Another day, another boulder

Sunday 20th February 2010 - 42 days to halfmarathon in Poznan

Running wise it has not been a good week but today's training made it up to some extent. I decided that apparently the snow and cold are here to stay and I can either train despite them or give up on the idea of running a half marathon. I had a marvellous run :) it was quite could (- 4 C) with a lot of snow on the ground and single snowflakes falling from the sky now and then. The views were magnificent

I did the same route as on Tuesday but I extended it a bit because I wanted to take a picture of a special boulder. Wielkopolski Park Narodowy is full of boulders - almost all of them were brought there by glaciers. It is not the case with that one:

I will translate the inscription curved in that stone - it will explain everything much better than I could.

To the memory of Władysław count Zamoyski /1853-1924/ The owner of forests of Kórnik and Trzebaw and a part of Tatra mountains. Creator of the Fundation "Zakłady Kórnickie" on the area of which the Wielkopolski Park Narodowy was created. Guiding spirit of creation of Tatrzański Park Narodowy )Tatra National Park.

Kórnik - Mosina - Zakopane, 8th October 1994 

I may only add that the boulder itself has been transported almost 600 km (400 miles) from the Tatra National Park.
The picture below illustrates beautiful surrounding of this boulder.

The route was fantastic - in a few places I met other runners and people training cross-country skiing. Btw. I am very positively surprised by how popular cross-country skiing became in Poland especially here in lowlands. Still the most pleasant were these fragments of the trail were the snow was untouched by neither human foot nor by a ski.

I am sure that I'll go there back soon :)