- HikeType Rainbow Hike
- HikeIcon https://hikes.brucetrail.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/7/image.png
- PaceTypes ,Brisk - 4 to 5 km/hr,Leisurely - 3km/hr or less
- TerrainTypes Easy - Mostly flat and usually good footing
- PaidOuting No
Hosting Club: Iroquoia
Category: Rainbow Hike
Location (Google Maps): Hillcrest Loop, bottom of Dundurn Stairs, next to bus stop
Hike Leader(s): Doug O'Neill Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Brisk - 4 to 5 km/hr, Leisurely - 3km/hr or less
Terrain: Easy - Mostly flat and usually good footing
Distance: 9-10 km
Description
***CANCELLED** Please see the Hiking Schedules up for 4 upcoming October-November-December Rainbow Hikes.
Everyone is welcome on this uber-friendly, all-inclusive 2SLGBTQAI+ Rainbow Hike.
Tonight’s hike, along the Chedokee Trail and Robert MacLaren Sidetrail, includes an (optional) opportunity to try Japanese interval walking (Nihon-shiki)—for at least one 30-minute segment. The rest of the evening you simply walk at your regular pace. Our August experiment got the thumbs up from participants!
How it works:
• Alternate 3 minutes of brisk walking (enough to raise your heart rate and make talking difficult) with 3 minutes of slower, recovery walking
• Each cycle = 6 minutes; we’ll repeat it five times for a total of 30 minutes
• If everyone agrees, we’ll try another 30-minute interval toward the end of our hike.
• No one gets left behind (and if they did, well, we've not heard from them since 🙂
Everyone gets a Bruce Trail Rainbow Badge. Again, this is NOT a high-intensive evening. The Japanese interval walking is 30-minutes of the hike. It's a regular hike otherwise.
Bring water, perhaps a snack if you've skipped dinner, and sturdy shoes (runners will work for this hike)
Coming by transit?: the No 7 Hillcrest Loop bus will drop you off right where we'll begin the hike.
Email any questions to Doug - "Click here to contact Hike Leader" on this form.