Hike /hīk/ noun- a long walk, especially in the country or wilderness.

Category: Journey Journal

Rest Day

Today is supposed to be a rest day for me. I am sure I sound crazy to many people when I say that rest days are really hard for me but they are. I have all kinds of guilt over not doing enough and like almost a weird workout FOMO. Alas rest is a necessity. So here I am feeling like quite a lump. I mean I worked all day at my regular job. I jumped in the pool for a little swimming. I did throw in some laundry. I hydrated. I even rolled out and did some stretching. I did stuff but not “the stuff”. I didn’t hike or run or walk or wod or lift or any of the things that have become the most fulfilling things for me. So yeah, rest days are hard.

Getting Started

I went ahead and register for the Marathon March in October at Waterloo Village. It is 20 miles of all my favorite trails but with a time cap of 8 hours. I felt super confident when I hit the register button. I had just finished reading “A Beautiful Work in Progress”, by Mirna Valerio and was feel all inspired and capable. That was 3 days ago. Today I am wondering what I am getting myself into.

I went out this morning to do a quick 5 miles as sort of a kick off for training in preparation. I took the Sussex branch trail, totally flat and easy, 2.5 miles out and back. My legs were quite sore from an especially leg heavy WOD Saturday morning so I knew I wasn’t going to fly through it but I have done it plenty of times before and had no worries. Well I ended up pacing almost exactly 3 miles an hour. That means I could finish the Marathon March in 7 hours assuming no breaks, no bathroom, and that I could sustain that pace the entire time with unknown weather conditions and a pack on. I’m clearly nuts. I realize now that I have a bit of work to do before I tackle this hike but it was a start. I still have 16 weeks to go to get my trail legs back.

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