timing 👍🏼
Thanks for the mention, I’ll definitely be joining you and aiming for a declutter run on Thursday. Best of luck again tomorrow 🏃♂️✨
Oh that sounds like a lovely run out in the wild, no tarmac and paving stones to pound on, the quiet of the countryside, and squelch of the mud 😀I am a city girl but this really appeals to me. There are a few woods around here I am hoping to explore soon on a more adventurous run but am a bit nervous about falling and slipping/tripping!!! I've just ordered my first pair of trail shoes ...eek!
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Red January done n dusted sit down time & rest 👍
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