Ways on How to Transform from a Road runner to a Trail Runner

The first step: think and act like a tracer

The first thing to realize is this: trail running is more than the physical surface at which you and the environment around you use. It is a matter of attitude, an attitude, even a culture.

This mentality and culture around the running tend to be:

More flexible than expected, speed, altitude and land

More adventurous than careful

More inclined than working through initial data after feeling

More unplugged connected and distracted by peripheral

More interested than short-term and stable and fast

Cheaper than disturbing

More modest than arrogant

6 ways to adopt a mentality trail runner

When asked in an interview with UltraRunnerPodcast.com whether he had a rally for the runners who are just starting to position into the runway, their response has understood the spirit of the runner's status:

"The greatest thing is to relax," he said. "The ways are really, really different intensity is different as you evaluate differently; It's really fun, but you have to start the race slowly. "

Beyond the "cold", how can you act more like a runner and think? 

Try this:

1. Be explorative and playful even during regular shopping. If you still have the same citizenship on the same loop in the neighborhood, avoid the road in a side street to explore. Get out of the pavement on the citizen pavement, and give yourself on the road (avoid traffic, of course) so your pavement covers subtle movements and movements in different directions, as in the course. When you find a lawn, use it only for fun. If you pass a parking structure, out stairs and down the ramps. Even on a familiar street street, they adjust new things try and run to the new places.

2. At least one of your weekly shopping in a predominantly natural environment. On weekends, plan your timetable and workout for the coming week; Find a time and place for a race track. Find traces and choose a different one to explore. Make a commitment and expect that particular breed.

3. On the way and on the title, do not distract from your phone. Turn your messages and store them in a bag or handbag instead of carrying it in your hand so you do not see it trying and checking messages or social media. Also try to run without music. Maybe you will find it annoying first. This is the goal: developing patience and agree to your current environment, which can trigger some of your best ideas. Take your music and podcasts for extra long journeys and more hours if you have the opportunity to set an hour.

4. Be careful. Maintain awareness - an awareness of the current environment. Open your ears and your eyes to your surroundings. It is for your own safety, as on the slopes, the attention is essential to avoid the dangers. A thorough awareness of your environment will help you to beat your head on a member of the low tree or make an outing on a root.

5. Minimize the amount you check your GPS during the run. Many runners will depend on the speed and mileage parameters on their high-tech watches. On the ground floor, the average rate and the cumulative distance will tend to be inaccurate or delayed in real-time. The signals that follow your location and speed can be inaccurate if you are in a remote environment and wood with steep curves, for example. You might find yourself frustrated when the tempo and the distance displayed on the watch are significantly different from what you feel exactly. Relax and ignore what the clock or a GPS application smartphone told you! Also on your body. But keep your GPS running so that you have a general sense of distance, and at the end of the race, you will be an accurate estimate, but not perfect, your miles and your average pace. Do not worry that you're going "too slowly" when your watch shows that your pace is a minute or more slower than expected. Target for a less quantifiable efficiency, more intuitive and more stable on the track.

6. Smile. Seriously,  will help make the smile you feel better and run better! If you smile or smile easily, even if you feel too uncomfortable or tired and you really do not want to smile, make at least three positive things: spread your joy and make people more inclined to be kind; Improve your racing shape by relaxing your facial muscles and tension in your body; And increase your chances of feeling and better performance for the rest of the race. Think "false" until you do. "Smile and acts positively, although it is slightly distorted or forced to increase the likelihood that you will have a better overview of runners feel" smile and hold you "- meaning that they suffer from discomfort during their race with equanimity and humor - and To work through these weaknesses.

The only question is now, which of course still beat you first?