Wow! what a great way to mark this 11 week milestone - a frolick in the Gatineau Park.
I headed out solo to the Pink Lake Trail which is great for cardio with its stairs and up/downs. It was brilliant to be out there right after the rain. It smelled pristine and the air was fresh. Doing 3 rounds of the trail seemed effortless almost.
Note the "almost". Tonight was also the first night that I (Danielle) am doing some "zone" training. In order to improve my cardio vascular fitness and increase the efficiency of my Slow Twitch, fat burning muscles I had my zones calculated at Peak Centre last week. The Charismatic Catriona gave me my numbers on Friday so I know where to work. Therefore, when I headed out this evening I knew that I had to keep my heart rate between 128 and 148. WOW! What a mission. With the varied terrain of Pink Trail I found myself either climbing through the roof 148+ or returning quicky to 128. So that distraction, monitoring my heart rate with my monitor made time fly.
The result was a workout lasting 1:23 minutes with 51 of those minutes in my target heart zone of 1. In addition, my pedometer says 19,652 right now.
Not a bad day :)
Walk on!
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