Today’s Picture This Country Roads Run is run along the beautiful country roads near where I grew up.  Whenever I go back to visit, I enjoy a very different type of run than my normal runs.  The runs there are much hillier, and I get chased by the occasional dog; something I’m not used to on the W&OD Trail!

When I’m running in the country, most of my run is usually on narrow twisty turny paved roads, but part of it is on gravel roads…

CountryRoadRunGravelRoad

Here I’m approaching a narrow blind curve…

CountryRoadRunRiverTurn

Just before I run along the North Fork of the Holston River for a while…

RiverRunRiver

And then I run along some beautiful corn fields…

CountryRoadRunCornField

Until I reach the meadows and the hay fields…

 CountryRoadRunBarn

And then I see the old swinging bridge that I posted pictures of when I wrote about Running With a Salamander, a Groundhog, and a Lot of Cattle.  In fact it was on that run that I came up with the idea for my Picture This Run series!

CountryRoadRunBridge

On days that I’m going for a longer run, I climb this mile-long hill and it kicks my butt!  The view and run back down is so worth it though!

CountryRoadRunBlackHill

On other days, it might be very foggy as I head out and run past hay bales stacked along the road…

CountryRoadRunFoggyHayBales

But then the sun will peak out and illuminate the road in a special way…

CountryRoadRunFoggyTurn

As I approach the river it gets foggier, and the sun tries even harder to shine on me and my country roads run…

CountryRoadRunFoggyCornField

  • Questions:
  • What’s your favorite Picture This Run?
  • Have you ever run on twisty turny hilly roads?
  • Have you ever been chased by a dog when running?