Last night's run was short but sweet. I battled through rush hour traffic and made it to one of my favorite trail systems, Shubie trail. I only had 45 minutes to run before I needed to be home to relieve my husband who had been home all day and tidy the house before his sister came for a visit (my husband and my opinion on tidy is slightly different lol).
The trail was really busy, especially in the off-leash dog areas. Thankfully all of the dogs I encountered were happy to ignore me so it didn't interrupt my groove. I really enjoyed the scenery of the trail. This one has some old rock foundations and walls along the trail so it makes it more interesting to look at, if you get tired of admiring the fall leaves on the trees. Having not run this trail in a awhile I had forgotten how hilly it really is and struggled through the second half of my run. I overcame it though and finished the last 2km pretty strong. My knee held up great but did twinge a bit after I was finished. I still find climbing hills is my biggest challenge. I try to switch up my gait so it takes the load off of my knee but so far I haven't figured out a way to get my butt up the hills without getting a few shots of pain.
So, my short and sweet run went well and I'm looking forward to today's run. I started reading Relentless Forward Progress again, especially since I'm eyeing the Waskally Wrabbit for next spring, it's a solid training book with an aggressive 50km plan. If I can work up to and stick with that plan I should be in great shape for the race come June 2017. At the moment my goal is to simply run more, (with the aim of running no less than 40km a week) and run lots of hills. So far so good.
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