As mentioned in my last log post, I traveled out of town to watch the last weekend of horse races in Hot Springs, AK. this past Saturday.
Training had to be put on hold since there was to much crammed into one day. I was kind of irritated at first but, it is off season and I am working on balance between going full throttle in training, grinding hard working, and spending time with friends and family outside of the gym.
Today was a surprise to me as I was told, "we are going to HIKE Pinnicale Mountain". I have not done any type of cardio since two days before the XPC Finals so I figured this would be good for me. Little did I know that this would be no hike at all, hence the name Pinnicale MOUNTAIN.
This "Trail" leading up to the summit got steep real quick, real quick, like zero to one hundred real quick. I was not ready (Kevin Heart voice) and 15 minutes into our climb my calves were destroyed and my heart rate was sky high. By the time we got half way up the mountain we were straight climbing rocks that were spray painted in the "suggested climb" direction, I kept laughing cause I thought this was going to be a hike and I was DYING. All-in-all I am very glad I did not train yesterday and very happy for the decision to mountain climb.
