This evening we went for the first trail run of the season. Daniel, Doug, Michael, Charles and I met at the powerline entrance to the Green Belt at about 5:30 PM, (after work).
Charles was riding his bike, so he went his own way and we did not see him after the start. He went to another entrance and I think in the future we should investigate that one.
We had a good start, you could tell which people had been in marathon training. They really powered up the hills, and left me in the dust. We almost made it to Barton Creek; it was the furtherest we have ever come on this side of the Green Belt. We stopped at a convenient turn-around at the bottom of a particularly steep hill.
So the return trip started with a steep climb up that hill. What a good way to find out what your max heart rate is.... Arg! A little further on, Doug and I took a wrong turn and went about a mile in the wrong direction. It was a pretty trail with a large ravine off to our right.
I am not sure why my GPS was not telling me that we were off course. At the turn-around point, I had set it up to navigate back to the starting point. Once we were back on the the trail we had gone out on, it started telling us every turn. I am not sure why it did not tell us when we deviated from the trail. Maybe I was not paying close enough attention. We finally made it back, although I think Mitch and Daniel had about given up on us.
All in all it was an excellent run. Three thumbs up!
Here is the MotionBased view of the run:
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