Happy Trail Adventures

Last weekend hubby and I decided to do a trail hike.  I carried a backpack with about 15 lbs of weight.  There is an electric right of way to the side of the house.  We headed out downhill and then lots of uphill.  At the top of the hill was a natural gas pumping station.  We decided to turn and go to he left where there was a vista of wide trail for the gas right of way.  As we were walking, we saw a deer stand, and private property sign a little further on.  Cresting a hill we saw a house.  Two dogs came out and a guy said, Hey! You know this is private property?  Better to ask for forgiveness than permission as far as I'm concerned.  Turns out that he was a nice guy.  Gave us his number to call to tell him we'd be hiking again in the future and warned us about other property owners that hunt or shoot guns all the time out there.  So hikers be warned....  

Committed

I am now on my way to becoming a Spartan racer.  I signed up for the sprint in Laurel, IN for April 26th.  It will be one of the ways I celebrate the end of the semester.  Now my training is real for me.  Yesterday, I did the WOD.  It was 30 burpees and then run a mile, do 3x.  I have to say that I was not thrilled.  In the e-mail, it said something about, if you are able to finish this, then you are ready to be at the start line of a Spartan...  I bought into it.  Halfway through, admittedly, I wanted to quite but I also wanted to complete.  In the end, I did and was exhausted.  All I wanted to do is cry. The last song I listened to was from Passenger from their Wicked Man's Rest album.  It really spoke to me as I was struggling that last 1/4 mile to complete.  It is entitled, Things You've Never Done.  I've posted a animated version of the song with lyrics.

Passenger-Things you've never done (Animation)