Tuesday, June 4, 2013

City of Rocks + Over Training

First off, some pictures and recap of my trip to City of Rocks this last weekend. 
To make it quick I though I would list off some of the best and and not so great parts of the weekend since those are usually the most memorable.

BEST
-Family! Everyone from my family was there besides one of my bros and his family.  A lot of people are often surprised how close my family is to each other. Lets face it, they are my best...er...maybe my only friends I have these days. 

-Being out in the beautiful high altitude desert of Idaho. Typically I don't think of Idaho and say "oh ya it's so pretty there" (apart from the Tetons) but this trip was absolutely gorgeous and the weather was amazing as well.

-I left my makeup and nice clothes at home. I promised myself that I would not care AT ALL about what I looked like. It was amazing. 

-Top climbing a 5.10 b. I seriously roped in thinking dude there is no way im climbing this whole thing but lets just get up like 10 feet. I got to 10 feet and said lets go 20. This continued till I made it to the top. My heart was pumping crazy fast the entire time and my adrenaline running but that is the best part about climbing. 

-Lead climbing Too Much Fun. I've lead climbed harder climbs than this but this one was particularly amazing to me. At one point I started to lose my grip, like seriously lose it! I was about 5 feet up from my last bolt which meant that if I fell I would fall at least 10 feet before being caught. I was really scared that I was actually going to fall which I have never done while lead climbing. I remember having enough time to tell my self to calm down and just keep holding on a second longer. The good new is that I didn't fall and it was amazing to make it through knowing that I had accomplished something like that.

-I had the guts to climb in just my sports bra. I've totally always wanted to do it so I did and it was fun. Silly, I know, but its true.

NOT SO GREAT
-Getting a $90 speeding ticket on our way up.

-Having some of the worst head ache through out the trip. + Nausea.

-Family. There were a lot of us which means I did 2 climbs in 2 days. That's how it goes though. :)






I love my dad's "Rock Climbing Clothes"

I think I'll cherish this picture for a long time. Those hands are so familiar to me.







When I first started my 60 day challenge I told myself over and over again to not over train. I told myself this again and again through out the weeks and yet here I am, over trained. I don't think I'm terrible right now but if I don't keep my workouts under control then I could be in big trouble. I'm tired ALL THE TIME, huge lack of motivation, got sick last week, difficultly sleeping this weekend.
I honestly don't think the duration or the frequency of my workout schedule is a problem but I push myself to the limit every time. Every second of  every bike ride I feel like my legs might give out or maybe even just pop right out of the hip socket and I'll see them laying on the ground behind me. I push myself to failure every time.
SOOOOO yesterday I took the day off and I also ate a big fat peanut butter bar and it was awesome! I don't feel bad about it and I don't feel like either hindered my progress but rather helped.

Today I went for a 30 minute easy ride.

No comments:

Post a Comment