I was feeling like I was about to get really sick when I went to bed Friday night. I think maybe it was because I am just so completely exhausted! I've been having a hard time getting enough sleep lately. So I decided to skip my morning run and jsut take an extra day of rest. After all, I AM supposed to be tapering! Unfortunately, my inner alarm clock didn't cooperate, so I woke up at 5 anyway. But I forced myself to stay in bed and at least pretend to sleep. I think that helped a little.
My bootcamp buddies had to be in Washington at 8:00 AM for a parade we were marching in to promote our business. I ended up doing sprints for most of the parade. Then we went up to Zion's Canyon to hike the Observation Point Trail - four miles up, climbing about 2000 feet in elevation, and then four miles back down. I headed up most of the way with an 18-year-old exchange student from Belgium, and we beat everyone else to the top by 45 minutes. It took us about an hour and 20 minutes, even though we stopped several times to let some others catch up. We finally just ditched them the second half of the hike. I ran part of the way up some switch-backs, but I was going at a decent rate of speed all the way up, so I know my heart rate was nice and high. I'm calling it a high intensity interval day. And even though I can't count the miles as running miles, I know I got a better workout in. I'm going to say I ran one mile, just for fun. :D | 