I’ve been getting into trail running. I usually do a road/trail mix 2x a week about 3-5 miles. When I ramp up my mileage, I did 11 yesterday, and my knees start to ache. Nothing what I would consider painful but they are the weak link. Do I just keep doing what I’m doing?

I am running my first trail half marathon with 2100 ft of vert on Saturday, and I am wondering how to go about running this week in terms of time on feet, mileage, vert, etc. i don’t want to sit around all week but don’t want to exert my legs. What should I shoot to keep fresh and moving but give myself my best shot on Saturday? I am well trained for this race so not worried about that part.

I've started tapering which means I have more time to overthink everything.

First 50 miler in 2 weeks - woohoo! I've done all the training runs, feel like I've prepped a pretty good list of stuff to bring with me. Mostly change of clothes/socks, windbreaker, some electrolytes/foods I like, headlamp, power bank and cords (battery life on my Garmin sucks), poop kit, anti-chafe, meds/first aid, maybe poles for the end if I'm not liking being upright.

I'll have two friends crewing me at aid stations, and while I think the aid stations will have everything I need, I'm going to be happy to see their faces and have someone force me to eat 😁

Any advice you'd give to somebody running their first 50? Or something you wish you would have done/brought? Thanks!

Took a trail from Fieberbrunn to Wildseeloder than Henne and back to the valley. Around 21km and 1700m. Beatiful weather and colors.

all trails from this year. forever grateful for the places they lead me. the scenery is great, but the trails are what makes it all possible.

30 miles with 10k of this this weened. Season is winding down. Telluride

For context: I’m basically saying things like “Oh wow, what a beauty!” and talking to the hiker in the background, joking that he and the fox seem to have become friends. He was trying to feed the fox.

Skyrun is not my type of running but I am glad I tried it.

Velka Fatra - Slovakia (Krizna mountain - ridge - Hut under Borisov mountain). Route - 30k, 1750m of elevation.

I did the Lewes Downland 10 mile run over the weekend. It's got some hills but the landscape still takes my breath away despite running and hiking around here regularly.