Day 575 – US – Pennsylvania [New Castle to Cranberry Township]

31/10/21

44km

  From New Castle (Pennsylvania) to Cranberry Township (Pennsylvania)

North America

The relentless hills of Pennsylvania again, a slow and demanding day in the rain – Happy Halloween!

Moody weather, wet and grey

I was thinking today about why I was feeling the uphills so much in my legs. I have been on the road nearly two years, I shouldn’t “feel” this I thought. Well… actually Europe’s terrain was very varied. Whether I was following the Mediterranean coastline or running inland, there were always hills, mountains… flat was the exception (typically the plain of Po in Italy).

Halloween Day!

I realise my crossing of the US has been essentially flat. I crossed the Cascades Range at the beginning, in the state of Washington. Then it has been more or less all flat since I entered Montana early August. The result of running on flat terrain for so long is that my legs were taken by total surprise yesterday and today! Two days of running in the relentless hills had my legs tired, a feeling I haven’t really experienced since the beginning of the world run! I am sure it will settle quickly, muscle adaptation will kick in. And it’s also lucky that I have a rest day coming up.

Running by the pretty town of Zelienople, PA

Other than that, the weather was wet again. Forecast said it would be dry… the hell with weather forecasts lately! On the bright side, it does look like the next 10 days or so are sunny, so I should not be complaining. On on, to Pittsburgh and a rest day!

Enjoy the video of today’s run: (paucity of pictures due to rainy weather again today, apologies!) https://www.relive.cc/view/vxOQYVg3j2O

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Here is the map of today’s run: