I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the HM training...

[Cmoi]

Haven't run for six days due to work and curfew, so went out to do a sensible, grown-up, properly-paced, flat(tish) 5k or so on roads and footpaths.

Came back just over an hour later covered in mud, having succumbed yet again to the lure of the forest and got lost in the process. Slowest run ever - I even ended up walking on a short but super-muddy, rutted 20%+ uphill stretch. Also climbed over a fallen tree, jumped over branches, and hopped and skipped over streamlets.

Results: 8.10k, 7:44/km, 327m elevation gain, and a daft grin.

[misswobble Marathon]

Good for you! It’s great fun isn’t it 😃👍🏃‍♀️

I don’t think we’re lost as such but rather just temporarily don’t know where we are 😁

[Decker Ultramarathon in reply to misswobble]

Yes I like this definition of lost! I’m like this more often than not

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to Decker]

That reassures me Decker . I usually work on the theory that if a track shows signs 👣 of loggers 🌲 or hunters 🐕 having been there, it must go somewhere. Not necessarily where I'd like it to go, but somewhere!

[Decker Ultramarathon in reply to Cmoi]

They eventually all go somewhere. 🙂I usually just follow footprints in the snow, bit last week I strayed from that plan and got totally lost

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to misswobble]

That was exactly it misswobble . I knew that if I could keep on going up I'd eventually get to the track that I often run along, even if I didn't know where and when!

[misswobble Marathon in reply to Cmoi]

I think if we just do this stuff early in the day we’re ok. Don’t get caught out by falling darkness 👀 I’ve done so several times. Lesson learned 🤭

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

I love that you finished with a “daft grin” 😃 Perfect.

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

It was so much fun, and so utterly unlike the run I'd planned to do Irishprincess ! 😁

[HeavyFoot Half Marathon]

That elevation gain is amazing 😻 over that distance. Have a day off 🛏

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to HeavyFoot]

Some of it was unintentional (oh look this track goes up, not down...) but I love playing in the forest, and it's hard to run on the flat round here HeavyFoot . I've had a few days off, so I might go out tomorrow, and do something sensible for a change. Or not... 😂

[Tasha99 Marathon]

That sounds fun though! Well done 👍🏽

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to Tasha99]

It was Tasha99 😀 I like reverting to childhood!

[Madge50 Marathon]

Now that sounds like my kind of run! Much more interesting and fun than tarmac, tarmac, tarmac, and I wouldn’t call it getting lost either, that’s being curious and exploring! 💪🏃‍♀️and the mud......running medals! 🏅😂

Well done you!

Mx

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to Madge50]

I don't think I'm cut out for the serious training stuff. But give me places to explore, especially in the forest, and I'll bash on quite happily!

[Cowladyrunning Marathon]

That sounded a fun run! Steep! Well done...that still seems pretty fast time to me!

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to Cowladyrunning]

Well, it wasn't all 20%+ uphill, there was a fair bit where the gradient was in single figures!