This Saturday’s team hike at San Bruno Mountain Park was by far the toughest yet. I suppose I may be saying that every week as each hike gets longer and more difficult, but this week was the first time I actually thought, ‘Will I really be able to hike back out of the Canyon in …
I’ve not only been missing from this blog, but also from my training. A sinus infection knocked me down for the last few days (hmmm…. could those cold, wet hikes have anything to do with it?) But now I’m on antibiotics and starting to feel a little more normal. I’ll get back into the training …
Today was a bonus group training day – a stair clinic with the coach at Coit Tower in San Francisco. It was miserable weather thoughout most of the Bay Area this morning, with some on the East Bay saying there was hail, while San Francisco was raining heavily when I rolled out of bed. I …
This week’s Saturday hike took us to a portion of the Coastal Trail in the Presidio in San Francisco. Though not nearly as strenuous as last week’s steep ravine, the hike was longer: Just over 3 hours. And the views were postcard perfect. Though it hailed (yes that frozen ice!) last night in San Francisco, …
Today is Recommitment Day – a day that, honestly, has been at the back of my mind for a couple weeks. What is recommitment, you ask? It’s the day when I say, no matter what, I will be hiking and will raise my goal. As my Hike for Discovery mentor described it in a recent …
Training today: None. Thankfully. Tuesday is my one day of the week without training. But as expected my arms are achy from lifting weights yesterday, so they enjoyed the reprieve. Despite the “rest day,” it’s been amazingly busy anyway. Tuesday has become the one day of the week when I can clean, do laundry, run …
My Monday training takes me to the YMCA in the Presidio where I’m in a 45-minute weight training class followed by a 45-minute step-aerobics class. I was taking both classes prior to signing up for the hike, but I can already see a difference in strength, especially in my legs. I’ve moved up a pound …
Yesterday was our toughest team hike yet, a trail very accurately called “Steep Ravine” at Mt. Tamalpais State Park. Every Saturday until the actual Grand Canyon event in May, we have early morning hikes to prepare. Each one of the hikes is longer in time and length and more difficult in terms of terrain and …
San Francisco is, without a doubt, the city of misfits. Eccentrics of every variety are not only welcome here, but are the norm. It’s hard to be shocked in San Francisco by anything. And the social lines drawn elsewhere in the world simply aren’t relevant here. It’s hard to tell who’s homeless or just prefers …
I just got back to Cleveland a couple days ago from a too-short trip to Belize with mom, dad and big brother Tophe. Kelly suggested I write a travel blog for my next adventure – Australia – which begins today. I’ll try to update it periodically along the way. I’d been planning to all along, …
