Muddy trails~

This week’s running schedule has one glaring day of a very hard run.  A couple of days ago, I did a 16 mile run “double-loop” course through the mountain bike trail.  It had been raining for a whole day, but I thought I would go ahead and get the run in.

The trail was muddy, places in the low lying bottom land were flooded and the air was cold.  However, once I the path switch backed me up the hill, the water had drained off and the wind picked up.  The air was cooler and I shivered.

Three hours and change later, I emerged from the woods, exhausted, but happy!  I had completed my long run for the week.  The remaining days of the week would be easy by comparison.

And they were.  Easy days of running along sun lit neighborhood streets and the Ridgeland Recreational Trail were a welcome change.

The mountain bike trail continues to fascinate me.  That 16-mile run was the hardest one yet.  Who knows, the Big Butts 50k may be similar.  Better to train in bad conditions and get used to it that be surprised at the event itself.

Gotta run,

Chuck

The Vagabond Runner.