Today I skipped my long bike ride in the morning because I was feeling a bit sore from yesterday’s long run (plus some of the workouts from the last few days) and I decided I needed a rest. One of the things I’ve been guarding against the most is overtraining, so when I feel tired, I skip a workout or two. What matters most is that I keep it up for the long term!
But in the afternoon I was feeling great, and my wife and kids and I met up with my sister and her kids and went on an excellent hike to a place called Sella Bay. There’s a trail through the hills and jungle to Sella Bay, only about 1.5 miles, but it took us more than an hour even though most of it was downhill because we had 8 kids with us (two of them younger than kindergarten age, so it took awhile). I carried my 3-year-old son part of the way down to the bay.
Then we spent a couple hours there, looking at an old Spanish bridge (one of the remnants of the colonial Spanish times here on Guam), playing in a river, swimming in the ocean, and eating snacks. Then, because it was going to be dark within an hour, we headed back and decided we needed to make it in double time in order to get back to our cars before it was dark.
The hike back was an awesome workout. Not only did I have a fairly heavy backpack on my back, I carried my 3-yr-old son half the time, and we jogged/ran some of the way, and it was uphill almost the whole way (with some climbing). We were pretty tired by the end but it was a lot of fun.
I also did a short ocean swim while we were at the bay, and did some beach and jungle running, so I burned over 1,500 calories on the hike!
Eating: Fairly healthy throughout the day … had a bunch of snacks on the hike, including a Clif bar, apricots, nuts and raisins, some chips, a PB&J sandwich, a small wheat bran muffin. Ate a slice of pizza later and a little candy, but I’d burned a lot of calories so it was OK. :)
I hope to do more hikes like this on weekends! So much fun!
