The weather was beautiful this past weekend, but after all of the rain we had the trails were too muddy to go hiking. Unfortunately it looks like the same will happen this coming weekend. The weather is bright and sunny through Friday, then an 80% chance of heavy rain on Saturday. If this keeps up I'll need to start going to the gym well before summer.
My daily workouts that I had been doing (yoga, Wim Hoff breathing and stair stepper) have been off track since mid-November. Knee pain and sometimes a lack of motivation had lead me to stop the breathing exercises, only doing yoga maybe 3-4 times a week and cutting way back on the stepper. Since I had the yoga routine memorized I just did it on my own without the video. I had started to rush through it a bit and knew I needed to pace myself. I wasn't too concerned about skipping the breathing exercises as I do meditative breathing exercises throughout the day. So on Sunday I put on the yoga video and really enjoyed the slower pace that the teacher takes, I did the Wim Hoff breathing video and was so surprised that I was able to complete all three series without any difficulty ( I guess meditation does help). I then hopped on the stair stepper and completed 200/400 steps without any knee pain! I was feeling pretty good and my confidence got the boost I needed.
I do continue to doubt myself and wonder if my goals of Machu Picchu and EBC are just too big. I read about people much younger than I am and how they have struggled on these treks. I still just don't see myself as "old". I definitely am not ready to sit down with one foot in the grave. So I will keep on this journey with the plan to succeed. I really want to succeed!
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