This week has been pretty quiet in terms of training...enjoying the break from work and school by a good mix of lounging around, eating, napping, getting errands run and things done around the house..even got a nice walk in golden gate park yesterday where me and my roommate found a perfect spot to watch both the sunset over the ocean and the moon rise over the city. Ahh, I do love San Francisco! :)
Last weekend's hike in the redwoods was great! We met over in the Oakland Hills early in the morning. After a couple of quick name learning games (they really do work, I'm finally getting some of my teammates names down) and our group strength exercises to get warmed up, we set off on the trail that went downdowndown deep into the heart of the forest. Of course that meant the climb back UP was quite a doozy. I was feeling a little out of shape, ok, a lot, but I hung in there and made it back up to the top where we gathered to listen to one of the coaches talk about endurance training nutrition. You have to make sure you're keeping your internal gas tank full of the things that will give you optimum performance before, during and after a big workout.
This hike was particularly fun for me. I met two people on my team, Andrew and Brooke, who are also from nothern Minnesota! Andrew is practically from the town I was born in, which was cool because I never ever meet anyone who has even heard of the town. And it turns out Brooke and I not only share fond memories of fresh pan-fried walleye but she also used to work with one of my close friends! It turns out we share about 4 friends/acquaintances! :)
Since it's been a quiet week...I'll stop chatting and leave you with some photos I took on the hike. Next weekend: FIRST TEAM SKI at Bear Valley!! If there is no snow I'm not sure if we go up to tahoe to hike or stay in the bay area to hike so please join me in doing a snow dance, the sooner I get on skis the better! :)
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