You're wide awake tossing
And you can't even sleep
With all these secrets you keep
The way home is so steep
- Airborne Toxic Event, Time To Be A Man
I've been neglectful of my blogging so I apologize to the fans. I hiked 30 miles in 3 days in the Grand Canyon this last weekend. We hiked 10.5 miles down to Havasupai in Friday, the first two of which was a pretty steep decline and all I could think about was how daunting this would be on the way out. Add to that a record heat wave and I was intimidated. We got to camp Friday afternoon exhausted and dirty, and the only place to lay down was a 110 degree tent. And yes I took a short miserable nap in there. Saturday we did a 7 mile hike to more falls. We got up at 4:30 Sunday and left at 5:20 in an attempt to beat the heat but alas, the last two miles of switchbacks were still in partial sunlight. It was difficult to say the least but I only stopped once on the way out to change my water bottle at about half a mile from the top. And I felt pretty good yesterday but I took the day off. So now we're on June 7 and I have no running miles this month. So I will get after it today. I did end up with 60.5 miles and 9 yogas in May so a good month and I'm on pace.
And you can't even sleep
With all these secrets you keep
The way home is so steep
- Airborne Toxic Event, Time To Be A Man
I've been neglectful of my blogging so I apologize to the fans. I hiked 30 miles in 3 days in the Grand Canyon this last weekend. We hiked 10.5 miles down to Havasupai in Friday, the first two of which was a pretty steep decline and all I could think about was how daunting this would be on the way out. Add to that a record heat wave and I was intimidated. We got to camp Friday afternoon exhausted and dirty, and the only place to lay down was a 110 degree tent. And yes I took a short miserable nap in there. Saturday we did a 7 mile hike to more falls. We got up at 4:30 Sunday and left at 5:20 in an attempt to beat the heat but alas, the last two miles of switchbacks were still in partial sunlight. It was difficult to say the least but I only stopped once on the way out to change my water bottle at about half a mile from the top. And I felt pretty good yesterday but I took the day off. So now we're on June 7 and I have no running miles this month. So I will get after it today. I did end up with 60.5 miles and 9 yogas in May so a good month and I'm on pace.
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