Swampy hill training

I said something about not blogging about every single Thursday night hill training I do! But this time I again think it was so memorable that I will dedicate post to it anyway.

This time we will meet by the gate on the road to the Marchlyn reservoirs. That made me think we might do the loop on the ridge around the big one. I think the last time I did it was two years ago, with Lionel. That is quite something when running! But I wouldn't put it past this group. Even though it had rained all day, the hills would be slippery, and we would be unlikely to get a view.

I got there and had a chat with the other runners, and one of them said we would not go up into the mountains. And he was right! As soon as we set off, we went through the gate on the left, which leads straight into the boggy land by Mynydd Llandygai. This was going to get soggy! 

It sure was soggy, but also pretty, as the clouds lifted and the entire landscape emerged. And after a while we hit Mynydd, and headed for Moel y Ci, like Ras y Mynydd does. But we didn’t loop around the hill; we headed for Rhiwlas, and from there we went between Moel Rhiwen and Parc Drysgol, and then through the farmland to a little road that got us back to the cars. It was a gorgeous route! Just under 12k.  And we had only done 300m up, so I was quite fresh. Or maybe it had something to do with the jelly babies (won in a race earlier this summer) I had eaten beforehand. So a lovely night. Worthy of a blog post! 

Very gloomy in the beginning 

Sun breaks through! 

Among the trees

Beautiful route

Postcard-worthy I’d say