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Having just run the Mount Madonna Challenge last weekend I got to thinking about trail running and why runners like it  even though it is harder and sometimes more injury prone than other kinds of running.  In spite of the drawbacks trail running is very popular and becoming more so every year.

For many years all I did was run. Sometimes I would stretch, a little. Sometimes I would do some yoga, a little. But mostly I just ran. If I wanted to run faster, I ran faster in training. If I wanted to run farther, I ran farther in training—longer long runs, more miles per week. I would read about cross training—do some bicycling, swimming, elliptical. Never did it. Not much anyway. I like to run. I don’t have the time or inclination to go to a pool or a gym or dust off a bicycle.