Every way is downhill. It's just about the perspective.

❝In other words, it goes deeper than shoes and training plans. That complexity is why I find it difficult to brush off bad days. It’s why hacks and quick fixes are of little use over the long haul […].
—Mike Hahn
https://open.substack.com/pub/runninglightly/p/a-bubble-bath-wont-fix-this?r=1n6v12

Couldn't decide which angle/crop I liked best, so you get all three

#PNW #USA #WA #ThurstonCounty #CSF #Spring #Nature #Flora #Plants #Flowers #Wildflowers #Trillium #TrailRunning #Outdoors #Photography #MobilePhotography

Hügel hochlaufen einfach gut, wenn man dann mit solchen Ausblicken belohnt wird

#running #laufen #trailrunning

My legs are still buzzing from wading through 2k of knee high nettles. It was mainly OK last time I went that way a few months back. Not very fast

Ran 11.11 kms @ 8:49min/km https://en-gb.smashrun.com/john.cooper/run/42058473/gpjhm2b8#map

❝It captivated me, and overwhelmed me. Do people really walk that far? How could this trail through my mountains lead farther from home than I’ve ever been in my life? Is someone else standing on it a thousand miles away wondering the same thing?
—John Kelly/Jonathan Turner
https://run247.com/running-news/ultramarathon-news/john-kelly-appalachian-trail-attempt-2025

A beautiful morning to be out there.

The yellow bloom of Berberis nervosa (Cascade Oregon grape) is striking against the green backdrop of the forest #PNW #USA #WA #ThurstonCounty #CSF #Spring #Nature #Flora #Plants #Flowers #Wildflowers #TrailRunning #Outdoors #Photography #MobilePhotography

An introduction to the sport of rogaining, cross-country running’s take on the scavenger hunt

https://www.trailrunnermag.com/people/culture-people/a-trail-running-treasure-hunt/?scope=anon

Trail run this morning for a change. A little wet in places and I found five ticks during/after the run, but all in all a great morning to be out.
#TrailRunning #running

Good morning fellow runners, enjoy your day.
This week I try to start running again, seeing how my knee holds out.

Today's sunny #sundayRunday in a picture.

A nice view down to Lago di Lugano, where I've been staying to visit my sister since Friday. A very lovely place, and also perfect for #TrailRunning, but that's another story

It was more hike than a run today, most of today's climb was done at the start, boy did that go UP. The whole outing was done in a fantastic forest, I did now and would have as a kid enjoyed this place, need to come back. Had to stop many times to take it in and just feel this glorious wood. But also to navigate as it was a very dense with the path(s) covered in a thick layer of chutney (aka fallen leaves that makes anything below very slippery) be that either sharp limestone rocks, narly tree roots or deep muddy mulch. Which made running impossible since I would like to keep my ankles in working order.

It is clearly a threchous place as I arrived back to HQ, the mountain rescue were heading up into the mountain and forest, hope it was just a training and nobody was hurt.

No RAAAD today as I had two podcasts episodes of Never Stray Far to catch up with, it's the Giro (tour de Italy)

Today's #trailRunning programme: #Zweilütschinen - #Grütschalp - #Mürren

23km
2220m
1215m
05h 23 min

Popped out to support a friend supporting another on a #BobGraham attempt. Andy, who already has the 24 hours Lakes record, definitely had a chance but wasn't to be. 4th fastest of all time though with a 13h 32m. #FellRunning #TrailRunning #running

FINITO: SkyTrail 2025

“That was easy” - absolutely not! Very tough!! Insane elevation. All muscle groups in my legs were struggling from loop 4 to 6 (the last one). Cramp threats… I barely managed by stuffing myself with salt tablets, effort control etc . None of the threats fully erupted … so that was ok. But shows that I hit my absolute muscular endurance limit (again). Everything else ok . In fact: fantastic

https://strava.app.link/RCbt1BDhgTb