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Re: Looking for tips/suggestions for running my first trail run.

guest — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:27:05 GMT

Hahaha! Yep! You'll be barfing, but a cute barfer!!

Re: Looking for tips/suggestions for running my first trail run.

guest — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:55:30 GMT

I finished dead last in a half-marathon once. The only people who finished after me were those who walked it. (I ran the whole thing.)

Matter of fact, there was a point where we all had to double back on the route, and so we ran to the end of a long road, circled a cone, and then continued back the way we came.

Well, here I come down the road, and I run around the cone. As soon as I did, a guy with a baseball cap walks over and picks up the cone and tosses it into the back of his pickup truck.

It was then that I realized: He's taking away the cone because I'm the last one.

Here are three reasons why being last is kind of fun:

1. Instead of a dixie cup of Gatorade, folks just pass you the whole bottle.

2. People cheer hard when they see last place coming. You get the BIGGEST smiles.

3. Your friends will be so relieved that you are still alive when you cross the finish line, that they'll forget about your dismal time.

Have fun out there. =)

Re: Looking for tips/suggestions for running my first trail run.

guest — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:18:06 GMT

Hey,

Did you have your trail run yet?

My suggestion is to just have fun with it and treat it like an obstacle course.

Sometimes there will be tree roots or other things that you have to hop around -- you just have to pay more attention than when you're on a treadmill or a sidewalk.

But it can be more fun too! You'll feel like you're using more of your body, almost like a kid playing outside.