The hike is close. Only 9 days away. The past weekend was my first ramp-down weekend in 5 months. I hiked 12 miles with someone I met after he read this blog and contacted me. (Thanks Matt for the email message.) It was nice to take a shorter hike. I'm pretty tired of walking :)
The last 2 training weekends in June were my toughest.
I backpacked two 15 mile days with Ken which wasn't too bad. (Though I think Ken was slightly abused.) We hiked from Alpine road up to Skyline and then down into Portola State Park where we spent the night. Sunday morning we hiked back.
The previous weekend I hiked the last 60 miles of the JMT with Aaron. We drove up Saturday morning, hiked 30 miles, slept 3 hours, from 3:30am. - 6:30am., hiked 30 miles, then drove home. I finally went to sleep at 5:30am. Monday morning. It was one of the hardest hikes I've ever done. The trail was more technical than I remember (more large rocks in the trail). It makes running tough and requires a lot of lateral motion.
I have new respect for the trail. It makes me nervous. Even getting close to the record is possibly out of reach. (It is a record after all ;) ) Whatever happens, if I finish and I give it my all, I'll be happy.
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