So, it's a beautiful Saturday morning - supposed to run 19.7 km as my program is suggesting. I decided to join Kristi and a few others in the Highlands for a run - not quite sure if I was going to do half in the trail and half on the road. I thought I would go with the flow and see how things went.This particular trail is maintained by the local mountain bike association. Lots of people use if for walking or running, but it's main use is bikes -this time of year, bikes with really fat tires. The bikers did an amazing job at making the trail wide enough to run, with a fabulous snow base - no ice today! Bonus!
The Highlands is full of hills -up, down, up down -some steeper than others -I really don't know how bikers to it! Thanks to my Crossfit training -I'm now able to run up all the hills! What a great feeling to be able to do that! Last year, I walked up most hills -not because I wasn't in shape -but because I wasn't strong enough to push up the hills. No more of that!
I felt strong most of the run. The last 5km was tough -getting tired from all those hills -plus this was my longest run since my last race in November. My calves were feeling tight and so was my right hip. I thought to myself "tomorrow won't be fun"! (I was right -it's not fun!) We ended up doing 20.2 km. Not bad! Not an easy 20k either! March Highlands is known to be a difficult trail on best of days - add the snow makes it that much more difficult. Got it done though!
Sunday morning, got up to very tight calves - so yoga and stretching it will be!
