Yesterday a few running friends and I visited a pal, who due to a change in personal circumstances has moved into their own property. Their house sits in a new residential development built on an old hospital site. It is isolated and very much out of town.
Within minutes of our arrival, in a car, conversation turned to the most creative or interesting way to run there. How do you turn 5 miles along an A Road into 10 miles using whatever trails exist between us and it.
And that’s what we trail runners do, wilfully make life difficult for ourselves.
Black Country Trundler: A tale of slow running, fast food and loud music (sometimes all at once) 