Getting Tougher and Tougher...

So Monday was a rest day for me which was nice to have. Tuesday came screaming into the picture really quickly and I wasn't ready for training to start this week. I also woke up that morning to rain just pinging of the metal roof of my house and that sound always makes me want to stay in bed longer and sleep. This made me not want to do any training that day.

So I was sitting on the couch being a tub of lard, when I got a phone call from a number I didn't know. It happened to be Therron, one of Adam's friends from Roanoke. He has also made the brave decision to do the TRIPLE CROWN BEAT DOWN with us. Anyways, he wanted to get outside and do something instead of sitting in his hotel room and "watch more re-runs of CSI." He really wanted to go and hike the Cascades since he hadn't done it in quite some time.

I obliged and drove him and myself out to the Cascades trail in Pembroke. He was really lucky that I am the jacket king and had an extra rain jacket to spare or he would have had a miserable hike. It poured the entire time we were hiking; oh except for when we got back to the Jeep of course. We hiked the lower trail to the falls and Little Stony Creek was running the highest I had seen. Finally got to the 66 foot waterfall and that was the most water I have seen coming over the falls. After hanging out there for a few minutes, we then hiked up to Upper Falls since neither one of us had seen them before. I highly recommend hiking the extra distance to see those, it is well worth it! On the way back to the Jeep we took the upper trail which was basically another creek wandering its way down to Little Stony Creek.

Cascades - 66 Foot Waterfall

Even though that picture is from a gorgeous day, you get an idea of how big they are.

Wednesday rolled around and I didn't workout in the morning since I had to be at work at 9:30. That night I made some grilled chicken tacos and then realized that "Skynet" told me that it was an exercise day. This was at 9:30 right after I finished the delicious tacos. I was so bummed but I ended up getting on my trainer for about a half hour. That was enough training for the night!

Today was a B-E-A-utiful day and I was lucky enough to have it off from work. 70 degree weather and a slight wind maybe for a perfect bike ride on the Huckleberry Trail! The ride ended up being just at 13 miles in about an hour. My stamina seems to fade very quickly once I pass the 70% mark. Gonna have to make that percentage much higher.

Old Railroad Bridge on the Huckleberry Trail

Hopefully training will stop becoming tougher and tougher to do and instead become easier and easier to do!

Check back for more in the next few days.


[WL]