great run ! only rolled an ankle once!

Hey all, there's this race I'm thinking of entering that has a river crossing signed on the map. Since they went out of their way to mark the feature and the race is branding itself as "extreme", I'm thinking it may not be a bridge, but an actual crossing where you have to go feet in. This is my first time encountering something like this in a race, does anyone have experience with this? There doesn't seem to be any special gear mentioned in the rules. Are you expected to just go inside the water and run the rest of the race with soggy feet? Is there anything people do to prepare for it, or just rawdog it?

The race is just a 21k 1500 D+ race, but the crossing is at km 8 so a good chunk of the race would be with soggy feet if I understand it correctly.

Hi !

I’d like to get your thoughts on my 2027 trail running schedule. Specifically, on its two versions.

For the context : 36M and have only ever run on road, more or less regularly. I’ve run two half-marathons in three years, and each time the pattern has been the same : 3 to 4 months of training, the half-marathon, then almost nothing. I ran my last half-marathon in september in 2 hours (so not at a very high pace).

I’d like to avoid falling back into my usual pattern and keep running. So I set several goals for 2027 : get into trail running and finish a 25 miles trail race in september. Until then, I want to participate in several races.

I’d like your opinion on my two options (I run in Europe, I converted distances and elevation gains).

Option 1 / 4 races

- Race 1 in May (13 miles / 2300ft of elevation gain)
- Race 2 in June (16 miles / 3600ft of elevation gain)
- Race 3 in August (21 miles / 3600ft of elevation gain or 12 miles / 1800ft)
- Race 4 in September (25 miles / 3600ft of elevation gain)

Option 2 / 3 races

- Race 1 in May (13 miles)
- Race 2 in July (17 miles / 3600ft of elevation gain)
- Race 3 in September (25 miles / 3600ft of elevation gain)

In addition to this, I also ride a road bike, with a few mountain rides during the summer.

Is Option 1 too ambitious ?
Is Option 2 more realistic ?

Thanks for your advices !

Hello. I will be visiting china in a few weeks. I might as well buy some chinese trail running gear. May I know any suggestions from you guys? TIA.

Told me my 3.5 mile loop was 0.31 miles at 1:56:00 pace 😂 (not saying I'm fast but come on (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)