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Followed the snow shoes route around this ski station started 1700m with an easy downhill down through the trees to 1450m and then a brutal uphill up to 1810m which opened up out to stunning views of the mountains. There was just enough snow for a zoomie from Paddy in one remaining drift. Arrived back at HQ and the griffon vultures arrived, are they expecting me to collapse into a heap? ;)
#Trailrunning #Running #RunnersOfMastodon #RunningWithDogs #BarefootRunning #Mountains
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Another good run, if you could call it a run. Great trail up the hill and views through the trees, one cold toe dip in the snow melt run off, that was fresh. Down via a mountain bike route, that was rather steep and made it really hard to enjoy the fantastic views of the Pyrenees as your eyes had to be glued to the ground. Then around the lake which just kept asking for a snap of the snow capped mountains and their reflections in the lake. So not a fast run at all ;) Saw 3 other runner today, which is personal record, can't remember the last time I saw more than one other. Two of them were clearly out to do pace work for a PB or some other horrible zone thing. The last one was clearly out like me, outside time and fresh air in nature. No offense to the young lady, but she was clearly high as a kite in the "runners high" smiling like a loon, grin from ear to ear and bouncing along the trail. And when we passed each other she said Bon Jour like she was singing ;)
#Trailrunning #RunnersOfMastodon #Running #RunningWithDogs #BarefootRunning
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Glorious day out, though rather cold in the shaded forest where we started but once up the hill and out of the woods it was perfect. The trail lead along a valley and up to a peak where we got a clear view of snowy capped Pyrenees mountains.
It's hard to get tired of these mountains and we are yet to enter our favorite valley.
#Trailrunning #BarefootRunning #Running #RunnersOfMastodon #RunningWithDogs
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As we set out for today's run a tannoy was letting us know that a little market stall had just set up with pain, fromage etc. When we arrived back through the village I was treated to this view. And left with some pain de la nuil, pain au chocolate, croissant, local miel et six oeufs. Now a cup of Yorkshire tea, legs up and a afternoon of the Hell of the North bicycling
#BakedGoods #Running #Trailrunning #BarefootRunning #RunnersOfMastodon #RunningWithDogs #HellOfTheNorth
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Managed to get out and run before the HOT hit, 26c due today. Though not as much running as hoped since a recent storm has washed away most of the 3km downhill path. That I had hoped to enjoy running. It was just a steep "valley" with lose stone sides, that gave way nearly with every step, and the bottom was narrower than my foot. Had to navigate to a forest road using an animal track which Paddy enjoyed. Tomorrow it will be cooler and we will go hide somewhere the snow isn't due to fall.
#BarefootRunning #Trailrunning #Running #RunnersOfMastodon #RunningWithDogs
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Well thanks to the Orange Loon who is keen on world destruction, sleep didn't reach the required hours last night. Therefore I was somewhat happy that a storm had caused loads of fallen trees and branches in the forest, so it was more walking than running. Though it felt more like a tough mudder event, bar the mud. So I got a full body workout with all the ducking and climbing through and over fallen trees. I even stepped on one branch with my left foot, this lifted it up and I wacked my right shin hard as I was bringing my right leg forward. I bailed out and took the road instead of "crawling" through the rest of the forest trails. This is where I took my ear pods out, so I could hear the traffic easier, and learned back at HQ that I have a hole in my secure zipped up pocket... I need a siesta, do they do them in France too?
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Last run in that there Spanish Spain before we head over into that there French France for some running there. So take care of Spain for me until me and Paddy boy are back.
#Trailrunning #Running #RunningWithDogs #BarefootRunning #RunningWithDogs
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Nice 10k out thru a forest on trail and track, with the help of Cypress Hill and their Black Sunday album. Shocked that I still, 33 years later, remember the lyrics. No rap battles won and I'm glad that we didn't see a sole on route ;)
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Grand 10k that became 12k because of cows on the trail. I also for some reason unbeknownst to even myself, I decided that it would be a good idea to "send it" on the first part. The trail was great but the surface was very uneven and just drained me. So after I had to detoured around the cows and a farm track that has been plowed away. I was drained and didn't have much left for the last 2km back to HQ, since for another reason I forgot to drink and fuel up beforehand. Other than that great run and would love to run more around here.
