Enjoy the Journey

1000M Row on Concept II in the late evening.

AM-Woke up with a bit of a sore back. Nothing major but I want to be really careful with it. Have been doing a couple of minutes of yoga stretches in the back bathroom in between every patient. Hopefully it will feel good enough for me to get in a workout later today.

PM- 25 min walking hill repeats on TM at the gym + 5 min on elliptical

Glad I have my gym membership on days like today. We have forest fires burning on the outskirts of town and the whole town is filled with a light smoke almost like a fog.

At the gym during my lunch break. 20 min of 3:2 intervals on stationary bike. Also lifted weights: Bench, Tricep Pushdown, lat pull downs, straight bar curls, dips and leg press machine.

Had the gym all to myself except for a 17 or 18 year old girl who was lifting weights. She had a one gallon jug (the kind you buy milk in at the grocery store). It that had some kind of liquid in it that was the color of diluted apple juice and was about half full. She took a swig every so often as she was working out. Made me curious as to what new fangled performance enhancer type of thing it might be but I didn't dare ask her as I didn't want her to think I was some kind of creeper.

Hiked to the top of B Creek Mountain this morning at about 9am. Mostly walked but mixed in a few brief runs on the flat areas. Still pretty smoky from the forest fires outside of town. Saw a bunch of search and rescue people from the sherriff's office. They said they were working on a cold case of a lost hiker from a couple of years ago. I didn't say it, but I was thinking maybe their time could be better spent working on the forest fires.