j-lyn's corner

FINALLY got to Mt. Olympus. Pleasant hike up with jun. Apparently he's famous. Hikers were gawking and knew his name, which of course I teased him about incessantly.

Legs are feeling great! Had some work done on the sore knee and it felt good but untrustworthy. Coming down I went back and forth between opening my stride in my awkward deer prance down and walking/waiting for my apparently famous friend.

3:20ish round trip.

Hoping to do more miles and peaks this weekend, and maybe I'll be ready for turnover for next week.

I was supposed to take today off. But how could I? What with the leaves skipping and whirling at my feet. Incredible. Somehow I've gone from "runner" to "addict that needs help."

AND since it's throwback Thursday.... I did update my blog. I think I'm not going to post those blog posts on social media. But this was fun, digging through my old journal to see what I wrote my first time on the white rim. I had only turned 18 a week or two before, was terribly awkward, and apparently even more introspective then than I am now.

Late night boys club run up Grandeur. I had called off my morning plans of VB w/my "Asian bestie".... was really bummed since it's been forever. But my toe got infected Wednesday night and I wanted to give the antibiotics some time. Friday night it was feeling a bit better (I could tolerate existing without pain killers) and since I had a rough evening at home I thought blowing off some steam and having fun would be the prefect cure. A little tylenol to take the edge off the toe pain...

What fun! The trees were glittering with moonlight on the recent dusting of snow. It was absolutely beautiful. I had fits of giggles every time one of the guys would slip, slide, or mutter profanities in fear on the ice coming down. The one or two times I almost slipped were more from giggles than from ice.

It took a solid 30 minutes of reading in a super hot bath to finally feel warm inside. I'm remembering the contradicting emotions of winter- in love with the twinkling beauty of it all, and feeling always, terribly, cold.