Get It Done Robo Hiker

This morning I got ready for my Sunday morning hike. M decided I should take his heart rate monitor and GPS to see where I was at. I have known where I was the past couple of weekends- hiking, on a mountain and out of shape. However, I became Robo Hiker as I was trying to get out the door to pick up my sil and meet a friend.

My sil is in better shape than me. She has done boot camps and became my drill sergeant today pushing me on the mountain to keep going. A couple of times I just had to stop because I was out of breath. M was kind enough to download the data from his gadgets when we got home. Apparently I went into Zone 5 for 9 whole seconds. I probably have a good idea of when that happened without seeing the data on the computer. It was a good workout and I was in zone 2 or 3 most of the time.

When I used to hike in college it was different. I would have a snack or lunch when we reached the end of the trail and sit and admire the view and talk and eat for a while before hitting the trail again and heading home. There was no view admiring today at the end of the trail, we just turned around and walked back. No one else brought snacks or wanted any of my trail mix. It was all about getting the hike done.

Granted we were women hiking, so there was non stop conversation. Not that I heard all of it or contributed much as I was breathing hard and lagging behind on the uphill. But what I heard was interesting and it was nice to have an uninterrupted conversation.

We did knock 17 minutes off of our time hiking today compared with last weekend. If we start doing the hike in an hour or less, we are going to need to go out to breakfast afterwards because this is my time away from the kids and I really don't want to rush the hike to just go home.

I don't so much mind the attitude of "get it done" on Sundays because I do need to get in shape for my rafting trip through the Grand Canyon in June. However, when I am in the Canyon hiking I really want to enjoy the view. Actually I have visions of sitting on a picnic blanket over looking an amazing view and sipping wine while eating a delicious meal at the end of the trail. This is a vacation after all. Heaven help me if I have a guide and group that are of the "get it done" attitude. Just in case I will bring my camera so I can admire the view when I get home.