Comments on: Top 10 Tips for Running Trails Solo and Safe http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/09/06/top-10-tips-for-running-trails-solo-and-safe/ Runner's Information & Advice Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:57:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Abby @ Planet Macehttp://completerunning.com/archives/2006/09/06/top-10-tips-for-running-trails-solo-and-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-44989 Abby @ Planet Mace Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:09:46 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/09/06/top-10-tips-for-running-trails-solo-and-safe/#comment-44989 My one and only suggestion is not going alone. Even pepper spray or a dog can fail. My one and only suggestion is not going alone. Even pepper spray or a dog can fail.

]]> By: Loping LouBob »http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/09/06/top-10-tips-for-running-trails-solo-and-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-2903 Loping LouBob » Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:50:58 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/09/06/top-10-tips-for-running-trails-solo-and-safe/#comment-2903 [...] Not what I have but what I do is my kingdom. –Thomas Carlyle  I headed out for my (ha ha) long run this morning with the intention of  going at least five miles before it got too hot out.  We were in Saskatchewan at a horse sale yesterday and didn’t get home until well after dark so there was a couple of things that I had to do before I actually ran.  I had to feed my pond fish (who have multiplied from 5 to at least 40, ever tried counting swimming fish?) and check a wound we’ve been treating on one of the horses.  When I went out to the horses I noticed that my new horse had a jaw twice the size as it should be.  It appears like he got bit by a rattlesnake, at least that’s what I hope it is (that will heal up in a few days).  I had to go back to the house to tell the Bossman, then I had to go back to get my cap, then I had to go back to get my Garmin and then I forgot to change socks and ended up running in cotton ones that I hate (maybe deep down these were all stall tactics).  The dog and I were accompanied by a couple of coyotes most of the way while we ran and shared Gummy Bears.  I was reading a to do and not to do trail running article in the C.R.N. this week and thought I could add one tip.  Don’t run and eat Gummy Bears, slow down and make sure you chew them well so you don’t choke while you’re out there alone or with a dog that’s just interested in what you cough up!    [...] [...] Not what I have but what I do is my kingdom. –Thomas Carlyle  I headed out for my (ha ha) long run this morning with the intention of  going at least five miles before it got too hot out.  We were in Saskatchewan at a horse sale yesterday and didn’t get home until well after dark so there was a couple of things that I had to do before I actually ran.  I had to feed my pond fish (who have multiplied from 5 to at least 40, ever tried counting swimming fish?) and check a wound we’ve been treating on one of the horses.  When I went out to the horses I noticed that my new horse had a jaw twice the size as it should be.  It appears like he got bit by a rattlesnake, at least that’s what I hope it is (that will heal up in a few days).  I had to go back to the house to tell the Bossman, then I had to go back to get my cap, then I had to go back to get my Garmin and then I forgot to change socks and ended up running in cotton ones that I hate (maybe deep down these were all stall tactics).  The dog and I were accompanied by a couple of coyotes most of the way while we ran and shared Gummy Bears.  I was reading a to do and not to do trail running article in the C.R.N. this week and thought I could add one tip.  Don’t run and eat Gummy Bears, slow down and make sure you chew them well so you don’t choke while you’re out there alone or with a dog that’s just interested in what you cough up!    [...]

]]> By: Jessicahttp://completerunning.com/archives/2006/09/06/top-10-tips-for-running-trails-solo-and-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-2901 Jessica Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:32:17 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/09/06/top-10-tips-for-running-trails-solo-and-safe/#comment-2901 Mia & Karen - those are both great tips I'll have to add to my list :) Mia & Karen – those are both great tips I’ll have to add to my list :)

]]> By: Karen in Calgaryhttp://completerunning.com/archives/2006/09/06/top-10-tips-for-running-trails-solo-and-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-2885 Karen in Calgary Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:14:21 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/09/06/top-10-tips-for-running-trails-solo-and-safe/#comment-2885 My favourite trail shoes the last couple of years have been Trail Addiction by Books. Lots of stability, and my ankles and arches don't ache as much as with road shoes. Check the weather forecast. It's hard to duck into a 7-11 to avoid a thunderstorm in the middle of trail country. It also doesn't hurt to bring along a long-sleeved shirt tied round your waist and maybe even a small, folded-up garbage bag in case you get trapped out in rapidly-changing weather. I keep a small key-chain flashlight in my trail belt, as well. You never know... Keep a change of warm fuzzy clothes (even shoes) back at the car in cooler weather - you might not want to wait until you get home to change out of damp clothes. My favourite trail shoes the last couple of years have been Trail Addiction by Books. Lots of stability, and my ankles and arches don’t ache as much as with road shoes.

Check the weather forecast. It’s hard to duck into a 7-11 to avoid a thunderstorm in the middle of trail country.

It also doesn’t hurt to bring along a long-sleeved shirt tied round your waist and maybe even a small, folded-up garbage bag in case you get trapped out in rapidly-changing weather. I keep a small key-chain flashlight in my trail belt, as well. You never know…

Keep a change of warm fuzzy clothes (even shoes) back at the car in cooler weather – you might not want to wait until you get home to change out of damp clothes.

]]> By: Miahttp://completerunning.com/archives/2006/09/06/top-10-tips-for-running-trails-solo-and-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 Mia Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:23:16 +0000 http://completerunning.com/archives/2006/09/06/top-10-tips-for-running-trails-solo-and-safe/#comment-2876 Jessica, these are all really good tips. When I'm reading them, they sound like common sense. Yet, at a glance, I can honestly say I've broken them all, at one time or another, on the trails near my own house. I wonder if a whistle is helpful? Like if you get lost, and can't get cell reception? That would be easy to pack on yourself, but it's not something I ever considered before reading this. Jessica, these are all really good tips. When I’m reading them, they sound like common sense. Yet, at a glance, I can honestly say I’ve broken them all, at one time or another, on the trails near my own house. I wonder if a whistle is helpful? Like if you get lost, and can’t get cell reception? That would be easy to pack on yourself, but it’s not something I ever considered before reading this.

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