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Some trail runners are all about candy as a source of energy for a run.
Are you one of them?
If yes, what candy are you taking with you on your runs?
What are you doing to work on your speed as a trail runner?
Is it important to you to become a faster trail runner?
What are your average pacing goals while on a typical training run?
What does your winter training routine look like?
Do you run indoors more on a treadmill or are you still getting outside?
It usually gets dark earlier in the winter. Are you running in the dark at all?
Have you ever followed a trail running training plan before?
Something like Couch to Trail Running or something similar.
What did you think about it?
If not, would you consider it?
As a trail runner, do you also get into road running, too?
Do you like road running more than trail running or the other way around?
Why?
A lot of trail runners starting out do the walk run strategy.
Walk for a little while, run for a little while, then repeat.
Have any of you tried this? Or do you just run until you can’t run anymore?
What are your weaknesses in trail running?
For me, it has to be speed. I’m not very fast. I would like to get a lot faster than I am.
How about you all?
What’s the farthest you have trail run?
For me, I’ve ran a 50K which was 32.5 miles in length. It took me a bit over 12 hours.
I typically run (training runs) around 7 miles a session.
I eventually want to make my short runs around 7 miles and my long runs around 13 miles.
Many runners end up with having long-term injuries that eventually make them stop running for good.
Are you at all afraid of this happening to you?
What are you doing to prevent this?
How important is stretching to you as a trail runner?
How are you stretching? When do you stretch?
Feel free to share any stretching techniques you’ve learned along the way!
How much do you sweat during trail runs?
Are you a major sweater or do you not sweat as much as others?
I sweat bad. If bugs land on me to bite, they usually drown immediately, LOL.
Do you have any food allergies that restricts you on how your nutrition can be for trail running?
If so, what foods are you allergic too and how bad?
Have you found better alternatives?
What type of trail do you prefer when trail running?
Loop, out-and-back, or point-to-point?
Why do you prefer one over the other?
Some runners swear by drinking energy drinks before and during a trail run.
Do you do this?
Why or why not?
Do you have a favorite season to trail run?
Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter?
Which is your favorite? Which is not your favorite?
Kathy
·Trail Running & Training
·2 weeks ago
If you’ve run long distances, you probably are strong both body and mind. But when you talk to people who don’t run, do you look at them and tell them they need to improve their body, their mind or even both?
Are some people just never cut out for running long distances?
Would you go trail running in the rain or have you been?
Why would you or why wouldn’t you run in the trail?
Could you run every day as part of your training?
Even if it was low impact running most days?
Do you think this would make you better or hurt you?
How much water do you drink on a typical run?
Do you think you drink enough water or too little?
Do you drink plain Jane water or add an electrolyte to it?
I actually got into trail running just a few years ago.
There was a local race that went through hiking trails that I already knew by heart. I wanted to try to race out. I started training and fell in love with trail running.
Now, I love doing it every chance I get, but I still enjoy a slow hike, too!
How about you all?
Do you use much in terms of caffeine for your trail running performance?
Some people thrive on it, while others bonk on it.
Where do you stand?
How many friends do you have that shares your same passion for trail running?
How often do you look for friendship among those in the trail running community?
Is it easy for you to find these people or difficult?
What do you usually eat before you go on a run?
Do you try to eat something before so that you don’t have to eat anything during a shorter run?
Or would you rather eat something on the run and if so, why?
As a trail runner, does your pace matter to you at all?
Running on the road gives you better control over pace, but on the trail, there are so many elements that cause us to not be able to maintain a consistent pace.
Do you try to maintain a certain pace nonetheless or do you not really care about pace?
If you’re sore from a trail running activity, how long are you recovering for?
Do you take a day off? More than a day?
What’s the longest you’ve had to take off to recover?