A Day of Rest
I woke up this morning and decided that I was just going to take it easy. I have been very tired from all the walking, hiking and trips, so I needed a day of recoop before I took off for the islands.
I did a little work in the late morning. Everybody else was getting ready to hike. I decided that I was going to tag along and get some excercise. I didn't know what I was getting myself into.
We drove to the back side of Pentalli mountain, stopping for water along the way, where there some nice trails to hike on. Unfortunately no shade. SARG (their dog) was in the back of the car flipping out in anticipation. We all started out down a path and Mick said that he was going to run and anyone who wanted could join. I volunteered to keep him company.
Now, what I didn't think about is that Mickey is in great shape and in training for the Mount Olympus marathon on June 29th. The other fact that I let slip my mind was that I hadn't run in a couple weeks and I'm not accustomed to running hills and mountains. I also didn't know how long we were running for.
We were running on a nice steady pace, a shuffle really. Nothing that I couldn't handle. We also were tallking the entire time so it was really nice. I could definitely notice the hills and grade fatiguing my legs faster than normal. I was going strong for 45 minutes then it was downhill for my legs even though we were running uphill. Meanwhile, I was thinking that we were almost done so I finished my water and powered through. By this time Mick was a little ahead of me. We made it to a road then Mickey said it was time to turn around and go back! I was already spent! I was dying of thirstAnd to make matters worse it felt like the entire way back was uphill. I wasn't out of breath, my legs were just on fire.
We ended up running 18 km and burning 1580 calories, not too shabby!
I did a little work in the late morning. Everybody else was getting ready to hike. I decided that I was going to tag along and get some excercise. I didn't know what I was getting myself into.
We drove to the back side of Pentalli mountain, stopping for water along the way, where there some nice trails to hike on. Unfortunately no shade. SARG (their dog) was in the back of the car flipping out in anticipation. We all started out down a path and Mick said that he was going to run and anyone who wanted could join. I volunteered to keep him company.
Now, what I didn't think about is that Mickey is in great shape and in training for the Mount Olympus marathon on June 29th. The other fact that I let slip my mind was that I hadn't run in a couple weeks and I'm not accustomed to running hills and mountains. I also didn't know how long we were running for.
We were running on a nice steady pace, a shuffle really. Nothing that I couldn't handle. We also were tallking the entire time so it was really nice. I could definitely notice the hills and grade fatiguing my legs faster than normal. I was going strong for 45 minutes then it was downhill for my legs even though we were running uphill. Meanwhile, I was thinking that we were almost done so I finished my water and powered through. By this time Mick was a little ahead of me. We made it to a road then Mickey said it was time to turn around and go back! I was already spent! I was dying of thirstAnd to make matters worse it felt like the entire way back was uphill. I wasn't out of breath, my legs were just on fire.
We ended up running 18 km and burning 1580 calories, not too shabby!
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