Two totally terrific training walks this past weekend - both walks were 12 miles chock full of stairs and hills and even more hills to climb! Saturday's walk went past Stow Lake, on to the Mosaic Stairs and then on to Grand View Park. This 12 mile route had 548 feet elevation gain!
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| Saturday's Route & Elevation Graph |
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| Climbing up Grand View Park, photo from Trina |
Sunday
was another gorgeous day in San Francisco - also the
day of the Gay Pride Parade! The walk took us on a climb up Divisadero hill,
onward to the Castro and through Noe Valley with a steady climb up to Clipper
Street with sweeping city views along Portola Ave! Another really great and
challenging 12 mile route with 640 feet of elevation gain!
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| Sunday's Route & Elevation Graph |
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| The gorgeous view from Portola, photo from Trina |
We have now built a really solid foundation
(12 mile challenging walks back to back!) to steadily increase our
mileage over the next month. This past weekend's walks were all
about stamina and endurance building, woosh! And next month, we start
increasing our total mileage every other weekend.
When you're Happy for No Reason,
you bring happiness to your outer experiences rather than trying to extract
happiness from them. You don't need to manipulate the world around you to try
to make yourself happy. You live from happiness, rather than for happiness. Marci Shimoff
It's a small world. Act right. (Show your love. Be kind. Breathe when
angry. Remember we are all just figuring it out as we go.) Unknown
If I had to
select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most
highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of
persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked
down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number
seventy-one! Richard M.
DeVos
Crucial
to finding the way is this: there is no beginning or end. You must make your
own map. Joy Harjo
WEEKLY INSPIRATION
Legless Man Summits Kilimanjaro, "And for us, we wanted to be this symbol that anything is possible and that we could redefine what's possible for ourselves and maybe for others." Spencer West was told as a child he would never be a functioning member of society, has once again defied the odds, reaching the summit of Africa's highest mountain.
I read this article and thought, yes! Our true character is what we give to others without expecting anything in return and the true belief that anything is possible. When it seems as though the deck is stacked against you, look for possibility. Seek it, it is there. Always.
I read this article and thought, yes! Our true character is what we give to others without expecting anything in return and the true belief that anything is possible. When it seems as though the deck is stacked against you, look for possibility. Seek it, it is there. Always.
Saturday
6/30 – 12 Miles – 7:00am
Sunday 7/1 – Approx. 14 Mile Trail Walk to the Pt. Bonita Lighthouse – 7:00am –
Sunday 7/1 – Approx. 14 Mile Trail Walk to the Pt. Bonita Lighthouse – 7:00am –
Saturday
7/7 & Sunday 7/8 - No Walks - Avon Walk San Francisco!
Saturday
7/15 - 16 Miles - 6:30am
Sunday
7/16: 12 miles - 7:00am
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