I've really lost my "mojo" to write. I can't say I'm "too busy". I'm just not making time for it. Life has been busy lately! But I love busy.
Since my half ironman I have been.......
- Enjoying the fact that I don't have to squeeze in 2 workouts a day
- I've been picking up some shifts working in the ER to brush up on my "bedside" skills (my iv-starting skills didn't skip a beat! *skip, jump, high-five*)
- Resting
With a double ear infection and several skin rashes, I have decided to stop the Masters swim team. Swimming was great, but I don't particularly like my apparent intolerance to chlorine (3 hours/week).
2 weekends ago, Ryan and I decided to escape the heat. So we headed up to Mount Lemmon and did a trail run.
I found the route via another blog. And this particular blogger said this was an "extremely runnable trail". Let me tell you, it was not.
It was 1900 ft above sea level. It was a 6.5 mile loop that basically went straight up and straight down the mountain. Coming down was on rocks, and there were parts that were so steep you had to hold on to the walls of the mountain in order not to fall.
"Runnable", my ass!! (is what I was repeating frequently during this run)
It was breath-taking, I will say. The leaves were changing, and there were incredible views.
But it was not wise to run.
I love this picture (sorry for the crappy quality of my I-phone camera).
A little snapshot of the trail we ran on!
I love the colors of leaves
Gorgeous contrast.
Once you get to the top of the loop, you were rewarded with these views! And then you had 3 miles down the mountain to tumble!
I felt on top of the world here. It was super windy on top of the summit!!
Trail running makes me happy :)
2 comments:
Wow, those photos are gorgeous! I actually think the iPhone takes awesome photos! I never use my camera anymore! And if you thought a trail was difficult, then I know it really was! Yikes! But I am glad you were rewarded with such awesome views!
And *high five* for not losing any of your IV skills - for your patient's sake I'm happy to hear that as I"ve been on the receiving end of a really bad iv insertion.
I love the pictures you post of your stomping grounds, or should I say hiking, running grounds? They are awesome!
Also high five on the IV skills! Some have it and some don't! When I give blood there are some who should just find another job or stay with interviews or another task!
Keep us posted on the RAGNAR trail run - glad you both can enjoy it!
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