Recap of Saturday's cross-training - 7 Days Until Race Day
Yesterday's workout: 60 minutes of cross training via hiking!
I took a little break from DailyStrength yesterday because I was over in Berkeley and San Francisco for the day! We decided to go on a little spontaneous mini-roadtrip up north, which means... I didn't go bike riding as my cross-training. I went HIKING!
UC Berkeley is my alma mater, and there is a fire trail behind Memorial Stadium that I used to trek when I was going to college there. It was so amazing to be there again, surrounded by nothing but trees and trail, and walk the paths that I hadn't walked in years.
There are two things you should know about this trail. One: about a mile in, there is a very steep hill that really kicks your butt! I would never ever let myself walk it, yesterday included. I ran up this hill, albeit slowly and steadily, and was breathing really hard by the time I got to the top. It's so steep! The pictures don't do it justice. Here's a pic of the bottom:
And of me at the top! :)
Two: Two miles in, there is a gorgeous gorgeous vista, which is what makes the climb absolutely worth everything. I think the last time I was here, it was the last few days of college and my girlfriends and I hiked up here and had a small picnic at this vista point. Sigh... memories...
I also visited Skates on the Bay, a very nice restaurant right on the water. I'll talk about that in a different journal entry, but I got some nice iPhone photos of the views there as well.
Today's workout: 5.5 mile long run. Later I'll be writing a journal entry on how my long run went. There is a big hill involved, similar to the one I'll be encountering at the race, so cross your fingers for me that I'll make it up!!
I took a little break from DailyStrength yesterday because I was over in Berkeley and San Francisco for the day! We decided to go on a little spontaneous mini-roadtrip up north, which means... I didn't go bike riding as my cross-training. I went HIKING!
UC Berkeley is my alma mater, and there is a fire trail behind Memorial Stadium that I used to trek when I was going to college there. It was so amazing to be there again, surrounded by nothing but trees and trail, and walk the paths that I hadn't walked in years.
There are two things you should know about this trail. One: about a mile in, there is a very steep hill that really kicks your butt! I would never ever let myself walk it, yesterday included. I ran up this hill, albeit slowly and steadily, and was breathing really hard by the time I got to the top. It's so steep! The pictures don't do it justice. Here's a pic of the bottom:
And of me at the top! :)
Two: Two miles in, there is a gorgeous gorgeous vista, which is what makes the climb absolutely worth everything. I think the last time I was here, it was the last few days of college and my girlfriends and I hiked up here and had a small picnic at this vista point. Sigh... memories...
I also visited Skates on the Bay, a very nice restaurant right on the water. I'll talk about that in a different journal entry, but I got some nice iPhone photos of the views there as well.
Today's workout: 5.5 mile long run. Later I'll be writing a journal entry on how my long run went. There is a big hill involved, similar to the one I'll be encountering at the race, so cross your fingers for me that I'll make it up!!
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