Friday:
Biked to work. Biked home. Packed a bag. Biked to my trainer's house.
18.97 miles.
It was fun to try to figure out how to function without a car. I'm lucky to live both near work and near my trainer. I'm still working on how to not feel gross when get to work. I change clothes and wipe down with wet paper towels, but it's not really enough. My hair feels gross for most of the day.
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Sunday:
Hiked 18 miles around Malibu Creek State Park.
The hike was supposed to be 13 miles. We hit a few fences we couldn't circumvent and accidentally added 5 miles to the tally, making it less of an awesome hike and more of a death hike. The giant mountain we climbed didn't help (Elevation Gain: 2,748 ft). Don't get me wrong, I had a great time, but I'm pretty sure I was the only one. My poor mom had a rough go at the last three miles. But we finished.
I should research my hikes better. I was trying to test out a race this fall, but I'm pretty sure the gates we hit will be open then, so it wasn't an accurate mapping. The ascent, while steep, was awesome, and got me really excited about the race. The descent was steep as shit, though. It made my toe nails hurt, and would probably result in me eating shit if I tried to run down it.
I still want to try to jog the loop. It would go a lot faster.
And now my feet hate me.
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Weekly totals:
Bike: 45.95 Mi
Ran: 13.56 Mi
Total fitness hours: 6 (unless you include the hike. Then it's 14.5 hours)
Time to ramp up the running again.
Biked to work. Biked home. Packed a bag. Biked to my trainer's house.
18.97 miles.
It was fun to try to figure out how to function without a car. I'm lucky to live both near work and near my trainer. I'm still working on how to not feel gross when get to work. I change clothes and wipe down with wet paper towels, but it's not really enough. My hair feels gross for most of the day.
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Sunday:
Hiked 18 miles around Malibu Creek State Park.
The hike was supposed to be 13 miles. We hit a few fences we couldn't circumvent and accidentally added 5 miles to the tally, making it less of an awesome hike and more of a death hike. The giant mountain we climbed didn't help (Elevation Gain: 2,748 ft). Don't get me wrong, I had a great time, but I'm pretty sure I was the only one. My poor mom had a rough go at the last three miles. But we finished.
I should research my hikes better. I was trying to test out a race this fall, but I'm pretty sure the gates we hit will be open then, so it wasn't an accurate mapping. The ascent, while steep, was awesome, and got me really excited about the race. The descent was steep as shit, though. It made my toe nails hurt, and would probably result in me eating shit if I tried to run down it.
I still want to try to jog the loop. It would go a lot faster.
And now my feet hate me.
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Weekly totals:
Bike: 45.95 Mi
Ran: 13.56 Mi
Total fitness hours: 6 (unless you include the hike. Then it's 14.5 hours)
Time to ramp up the running again.
An 18 mile hike? With your mom? Crikey I'd definitely be counting that toward the fitness tally. Wow!
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ReplyDeleteThat's an impressive hike! Yea for your mom. Pretty sure after 8 or so mine would sit down and wait for the wolves to eat her. Since retiring, though, she's been walking more and even talking about riding her bike, both of which make me really happy.
ReplyDeleteI think I would die on the hike....ok not really but a 5 mile extra added would be rough.
ReplyDeleteI love that big summer hat! They are my fav! :)
ReplyDeleteThat's about 6 more (or 14.5 more) hours than me... I am not proud of that fact.
ReplyDeleteA travel pack of baby wipes and some dry shampoo. There are some good ones in spray form that don't clump in your hair or turn it white.
Wow that's a pretty strong week! Bike commuting is a great way to add some low stress miles. Good call.
ReplyDeleteThat just looks all sorts of hot!
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