3 miles on the trails with Tiny E; I'm packing gear/food for a two day 60-ish mile fastpack into the Bob Marshall- we're going to take trails along the full length of the Chinese Wall and then attempt to get on top of it and take it back off trail- should be fun!
Been running or rucking the "castle rock" several times a week in addition to my other training. Only 1.22 miles but there is 370ft of elevation gain in about a half mile, so it gets the legs burning. Loose and rocky in spots so it helps work on stability also.
Ran it yesterday, going up again today with 80lbs.
Miscalculated the topography of the Chinese Wall; was under the impression we would gain the Wall at the north end and simply follow its full length south on top. As it turned out we gained the Walk, followed it a couple of miles to find out we were cliffed out, would have to drop a 1000+ feet, regain it (and the elevation we lost), rinse and repeat several times. This turned our 60 mile trip into 70 miles and added 5-6000’ of additional gain. Add in a couple of dicey down climbs and it certainly made a tough trip even tougher.
Yesterday's workout was wife's choice...
21,15,9,3
Burpees
DB cleans - she went 30's I went 50's
Weighted lunges - she went 20's I went 35
Calories on the eliptical
There is no video evidence to confirm how bad I got beat.