Today I woke at 7am because I had left my alarm on but this was ok as I wanted to do some exploring of the Rideau trail. I had carefully looked at all of the maps to find the entrance and it was good that I had otherwise I likely would not have found it. It took me about 30 minutes to walk there (I didn't bike because I wasn't sure where I was going or if there would be any bike parking (there were some signs that I could have parked at so that was ok) The other disadvantage to taking the bike means that I can't do a loop as I would need to retrieve the bike.
At any rate, I walked out bath road to the intersection point. I walked the way that it had indicated on the map and found I was following some deep red arrows which I interpreted (I think correctly). It was kind of interesting to be a trail like this in the middle of the city. I only saw one other person on the trail and it was a jogger, which was weird as the terrain was not really jogging friendly. The first bit was pretty open- there were some additional blue trails that seemed very overgrown- they were supposed to be loop trails but I did not try them. Then the trail veered to the right and it was much more closed in and muddy, which I wasn't expecting. The end bit was VERY overgrown and then it spit me out onto Parkway Street, then I turned onto Princess and walked home stopping at Shoppers on the way.
Then I biked to the other shoppers. Gatorade was on sale. Now just preparing for my training session at 2:30
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