On the first day of my summer vacation...

Lots has happened since my last update...and, yes, I already got the lecture from Tracy for not updating more. Yesterday I completed the grand mother of all workouts. It's called the Presidential Traverse and it is considered to be the most difficult hike in the east. The trail takes you 20 miles over the highest mountain range in New England. You cover 7 different summits with a total of 9000 feet of elevation gain. The entire hike took me a bit over 11 hours and it was pure hell. The trail is either really steep uphill or really steel downhill over over extremely large rocks. I spent almost half the day on all fours trying to scrable over the scree fields (common above the tree line). I would try to describe the pain that I was in when I was done but I don't want to be known as a delicate flower :-) My iron distance race is October now seems a bit easier...

I planed on just staying in bed today but I wound up going kayaking and swimming for 3 hours this morning. We were on the lake that the movie "On Golden Pond" was filmed on.

Things I have received since I have been home:
1 bike rack for my truck
1 new bike helmet
1 Timex running shirt
1 Timex visor
1 Timex watch
1 pair Timex warmup pants
(my sister's boyfriend has a bunch of free Timex stuff from a joint promo that they did with Trek)