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[NSV] the benefits of getting lost!

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I hike 2-3 times a week for CV health. I can see improvements from one session to the next, and tend to increase my distance by .25 miles each time.

Today would have been 1.75 miles, but after the parking lot wandered off on me (I swear) I ended up doing 2.3!

I'm so high on endorphins it should be illegal. I love when the exercise becomes its own reward!

I huffed and puffed less than usual even with the extra .5 miles, and shaved some time of my average mile as well.

Cue silly dancing in the shower.

Posted Jun 4, 2016, 2:33 PM UTC

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TreecubOP31F 5'6" 175 159 150•

Yup!

The ecology preserve isn't that big, but if you take every loop and all the major paths it makes a 5k that the local trail runners use.

I honestly can't follow the tiny signs that I always miss seeing, so I just wander and wander, with the end result that sometimes get a little lost. My problem this morning is that I headed the wrong way and ended up walking completely to the other end of the park before I realized it.

So worth it. I didn't know I could do more than 2 miles at that pace with only 1 short water break. On one of my days off, I'm going to just go and wander for as long as I can, just to see what I CAN do!

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moolric5"7 | SW:100kg | CW: 92kg | GW:60kg•

The idea of getting lost on a hike is pretty terrifying to me. I'm glad that you were in an area where you can't go too far off track, and that it all had a happy ending.

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TreecubOP31F 5'6" 175 159 150•

If I'd really been in trouble, I could have done what I ended up doing and using my GPS to escape. I use it for the mileage and what not, so I just looked at the map on MapMyFitness until I found the tail that marked my starting spot.

I have no intentions of going anywhere I can legit get lost (because I've managed that in my subdivision) without GPS, a map, and a compass. I might be special, but I ain't stupid. ;D

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