Daily Stats May 29th 2012 Virtual Run to Canada

4.4 miles....(not feeling it today)

Virtual run to Canada since  Feb 14  2011   1260.58

378.7  Miles so far  in 2012

Daily stats May 28th 2012 (The pool is open)

4.4   Miles 

and 100 lengths in the pool

My virtual run to Canada leaves me just short of Tacoma Washington today.   From Long Beach CA 1,256.18 miles  

Here is a link to the City of Tacoma....

http://www.traveltacoma.com/

Watch out Seattle here I come....

Plus it is that time of year....The days are warm and the pool is refreshing so it is time to mix a little swimming back into the excercise mix.....I love hitting the pool and it comes at a perfect time ---when I was starting to feel a little burned out with my runs.

Virtual run to Canada since  Feb 14  2011   1256.18

374.3  Miles so far  in 2012

Daily Stats Thurs 24th of May 2012 Virtual run to Canada

4.4 Miles 

Virtual run to Canada since  Feb 14  2011   1251.78

369.9  Miles so far  in 2012

Daily Stats Tuesday 22nd 2012 Virtual Run to Canada

4.4 Miles 

Virtual run to Canada since  Feb 14  2011   1247.38

365.5  Miles so far  in 2012

Back on track....(sometimes Life gets in the way) .Virtual Run to Canada

Sometimes Life gets in the way.....I started a new job, and was finishing  up a difficult tax class online, had a mini vacation and then a 2 1/2 week cold.   I started back with a 4 mile hike in the hills last Saturday (still struggling with a cold--that lingers still.)    Wednesday I went on a 4.4 mile run and felt terrible....It was almost like starting over (well not that bad)....but even though my cold still lingers I was on the edge of falling off the excercise wagon....

Don't let Life be an excuse....Working longer hours  (that was an excuse)  ....a cold (that was an excuse) ....Getting home exhausted and not wanting to work out  (an excuse)  . I had to mentally push through that and kick start things again......Heck I'm so close to Virtual Canada I can't stop now...

May 16th   4.4 Miles

May 17th    no run

May18th    4.4  Miles

May 19th   6 mile run

Virtual run to Canada since  Feb 14  2011   1242.98

361.1   Miles so far  in 2012

Take a Hike!

It was a good day for a hike....So we decided to take one...

Bored with nothing to do and a Saturday morning....my Step-daughter and I decided to take a hike......in the hills of Palos Verdes

And a hike it was...Starting up at the top the downhill portion 2.1 miles was a piece of cake...(expect for the snake in the middle of the trail of course).


Here is the view from the top of the trail that would take us almost all the way down to the ocean.

Others were braving the trails on a beautiful Southern California day.

Once we got to the bottom while avoiding  snakes, lizards, rabbits  it was time for the tough part.   The part that turns a walk into a hike....The uphill.  Back to the very top of that hill in the back ground.   Our legs are going to be hurting in the morning.....But what a great workout.

At the end of the 2 miles of uphill hiking........The Stairs of Doom.....

Now that is what I call stairs....You can't even see the top of the stairs from the bottom.

So need something new or different to get you excercising???  Take a hike...

The Virtual Run returns tomorrow

I just took a trip to Santa Barbara--did some wine tasting......Started a new job......And then was sick for a week and a half......Tomorrow my 2 week break from Running needs to end......Virtual Seattle here I come and  Virtual Canada  ....Brace yourselves you Hosers....