A couple weeks ago we had our church youth group up on an overnight youth conference at a local scout camp. I brought my shoes and stuff hoping to get a Saturday run in and stay on my schedule. As usual, I was awake before it was light out with no hope of going back to sleep. So I decided that as soon as it was light enough to go without a flashlight I'd go out for a run.
I've read about trail running but never done any. I guess I like the road. I didn't really have much of a choice at this camp, since everything is a trail up there. I was on some pretty well maintained gravel roads at first but when I got to the end of the lake and made a turn the next mile and a half was all trial. I have to say that I enjoyed it! I found that I had to think more about what I was doing and pay more attention to where my steps were going land. The last thing I wanted to do was turn an ankle out there. I also found that my pace was faster and I was able to maintain it, which was a nice surprise.
I still like the road better. I think it's mostly because I'm comfortable with my normal routes but I can at least say I've done the trail thing and it wasn't too bad. I did get my shoes dirty and that kind of bugged me. But I'm over it...
No comments:
Post a Comment