Way back at the start of my time in Brisbane, before I began this year's uni course (a distance ed Graduate Certificate in Human Services) and before I got my current job, I had plans. Lots of them. For all kinds of fun adventury-type things!
I made a list of some of them here, and looking back over that list I have actually actioned more of them than I would have thought, given how busy I've ended up being (I should do a re-cap at the end of the year, see if I can tick them all off!).
| www.wildrunners.com.au |
Anyhoo, one of the items on the list was to have a go at trail running. I had written to a group called Wild Runners, who seemed like a good bunch from what I had read online, and then, well... I didn't really do anything else... I made a couple of half-hearted attempts to get up in time for the antisocial 5.30am starts, and then between uni, a trip back to the UK, then starting work on top of uni, I simply gave up.
Fast forward to September, and I decided to pop into a trail running shop to ask about trail shoes, with a view to saving up for some if I decided I liked trail running. It turned out that the shop, The Trail Co., is run by the same people as Wild Runners! So they managed to persuade me to drag myself out of bed the following day at the horrendous hour of 4am, so that I could meet them for a run conditioning session.
Somehow I did manage to get up, and even feel enthusiastic enough to follow through with getting ready and heading out of the house. Very unlike me to be so human early in the morning!
I drove to the area at nearby Mt Coot-Tha where the session was to be held, and despite such an early start everyone was really welcoming and friendly.
Tim led the session, with a mixture of strength and stability exercises after a bit of a warm up. Some of the exercises were pretty funny to watch, so there was lots of laughing involved too!
I worked hard through all the variations of squats, lunges and various plyometric exercises. At first I was amazed at how well I was keeping up with the group, given that I had only started back at running some short distances a couple of weeks before. The following day I realised that it had been enthusiasm rather than fitness that had gotten me through - I suffered the most excruciating DOMS for several days after!!
It was great to get out though, and I even felt enthusiastic enough to sign up for the Bunyaville Parkrun, which is a 5km Parkrun, but all on trail. It sounds like a great way to begin trail running for me, although this week I'll have to give it a miss thanks to the dreaded DOMS...
Somehow I did manage to get up, and even feel enthusiastic enough to follow through with getting ready and heading out of the house. Very unlike me to be so human early in the morning!
I drove to the area at nearby Mt Coot-Tha where the session was to be held, and despite such an early start everyone was really welcoming and friendly.
Tim led the session, with a mixture of strength and stability exercises after a bit of a warm up. Some of the exercises were pretty funny to watch, so there was lots of laughing involved too!
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| We were working too hard for me to take photos at the session, but this one is from a similar session via the Wild Runners Facebook page. |
I worked hard through all the variations of squats, lunges and various plyometric exercises. At first I was amazed at how well I was keeping up with the group, given that I had only started back at running some short distances a couple of weeks before. The following day I realised that it had been enthusiasm rather than fitness that had gotten me through - I suffered the most excruciating DOMS for several days after!!
It was great to get out though, and I even felt enthusiastic enough to sign up for the Bunyaville Parkrun, which is a 5km Parkrun, but all on trail. It sounds like a great way to begin trail running for me, although this week I'll have to give it a miss thanks to the dreaded DOMS...
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