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Not something I'm used to, run 3.5k in a straight'ish line and I can still see where HQ is parked up. Normally 100m into the run and any sign of HQ is gone. Today's run was among farm fields and orchards, sadly the wonderful smell of the wildflowers under the trees were impossible to enjoy because of the massive pig farms <gags> else it was enjoyable and I could see the snow capped Pyrenees in the distance where we will be in a few days.
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5k around a bird sanctuary, this area of Spain is so full of Storks that they have to live in highrises ;)
Tomorrow we are in Amber wind warning so I think it would be a good day for a rest day, before I try out a more technical and longer run. Leg should be recovered by then as it felt very good today.
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Another steady and easy she goes run on some farm track and forest roads that ended up on the rail trail again. Leg is feeling good, but I shouldn't be tempted to "send it" just yet, a few more easy runs before going off road again, is the safe option here.
#TrailRunning #BarefootRunning #RunnersOfMastodon #Running #RunningWithDogs
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Just a wee gentle run along a rail trail, not pushing hard yet. But there was some jumping over a stream, battle through some undergrowth and a visit to a wee Ermita to test out if the leg is better. When walking it's all good, but running down hill it still moan. So it is clearly worse than what I thought and need a few more "easy does it" days to get fully mended. Lovely running here would like to come back an try out the more technical and longer routes/trails up in them there hills.
#TrailRunning #BarefootRunning #Running #RunnersOfMastodon #RunningWithDogs
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Happy international Day of the Podenco \o/ And this little clownn of a mutt, is clearly happy that she caught a little lizard and was showing it off to us, holding it in her mouth with it's hind legs and tail sticking out. We managed to distract Penny enough to drop it and get her away. Hope the lizard life ain't too traumatic after being carried around by a Podenco. So here she is telling me how good fun it was catching and tasty lizards are ...
#Podenco #DiaDelPodenco #RescueDogs #AdoptDontShop #DogsOfMastodon
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Happy international Day of the Podenco \o/ And this little clownn of a mutt, is clearly happy that she caught a little lizard and was showing it off to us, holding it in her mouth with it's hind legs and tail sticking out. We managed to distract Penny enough to drop it and get her away. Hope the lizard life ain't too traumatic after being carried around by a Podenco. So here she is telling me how good fun it was catching and tasty lizards are ...
#Podenco #DiaDelPodenco #RescueDogs #AdoptDontShop #DogsOfMastodon
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Happy international Day of the Podenco \o/ And this little clownn of a mutt, is clearly happy that she caught a little lizard and was showing it off to us, holding it in her mouth with it's hind legs and tail sticking out. We managed to distract Penny enough to drop it and get her away. Hope the lizard life ain't too traumatic after being carried around by a Podenco. So here she is telling me how good fun it was catching and tasty lizards are ...
#Podenco #DiaDelPodenco #RescueDogs #AdoptDontShop #DogsOfMastodon
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Happy international Day of the Podenco \o/ And this little clownn of a mutt, is clearly happy that she caught a little lizard and was showing it off to us, holding it in her mouth with it's hind legs and tail sticking out. We managed to distract Penny enough to drop it and get her away. Hope the lizard life ain't too traumatic after being carried around by a Podenco. So here she is telling me how good fun it was catching and tasty lizards are ...
#Podenco #DiaDelPodenco #RescueDogs #AdoptDontShop #DogsOfMastodon
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Happy international Day of the Podenco \o/ And this little clownn of a mutt, is clearly happy that she caught a little lizard and was showing it off to us, holding it in her mouth with it's hind legs and tail sticking out. We managed to distract Penny enough to drop it and get her away. Hope the lizard life ain't too traumatic after being carried around by a Podenco. So here she is telling me how good fun it was catching and tasty lizards are ...
#Podenco #DiaDelPodenco #RescueDogs #AdoptDontShop #DogsOfMastodon
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Well my asphaltphobia of tarmac didn't get cured today. First time in 2 years of running I get an injury and of course it happened on the dreaded flat, smooth and boring road surface. Somehow I landed wrong with my right leg and pulled something above my knee which sent pain round to the back of the leg and right up to my gluteus sexius, as the lass calls it ;)
Good news, I was thinking about walking the last 2k as Paddy boy was looking a bit hot under the collar... well more his black fur... so the run wasn't too ruined. And I still managed to get back to HQ in under two hours as I had hoped to do the run in.
Otherwise it was a good run and we crossed paths with two lads on mountain bikes a few times and we were greeted with friendly big smiles every time.
Now stretching and relaxing and feeding.
