I wanted to ride today but my neck was being overly cranky...and our coach asked us to put a long and slow effort this weekend within a target heart rate zone for some time period between 30-90 minutes. I knew that wasn't going to happen on the bike, so I tied on my trail running shoes. My goal was to put in at least an hour of some combination of trail running/hiking with a particular average heart rate. I went to a different trail than I've run before and decided to focus on how my knee/heel felt rather than any formal timed split between hiking/running.

I had a great time! I hit my goal of 60 minutes, and also hit my desired heart rate average (120). I wish I had thought to take my camera, I ran by some gorgeous lake over-looks at the top of the ridge. At the end of the ride my calf was a bit tighter than when I started, but knee and heel was no worse than at the start. I focused on heart rate more than how fast I was running - really it was a slow jog - I don't care about speed right now. I will take it!

Hoping to take an easy ride after my Funday Sunday group workout tomorrow - if I've anything left afterwards!