{"id":11840,"date":"2021-05-17T16:59:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T20:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sail.ca\/blog\/five-things-to-know-before-trying-out-trail-running\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T09:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T14:24:23","slug":"five-things-to-know-before-trying-out-trail-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sail.ca\/blog\/five-things-to-know-before-trying-out-trail-running\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to Know Before Trying Out Trail Running"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,165,164],"tags":[304],"class_list":["post-11840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outdoor-activities","category-trail-running","category-running","tag-pamela-boucher-2"],"acf":{"post_flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","content_anchor":false,"anchor_link_text":"","text_content":"Want to start trail running, but aren\u2019t sure where to begin? Pamela Boucher, kinesiologist with over 12 years of experience in the health field and passionate about outdoor sports such as running, shares what she\u2019s learned as well as the tips she wishes she knew before starting this invigorating sport.<\/strong>\r\n

1. Strengthen your lower body<\/h2>\r\nI was getting tired of simply going out running. I was looking for a challenge, I wanted to push myself further. So, I decided to try out trail running.\r\n\r\nI realized quite quickly (read this carefully, especially if you\u2019re a seasoned runner with many years of experience) that trail running in the woods is completely different from traditional running.\r\n\r\nTrail running does not use the same muscles as traditional running does, nor do you use them in the same way. Muscle toning and building your lower body is often overlooked by people who start doing this sport.\r\n\r\nTo make your first trail running experiences more enjoyable, I would suggest that you alternate between certain exercises specific to trail running. Start off by running 400 metres and continue with about 15 reps of muscle strengthening exercises. It\u2019s best to aim for exercises that target one side of the body at a time, such as alternating lunges or one-handed planks assisted by a tree trunk. You can feel free to be creative.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5678\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"225\"]\"\"<\/a> Alternating lunges[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5679\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"225\"]\"\"<\/a> Tree-trunk side plank[\/caption]\r\n