Mother, Run, Hike

Good Morning Internet! How is everybody doing today? I hope everybody had an awesome weekend!   I'm linking up with  Holly and Tricia for the Weekly Wrap post.   Work outs Monday - Zumba Thursday - 6 tempo miles Friday - 4 fartleck / trail miles Saturday - Morning Zumba, weights with Roger Sunday - Dewey Beach Patrol 10K This week theme was Running in all conditions.   Monday after Zumba, I met my local awesome blogger Megan, from Meg Go Run . We talked for a long time, she is a pretty awesome woman! I was very glad to meet her. That wasn't a workout, but we talked about our running and our injuries.   Thursday I ran 6 miles on light rain, after all the heat we have had running in the rain felt really good!   Roger warming up for his 4 miles Friday I joined The Fleet Feet Group to run in the Pinchot Park Trail. I wanted to try the Nike Trail Running shoes and I wanted to run at least 3 miles. The air was thick with Humidity, but 4 ...

So, at the beginning of the year, Roger and I started with big plans to hike tons of parks and explore more places, then in June we started half marathon training and our hiking was decreased. However, before that, we got to hike some pretty awesome spots! Colonel Denning State Park We hiked The Flat Rock Trail at Colonel Denning state Park after my Hershey 10K, what was at that time the longest distance I had run. My legs were not very tired, and I was determined to keep moving through the day, but I did hurt my toe nail during the race, likely because my shoes were too small. My toe was throbbing and I started to think it was broken, but that didn't stop me from going hiking. And the 2.5 mile climb to Flat Rock was completely worth the pain. The view from up there was amazing! Most parts of the hike were going uphill, so we had to stop to catch our breath a few times. The view was so amazing, that we would definitely go back, hopefully this time with no painful and thr...