It has been an odd week. I was in a weird place emotionally on Sunday, I suppose it was a bit of a funk. I wasn't depressed, but neither was I as happy and joyful as I had been. I have no idea why, but I just was. I did improve a bit as the day went on. I did not do my workout until mid-morning and that did help my mood, but I had to cut way back on the stair stepper as the 200 steps I had done on Saturday left my muscles a bit sore. I have been trying to get back into Sunday NFL football after not watching it much the past four years since my divorce. I'm a Houston Texans fan, and I grew a bit tired of watching them lose. But I do really like them so I am back to watching them and they are now 2-2 for the season and played a great game this past Sunday. I did wish I had taken the time on Sunday though to go hiking with my son's dog one final time. I had though it was going to get hotter than it did, so I missed out on a nice morning hike. I will get out this coming weekend while at the coast and take some nice walks.
Motivation to do my workouts has been very low this week. I somehow manage to get started and complete all three series. The funny thing though is, they have gone really well. Oh my thighs were a bit sore on Monday still so I only managed 100/200 on the stair stepper, Wim Hoff has been really good. No struggles at all to complete the series easily. I even held my breath longer on the third set. Today I just took the stair stepper up to 125/250. I'll add a bit more on tomorrow and go a bit slower on increasing it back to 200/400 so I hopefully won't get so sore.
So to address the lack of motivation I have to look at some of the goals I have. EBC of course is the big one. It is quite distant and I have many smaller ones I need to accomplish first. Local hikes for the next six months, but venturing a bit further than Mother Neff State Park. I was looking online at some of the easier 14,000+ peaks that are classified as easy in Colorado. I think I have three picked out that are close together that I could do over the course of a week. It won't be next year but most likely in 2025. Next Spring I still plan on Cloudcroft New Mexico area of the Lincoln Forest and the trails at 9000 ft. The 14ers in Colorado start at around 11,000 ft. and of course summit at over 14,000. If I could tackle two to three of them over several days I think I would easily be able to complete the Everest Base camp trek. But for now I'll focus on my Sunday hikes and start planning a trip to Cloudcroft for next March or April. I do know of one trail near Cloudcroft I want to tackle as it nearly kicked my butt ten years ago. One killer hill on a hot afternoon had me gasping. I couldn't give up on it though as it was the only way back to the car. I'm planning on kicking that hills butt when I return!
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