#TrailRunning #BarefootRunning #Running #RunnersOfMastodon #RunningWithDogs #Asphaltphobia
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Set out to do 6k, but at 2k to go the trail became too overgrown to run and then just puff gone. I tried to get back to HQ via an olive grove which turned into an abandoned garden with stone paths, terraces and holders for what I guess to be for torches. I think it would have looked amazing in its hay day. Ended up being 5km but jolly good fun on a trail that must be for mountain bikers too and in places I was in awe that they could ride downhill and stay on track and not into a tree.
#Running #RunnersOfMastodon #RunningWithDogs #TrailRunning #BarefootRunning
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Co-worker sends me a .ppxt, that I need elsewhere, in MS Teams. Since I don't do this often it took me forever and ended up going via OneDrive to find a simple download button. I did find one in Teams but it wanted to turn it into a .pdf, why? And it's just five pages/slides with simple information in it, yet still it is 22Mb, in them there olden times it would have been 1.5Mb max.
I know it is not the future with jet packs that we were promised, but pretty please give us a Save to Disk button and don't fill files with crap.
arrrgghhh
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So the choice of having 5k up and 10k down turned out to the the wrong decision/direction. As I got two nice cooling river crossing right from the start and had to run the rest of the 15k with wet feet. I should have gone the other direction and gotten a nice cooling foot bath 500m from the end.
#TrailRunning #RunnersOfMastodon #RunningWithDogs #Running #BarefootRunning
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Proper brain fart today. In shower looking at my left foot, I'm sure I could spread my toes more than this. I really stretch my toes out, sees nothing happening. Hmm, what's going here? I'm sure after eight years of barefooted shoes I would be able to have more space between my toes...
Then it hit me, I'm spreading the toes on my right foot and I'm looking at my ..........
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Proper brain fart today. In shower looking at my left foot, I'm sure I could spread my toes more than this. I really stretch my toes out, sees nothing happening. Hmm, what's going here? I'm sure after eight years of barefooted shoes I would be able to have more space between my toes...
Then it hit me, I'm spreading the toes on my right foot and I'm looking at my ..........
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Proper brain fart today. In shower looking at my left foot, I'm sure I could spread my toes more than this. I really stretch my toes out, sees nothing happening. Hmm, what's going here? I'm sure after eight years of barefooted shoes I would be able to have more space between my toes...
Then it hit me, I'm spreading the toes on my right foot and I'm looking at my ..........
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Proper brain fart today. In shower looking at my left foot, I'm sure I could spread my toes more than this. I really stretch my toes out, sees nothing happening. Hmm, what's going here? I'm sure after eight years of barefooted shoes I would be able to have more space between my toes...
Then it hit me, I'm spreading the toes on my right foot and I'm looking at my ..........
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Proper brain fart today. In shower looking at my left foot, I'm sure I could spread my toes more than this. I really stretch my toes out, sees nothing happening. Hmm, what's going here? I'm sure after eight years of barefooted shoes I would be able to have more space between my toes...
Then it hit me, I'm spreading the toes on my right foot and I'm looking at my ..........
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Happy St Patrick's Day everyone, especially our wee Paddy aka the Irish mutt. Still a young lad, who isn't sure about his size, but a very cuddly boy, he comes up every evening for a cuddle at about eight, which he asks for very gently.
When we got him from the shelter and took him to the vet to get his pet passport sorted and his injured paw checked, the vet greeted him with: <insert strong Irish accent>So what can we do for you today, Mr Patrick?</insert strong Irish accent>
#Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #AdoptDontShop #SalukiLove #RescueDogs #StPatricksday
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Well that's gonna hurt tomorrow, best have a rest day then. Set off, took a wrong turn and ended up on a main road. Figure it would be easier to stay on for a km, even if it was the dreaded tarmac, since it wasn't a busy road. This deflated me a bit, so I turned to some good solid long haired cow punk for some serious air drum and guitaring that is the fantastic band called Disneyland after Dark (D-A-D). There might have been some very out of tune screaming, since I can't sing, along the way too.
#TrailRunning #Running #RunnersOfMastodon #BarefootRunning #RunningWithDogs
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Miss MoneyPenny update : She has put on weight, eating well and she is looking much brighter. Which is definitely helped by the sunshine, which she adores. Spend most of yesterday and some of today (until kids set off fireworks grrrr) outside vibrating as we call it. Standing at the end of the lead looking at the undergrowth for critters, sniffing the air, digging holes shaking/vibrating in excitement. She loves it and it tires her out.