I decided to start a training blog, mostly for my friends who want to keep up with what I've been up to. I don't harbor any illusions about being an amazing athlete... just an old slow guy with a lot of passion and enthusiasm.
After finishing a 7 year stint on the couch, I went out for my first hike on May 11th up to the Royal Arch. This was all walking, and my good friend Scott (a professor from Texas) came along. Also, my brother-in-law Andy joined us, as well as my 4 year old son, Davis (who was mostly carried).
Andy was clearly the strongest of us, so he did most of the carrying.
I had never been to the Royal Arch before. I hear there's a way to climb on top of it, but I couldn't discover an easy way (by "easy", I mean 4th class).
The trail was very steep in the last 1/4 mile, and I was pretty tired by the time we finished; the walk down was casual.
It was after this hike I decided to start trying to get fit again. It's gonna be a long slow painful journey, but I'm already psyched.
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