Trail Running

So, my second blog, fifth training run so far. I found the joys (and troubles) of trail running. Okay, so it was only up the local park but it was still flipping hard. Managed 1.5miles in a time of 19minutes ish so not brilliant but still, it's better than sitting in bed doing nothing all day. 149 days and i'll be sh*tting a brick the night before race day. Plenty of time to train :)

I'm not sure what's worse with trail running, uphill or downhill. Uphill was so painful, on the lungs and the knees! Wow! I got out of breath so quickly even going at a snails pace. Flat bits were a welcome and amazing break :)
And coming down, well, I didn't want to go too fast in case I went head over heels rolling down into the field! The woods section was so much nicer, no lumpy bits of grass, just flat trail going steepish downhill, which was lovely :)
Heart beating rather quickly once I'd finished but I still could've kept going. Just decided that because I was back to the playground area, I might as well stop there. There's always another day :) Can't wait to be fair, when's the parents taking him back up there then? :P

But here's a question I was wondering on the way up (and back down) the worst part of the trail. I've been considering buying a pair of trail running shoes, more specifically these: http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/new-balance-womens-840-trail-shoes-p102774#descTabSect1
The link doesn't appear to work but it's easy enough to copy and paste. They are lush! But with the warm weather we've been having lately, which has completely dried out the ground, how, exactly, are the grips on these shoes supposed to make the blindest bit of difference?!

Roll on next run :)