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What does the speaker say that fast runners sometimes do?
Have to wait for the other runners
Make a new false trail
Go on the wrong trail
Confuse the other runners
What does the speaker say you should not be afraid of in the countryside?
Climbing fences
Getting lost
Getting dirty
Meeting animals
How do the runners make a trail?
With painted wood posts
With signs
With baking flour
With colored paint
What is this talk mainly about?
Why it is fun to run with others
Running in a club
Finding good running trails
Where to run in the countryside
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One thing I like to do is running.
And I like doing it with, sort of, a club.
What we do is, one person goes out into the countryside.
And they would go the day before and set a trail.
They would just take regular flour, or sometimes flour mixed with a little powdered paint, and lay out blobs of the flour to set the trail.
But, it's not just a simple trail. They put in false trails, which means, you've chosen the wrong way and you have to go back.
And, that helps confuse people, and it also helps keep us together, because sometimes some of the faster runners go out, ahead and take the false trail.
Of course, sometimes the slower runners take the false trail too.
Anyway, eventually, everyone tends to get back to the start.
And it's a lot of fun. And,it's a good way to get out in the countryside and, see places you wouldn't have seen before.
But I wouldn't recommend it if you're afraid of, things like a little bit of mud or a few thorns.