Trail running in groups, range by range
On trail, pace matters less than you'd think and elevation matters more than anyone says. Two people who run the same on the flat may have nothing in common on a 600-metre climb, and that is worth knowing before you set off rather than halfway up.
Trail running, city by city
What gets asked before a trail run
- Elevation is the real measure
- Twenty kilometres with 300 metres of climbing and twenty with 1,200 have nothing in common. A trail Nid puts the elevation next to the distance because that is what actually says how long the morning will take.
- Going up alone isn't just habit
- A rolled ankle eight kilometres from the car, with no signal and two hours of daylight left, is a different thing from the same ankle on the seafront. Company out here isn't only pleasant.
- The ground changes the plan
- Fire road, technical singletrack and scree are three sports sharing one name. Worth saying up front, especially if someone is coming off the road.