So i did a lovely easy /steady trail run this morning with Young gun Alex along for company. He has great enthusiasm and a passion for most sports, especially road, XC and Dh Biking. Rowing i guess is his number 1 Sport and so like all rowers he needs to do some running. We did a cool 2 hr road spin last week and this week did a 80 min trail run in Clashna, and it was cool, sunny morning, wandering around wondering what trail to go up or come down, nice and interesting. We parked at Alexs house, ran for 90 seconds on the road and then trails all the way!
We went through bog, water up to our knees, briars, fireroad, grass, mud, earth, in short the works, alot of steep ascent and had to practice a range of trail running techniques, alex hit his head off a tree, bleed down his face (see pic) and vomited some cider from last night and also had a big blister on his arch at the end, he said he was really thirsty so we drank from the mountain strem we ran past, it tasted sweet.We ran the whole thing in just our shorts, and its the middle of November! You cant get a better morning than that.
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