Hello fellow trekkers!
It's been a while and we are now less than 3 months away from our Mt. Kilimanjaro trip. I haven't had much time to train since changing jobs and driving a terrible 3hour commute every day to work.
I have to admit I've been an lethargic on the weekends after fighting traffic all week + learning the ropes of the new job. It's going to change now. I am going to start hiking at least every other weekend.
I went hiking with my friend who will be joining me on Mt. Kilimanjaro. We went for a 6 mile hike at
Crystal Cove in Newport Beach, CA.
I wore my EBC (Everest Base Camp) boots by Oboz. Even though I pretty much broke them in IN Nepal, I figured I should get used to it again. My feet were fine but I feel like I have a bruise on my ankle where the upper part of the boots constantly rubbed onto my ankle. My calves were sore the next day but that could be from the serious ascent on the "Cut Across" trail. It was a pure uphill battle.
I track my work-outs with Endomondo. It used to be called something else and then Endomondo bought them out. Out of all the activity tracking apps, I like this one the best. It tells you the distance, avg. speed, calories burned and it also tells you elevation.
I used the "walking" category because I like to underestimate my calories burned. The Hiking category might include additional weight - or maybe that's myfitnesspal. We definitely did more than "walk" - as you can see the almost 1000 feet gain.
If you're interested in my other workouts (mostly private), please contact me and we can be friends on Endomondo.
In the next weekend or two, the three of us will be doing Mt. Baldy or another mountain with a high altitude (for socal). We will all be using a high altitude training mask! I should be receiving this week by mail. Stay tuned!
