Running

When you are out for a run, and when you encounter this sign, and when the only part of it you can read is クマ and the exclamation mark, it’s a bit scary.

When I took a hard fall down a rocky slope while descending through a rubber orchard, I didn’t realize all the places I’d been injured. The 31 km trail race I was running yesterday started an hour before sunrise.

I ran a 25 km race at Deception Pass this month, and among the many memories I’ll have of this three hour and 23 minute run are the two crossings of the Deception Pass Bridge.

I struggled with a good title for this post. At first I was thinking of something along the lines of “it’s not how you start, but how you finish.” Running out of Singha Park Chiang Rai just after sunrise.

Last Sunday I started running in Phattalung as the sun came up at 6. Four hours and 27 minutes later I was back where I started, at the finish line of the Ultra Trail Thailand Phattalung 25 km.

When I signed up for the Krabi International Trail 2020, I expected there might be a lot of running through palm groves. I knew there would be some mountain trails too.