We’re spending the weekend in Luxembourg and that’s always an excellent opportunity to experience hills and train a bit differently than normal. Today I went for a training in the hills around Grosbous, Luxembourg.
Started out going uphill without any warm-up, so I relaxed a bit before starting to work hard. In this area it’s up, down, up, down – never flat. Running here is excellent – I really like running in the forest. Even though there’s a road nearby, it’s quiet so all you hear is the sound of your feet hitting the ground; wet leaves sliding under your feet; small sticks snapping… It’s really cold – winter has certainly hit north-western Europe.
Suddenly while I was out running the silence was broken by … snow falling and hitting the leaves and branches around me. No sounds in the entire forest except my breath, my feet moving forward, and snow gently falling on the trees around me.
It was a hard run, and I was wondering if I was maybe getting a bit ill. At least until I checked the stats for the run. On any given run in Amsterdam I have an elevation gain of about 20-40 meters at the most. Today I did 210m in almost 10 kilometers.
If you want more detail you can have a look at my Garmin Connect run:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/57974242