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 …
Day of rest… not really
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 …
Gotta love the Y
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 …
Team hike: Steep Ravine
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 …
Living in San Francisco and hiking the hills
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 …