Trinity Trail Training

Here is how the weekend really went:
Friday Workout
Ab circuit
single leg raises x 12 reps
swiss ball knee crunches x 12 reps
lateral straight leg lifts x 12 reps
planks with arm extension x 12 reps
bicycle with soccer twists
side planks 30 secs.

2 rounds of those puppies
then a 30 minute treadmill jog

Saturday
I did a ladder of the following:
wall ball squats with 20 pound med ball
dips
box jumps (20 inch to 24 inch)

That equals the WOD (work out of the day)

ran 400 to start then started the WOD going from 21 reps to 15 reps to 9 reps of the above then ran a 400 then went from 9 reps to 15 reps to 21 reps and finished with a 400

Sunday was the funday!!
Trail training late afternoon from Eaton Canyon to Hennigar Flats to Idle Hour Campground to Inspiration Point to Mt. Echo to Lake St. The trail book says it was 13 miles but it felt like 20!! The climb in elevation was about 4100 ft.

After Hiking for the first hour or so we arrive at Hennegar and decide to do a log WOD: Log Squats followed by a "sprint" with a heavier log on our backs. Just for good measure and to show off Darren did some log lunges and we threw in a couple of log tosses for good measure. Darren was feeling it at this point and said we should do 20 miles!!

We then set off for idle hour camp ground which took another hour and a half and kind of marked the half way point of our hike/trial run. just up from Idle Hour camp ground is an awesome river cave that of course Darren's ass was eager to jump into and explore. After a half hour or so we took off again in the ever evaporating daylight and a trail that would disappear and reappear over several stream crossings.

It took us longer than expected to climb out of the valley and we were hit by darkness, fog and self doubt!! Should we turn back?? Are we going the right way?? Are you sure its a trail?? When do we get to something we recognize?? Darren was no longer feeling like doing 20 miles at this point, and we just had to remind ouselves to keep going!!

Being inexpereinced/novice hikers and trail runners we at least were smart enough to bring enough food water and most of all a HeadLamp I just bought at REI that saved our butt!! We decided that good or bad, right or wrong we would stay together and forge ahead. Mostly cause fat ass could not fathom the thought of turning around and trying to back track.

Eventually we made to inspiration point in the dark and fog decended to Mt. Echo and walked out onto Lake St. after nearly 7 hours and a lot of learning on our parts.......It was awesome and breath taking and challenging and I am glad we did it!!

Team Trinity is Awesome!!!!