Finally a trail run

I love to trail run but I do not find it safe to do it by myself since I don't know the trails, also promise my husband I would not go on a trail by myself unless when I just do Kendall hills which are in plain view. Last year I started running with the Crooked River Trail Group, great group different pace so you always have someone to run with but we meet at 6:30pm which means I normally don't get home until about 8:30pm, so this makes for a very long day since I go down there straight from work. Needless so say I haven't been able to get out to the trail due to many family obligations but today with my son having no school tomorrow, I prep dinner for the family yesterday just need to stick in the oven to finish cooking, I met the group for a trail, which is a good thing since I have a trail race next weekend. My usual running partner Nancy was there it was so good to see her but I was kind of concern that I may not be able to keep up with her and I also made the stupid mistake of not bringing my hand held water bottle so ran without water which was fine since we ran less than 1 hour. The trail was beautiful through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, lots of Fall colored trees and boy have I missed trail running and even with all that marathon training I am not in trail running shape as you can tell from my increased heart rate at such a slow pace, it is so much harder, the up and downs, the constant twist and turns and the constant attention needed looking ahead to make sure you have a clear path to step on so as to prevent a fall. Headlamps were used since it got dark so our pace slowed for the last 3 miles. Really have missed it, hoping I can find another group to run with either earlier or on the weekend. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 835 ft Location: Peninsula, OH Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 10/14/10 Up/Downhill: [+967/-967] Time: 06:38 PM Difficulty: 3.2 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 4.91 miles Time: 0:57:32 Speed: 5.1 mph Pace: 11' 43 /mi Heart Rate: 164 bpm (Avg) Calories: 488 228 bpm (Peak) Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Heart Rate (bpm) Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone Zone 5 184 - 204 0h 03m 6%  0.39 mi Zone 4 163 - 184 0h 28m 48%  2.46 mi Zone 3 143 - 163 0h 26m 46%  1.92 mi Zone 2 122 - 143 0h 03m 6%  0.23 mi Zone 1 102 - 122 0h 01m 1%  0.07 mi (none) out of range 0h 06m 10%  0.19 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 10' 10 -1' 33 5.9 +0.8 167 -89 ft 2 10' 58 -0' 45 5.5 +0.3 167 +13 ft 3 13' 49 +2' 06 4.3 -0.8 160 -109 ft 4 12' 04 +0' 21 5.0 -0.2 165 +39 ft end 13' 47 +2' 04 4.3 -0.8 163 +92 ft Versus average of 11' 43 min/mile

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