Trail Running & European Workouts

I'm still trying to improve my running game, but unfortunately there's not a ton you can do to help with the boredom of running on the road....except to go off road! Trail running is a good bit more adventurous and fun, and I find that my time on the trails goes by much much faster than it does pounding the pavement. There's really not a whole lot to think about while on the road except for how much farther you have to go. This is not the case while on the dirt and gravel trails. 

When trail running, your brain is so active looking at the ground in front of you, looking out for roots, sticks, rocks, holes, horse crap...yea, and so on and so forth. With your brain constantly looking out for things for you to avoid stepping on [or in,] the time seems to fly by and you're wondering how you got to the end of your run so quickly. It may not be quick in the actual sense, but it feels like it. I went ahead and ordered some snazzy new kicks for trail running, and they arrived last week, and I got a chance to take 'em for a spin the following day. Below are my new trail shoes from Pearl Izumi, and my Garmin Connect summary of the quick trail run. 

New kicks.

Bull Run.

So as awesome as the Garmin Connect website is, it's had a few glitches recently, and I just have to share this next bit. While uploading one of my bike rides last week, I noticed two new activities in my account which I didn't recognize, so I clicked on them to try and figure out what they were. Turns out, apparently I've done some slowwww bike riding right on the Switzerland/Germany boarder, and another ride in Germany kinda close to where we used to live in Bonn. I have no idea where these workouts came from but my guess is two seperate people over in Europe are missing their workout summaries, and probably wondering where the heck all their data went! Check em out below!