Hiking 2:00:00 [3] 8.0 mi (15:00 / mi) +400m 12:59 / mi
shoes: Brooks Running 17
Hiking up Mt Tam with Sam and Presto! This was definitely a more intense hike than yesterday, and both my foot and my knee were feeling it a bit, unfortunately. We started from Lake Lagunita, which was completely packed with people, horses, and dogs. The hike up felt pretty easy, and I thought everything was fine, but then we climbed up on top of some rocks to look at the view (such as it was with the haze) and I noticed my knee was a little unhappy. Shortly after that my foot also started complaining. Sigh.
We cut our planned hike short a bit and took a really steep trail straight back down to the lake. I'm not sure that this was an improvement over a slightly longer, less steep option from the point of view of my knee and foot, but it was a good reminder to our descending muscles of what hiking feels like :-).