The steeper trail? Sounds great!

As planned, Darcy and I headed over to Peterborough, NH this weekend to climb Pack Monadnock. When we arrived, the very friendly and helpful park representative recommended that we climb up the steep trail, because it has such nice views, and to take the easier trail down on the way back, for a cool down.


Great views? Steep climb? Why not?! It's great exercise with the reward of a feast for the eyes. What could be better than that? I think that my ease in climbing Rock Rimmon confused me into thinking I'm in great shape. As it turns out, I'm not.


The hike is about 3 miles, round trip. It was 82 degrees out, and I had a hat on and a backpack, both of which were generating a ridiculous amount of heat. My back and head were soaked by the time we were half way up. We took several breaks, and poor Darcy's face was as red as a beet.


We took turns taking pulls off my inhaler, as skinny minnie's flew past us. In our defense, we were the only phatties out there. Everyone else was in fantastic shape - seriously... *Everyone* we saw was fit as a fiddle. That must mean we will be soon too. ;-)


I'm not sure how long it took us, but I think it was about 2.5 hrs - not exactly record time, but it was 2.5 hrs of great exercise for us, and that's how I'm looking at it. We were so sore by the time we were done. While on the ride home, our sore muscles relaxed, and by the time we needed to vacate the vehicle, we were stiff!


As I mentioned last week, I HAD to take care of my lawn this weekend, so sore back and wet head (still), I mowed the lawn and washed the lawn chairs. After that, and about 5 bottles of water, we headed over to cupcake island with the girls. It was soooooooooo nice to be in the cool water, relaxing.


Yesterday, I was completely sore, and I didn't exercise. I was sore when I got up this AM, but three hours later, I'm not so bad. Tonight, if it's not raining, I'd like to climb Rock Rimmon twice. D and I need to build up our endurance for the longer weekend hikes, so that training starts today!


Over and out.

I can eat an entire club sandwich

I went out to lunch with Darcy today while she brought her car for an inspection, and there were not many options on the menu. The mechanic was nice enough to drop us off at the closest restaurant, that was a little over a mile away. I ended up getting a turkey club on rye. I ate 1/4 of it at first, and I was full.

I suggested that we walk back to the car to get some exercise, so we did. It was a little warm, but it was a nice walk. By the time we got back to the car, I was ready for the next quarter of my sandwich, and I ate that on the way back to my office.

Once back to my office, I ate the other half. Now I'm feeling a little full, but not too bad. I must be very ready for my fill next Tuesday.

I finally loaded my Monday - Sunday pill box, and I just took 2 vitamins and an iron pill, figuring my stomach must be VERY full, and ready to handle all that.

Wrong.

It's making me totally sick to my stomach...and you people wonder why I hate taking them! :)

Apparently, I should spread them out a bit more. Duh. I knew that, and I've been told that. Step 2 on my to do list is making a meal plan for the rest of the week, so I'll give that some thought...

Tonight, I plan to climb Rock Rimmon before going on a boat ride. I want to climb Pack Monadnock with D on Sat AM, so this will be a nice warm up!