Land of the Lost- Sunday, January 30

So what started out as a nice Sunday run and a chance to explore Bernal Heights ended up being an exercise in what you need to do next time you go for a long run in an unfamiliar neighborhood.

I chugged up Cortland from Mission. Cortland is the main artery of Bernal Heights. I knew there was a park somewhere so my original plan was to go through that park and head back on Folsom. As I went down Cortland a little more, I did see Folsom. However, going in one direction I was at a dead end and the park was straight up a hill and the other direction was somewhere I didn't know. I practically spent a good 10 to 15 minutes chugging around hills and going down random streets to find something familiar. I did find where Alemany is and on Saturdays it's a Farmers Market and Sundays its a flea market. After chugging up a few more streets, I did find my way back to Cortland and back on Mission to Valencia back home.

My run this morning didn't start off too well. First of all, the heart rate monitor was acting wierd. Then I had to totally layer because I couldn't go out in a short sleeve shirt. Then I forgot to turn on the milage meter which in this case, I can't measure how far I ran or what pace I was running. So much for that.

Here are my measly stats:
Total time: 1:12:18 (1 hour and 12 minutes)
Average heart rate: 134 beats per minute
Time in heart rate zone: 16:42 beats per minute
Time above heart rate zone: 9:20 beats per minute
Time below heart rate zone: 43:40 beats per minute

Next time: have some sort of direction and a MUNI fast pass. I got so lost that even the MUNI buses and their number routes don't look familiar. Now that is truly lost.