Training Log Archive: Bash

I've been missing trail running sooooo much. My foot pain hasn't been cured by taking long breaks from running and it hasn't been exacerbated by 5-8K runs on smooth surfaces. I should have tried to get some diagnostic imaging between Covid waves but I wasn't watching my crystal ball closely enough to get the timing right. As we hurtle toward another lockdown and a Christmas season in my tiny bubble with 'Bent, who doesn't celebrate it, I'm looking for ways to cheer myself up.

So today I barged ahead with a trail run - damn the torpedoes. I ran gravel road to Palgrave Forest to warm up on a smooth surface, then I ran mostly on double track that was reasonably bare so I could see the roots and rocks. In places where leaves and pine needles obscured the ground, I slowed down to a fast hiking pace. I kept my eyes on the ground - no swivelling my head to see the dramatic snow squall skies. It wasn't a relaxed forest run but at least it was a forest run. And now I'll see how much I'll have to pay for it.

It's clear why, after 25 years of living by a forest, we don't use the trails on windy days.