After finally getting back in the writing groove, I ran into the weekend (I typically write the blog in the morning for the previous day) and a very busy schedule working around the house…which we’ll call BORING! Friday, though, I did manage a workout.
I’m continuing to keep my eye on the ball for heading into the back country in the Adirondacks during the first weekend in October. I strapped on the pack again and headed off on Oak Hill Trail for what would turn out to be another two-hour hike. Though I hadn’t had the pack on the previous day, I could still feel the fatigue in my hips from the step-ups and the raw indentations my hip belt was causing on my hips. I thought as I walked how painful and fatiguing it must be to be out on a through-hike (extended hikes where you camp along the way, carrying all you will need on your back as you walk from point A to point B). I have been contemplating my own trek – the Continental Divide trail as the ultimate goal – for my retirement years and keep wondering if my body will take the beating of a 2,700 mile journey over several months if a 5-miler feels as lousy as this one felt. I’ll start with something shorter and figure that out later.
Jack arrived home from Ft. Gordon for a two-week visit and disparaged the Indians and baseball as something quite less than LBJ and basketball. Thankfully, I have Savannah, who loves baseball and the Tribe. We will be working on a fitness/running plan for him to run that sub 12-minute 2-mile run he hopes to accomplish later this fall. He’s a dedicated athlete and if I map it out, I have no doubt he will follow the plan and achieve his goal.
Hike: Two hours.
Training Heart Rate: 90-120 bpm.
Calories Burned: 1,300
Bonus: 21,000 steps for the day.
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