When I created this blog last year one of my first posts was about trail running and my limited experience with it.
Fast forward a year and my experience with trail running is still limited. However, I will be running my second trail race next Saturday. It will be the same race I ran last year, the 5 Peaks Camp Fortune Enduro race.
The race takes place at Camp Fortune, a ski hill close to Ottawa where my wife and I often head in the winter. The Enduro race involves 2 loops of the course for a total of 12 km.
Since my experience with trail running is limited I am doing this one more for fun and a diversion from my usual runs. I still do not even own a pair or trail running shoes because I have only completed one trail race.
Since that trail race a year ago my trail running experience has been limited to one “trail”. The trail in question is a trail, a fairly flat with one small hill, Â of about 2km that runs along the river that runs behind our house. I use this trail a couple of times a week as it drops me off close to our house.
Back to the race next Saturday, since I still do not have much experience with trail running I am not sure what my goals should be. It would be nice to beat last year’s time but really I think the important things for me this time will be to get in the mileage and have fun.
Do you incorporate trail running in your training?
Just go out there and have fun and gain some experience. I did a trail race in May and did a lot of watching of other people and how they ran the trails. It’s a different type of running, as well as a different mind frame.
Having fun is definitely my main goal.