What a fabulous weekend. A five mile hike in the north Georgia mountains to the Len Foote Hike Inn, two nights of being in the mountains in a hiker's paradise, and then hiking out today with a meetup group - The Sky's the Limit. Initially, it did matter to me that the weather was calling for rain, possible thunder storms and cooler weather. And two weeks before I had injured my knee on a training hike on Kennesaw Mountain. I debated whether to go or not, fearing that I would be a strain on a group of people I did not know, and suspecting correctly that I would be the oldest participant.The Thursday before the hike on Saturday, I did a practice hike on Kennesaw Mt, (not as strenuous as the one I had injured myself on two weeks before. After that hike the knee didn't feel great, but didn't hurt any worse, so I figured I would just put up with it. As it turned out, my knee felt better Sunday after the hike in!
Looking over my most recent entry into this blog, I realize it has been October since I last made and entry. Much has happened, and my training for this trip to Scotland has been seemingly in stagnation. The December trip Scot and I planned to make of the Len Foote Hike Inn Loop did not occur. The weather report for that day was heavy rain, and I had no rain gear at the time, so we postponed,and set the date for February 13. The week before that date, I was in bed with the flu for two days, had not trained much in the weeks before, and knew that doing a more strenuous hike in the mountains was just not happening. So we changed the location to a shorter, easier hike at Sweetwater Creek State Park, and BJ and Buffy joined us. It was just delightful having my Atlanta family with me. Then since then, I finally started training for this hike in, and pulled something in my knee, having to cancel another hike I had planned with another group.
FINALLY I have a sense of a major accomplishment with this hiking thing. I had no idea what training for this trip would look like or how I would ever get there. Looking at how far I have come in the last year is massive, and looking for what else and the additional training I will need to be able to hike 8-12 miles every day for 5 days will look like. Scott and I have planned to postpone the trip to August of 2012, so I have another year to train than we initially planned.
Also, in other developments, my job is going better, and I have a part time job that fits in with the full time one. My finances are starting to look more promising regarding having the money for this trip as well.
Monday, March 28, 2011
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