The A.T. training update: Did only 1.98 miles today but they were the hardest yet! It was up and down hills, over fallen trees and slogging through boggs the recent rains have created. I had gone no more than a quarter of a mile, most of it Uphill. There was no way for me to get around the little clay/muds ponds in the middle of the trail. I almost lost my shoes in the muck several times. I am sweating, perspiration is dripping off the loose strands of hair around my face......around a corner comes a guy that looks just like Mr. Rogers! Cardigan sweater and shiny, lace-up shoes and all. Its muddy back there I warned him. You wore boots he said You are more prepared than I. I looked down at my Keen sandals that he had called boots. I was muddy up to my ankles! It DID look like I was wearing boots! He was an amazing sight to me! How had he walked those 2 miles and stayed so CLEAN?! I slogged on. There was a time on the path I thought we were surely lost! Huckleberry kept leaving little pee-mails like Hansel leaving bread-crumbs. I am sure he thought we were lost, too! In the deep, muddy forest, only forest as far as they eye could see. It took 2 hours to hike that trail! It was tough! I would check in with my body every now and then and realize I had the same slap happy grin I used to wear when I first got my cruiser bike. I was sweaty, muddy and thoroughly happy! It was beeeeautiful! If it wasnt so far away I would hike that trail every day.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 04:32:17 +0000
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