Another
wonderful friends hike in George Washington National Forest for 13
miles with 2400 feet elevation gain from the little Stoney creek trail
to mill mountain trail to the big schloss cutoff trail then back down.
Lots lots of mountain laurel!
I
rode 22.78 mile on W&OD trail from Reston to Ashburn our and back
this morning to make up for Saturday’s short hike. I was planning to get
up and go by 7 am but slept in with a late start because the noise new
neighbor talking loud in her back yard 4-5 am and complaining how white
females like her were “mistreated.” Good grief!
I
enjoyed a Saturday friends hike along AT from Panorama Parking Lot to
Marys Rock to Pinnacles Camp ground and back (out and back) for a total
of 11.3 miles and 2525 ft elevation gain. We had a mini farewell party
for Shelly and her dog Sierra that are moving to NM next week. They will
be deeply missed. The mountain azalea and mountain laurel are blooming
everywhere.
I
and two other hikers finished 20-m 6000 ft elevation gain hike on
Appalachian Trail Roller Coaster section in 60-70f crispy weather. Since
my last hike was almost 2 months ago, it was hard to tough out this
hike. BTW, mountain laurels are blooming.
I
ran a little more than half-marathon (13.2m) this morning, to Reston
town center, on W&OD trail, then mostly on Fairfax country parkway
trail. Hope Northern Virginia will lift stay-home order on 5/29 as
scheduled, although the silver line from Mclean stop to Reston stop is
close since 5/23 via the whole summer, and many orange line stops are
close as well.
Since
I don’t get to go to any BBQ party and there is not much to do today, I
ran another half marathon (13.1 miles) this morning. So I got in a full
marathon during the simplest Memorial Day long weekend.
Another
“flat” weekend passed by, including 11 miles runs recorded in three
instances, and some azalea in my backyard. I took another 3-m walk
Sunday afternoon and noticed the purple iris in my front yard. I am
still trying to fix my running and walking postures, in order to fix my
kneecap flipping outward issue.
I
seized the sun window and ran/fast walked 10.4 miles with knee braces.
Also captured some colorful flowers in the neighborhood. X-ray showed
both knee caps tilt outwards, and the right side is worse. I am trying
all sorts of exercises to correct the issues.
Four
of us hiked along Appalachian Trail from route 55 (near Manassas Gap)
south toward route 522 (near Chester Gap) out and back for 17 miles with
3300 feet elevation gain. The first half was in drizzle then it dried
out and sunny. Nice to be out in the woods after trapping during
weekdays. We could still chat with social distance.
