Week in review May 14-20: Vacation hiking!

I knew I wouldn't get a whole lot of training in last week as I was leaving for vacation Thursday morning. Still, I got some workouts in Monday and Tuesday, and did some hiking around beautiful Lake Tahoe both Saturday and Sunday, so it was nowhere near a wash.

Monday and Tuesday were normal work days followed by a bike and PT (Monday) and a run/walk and PT (Tuesday). I have really lucked out so far with all my return-to-running run/walks falling on perfect running days. Wednesday was for errands, cleaning, laundry, etc.; Thursday was for travel to California and celebrating 10 years of marriage (!!!), and Friday was for travel to Lake Tahoe and settling into our lovely AirBnB cabin.

Saturday, the five of us — me, my husband, his sister, her husband, and their dog — all hiked 4 miles out and 4 miles back of the Tahoe Rim Trail, a gorgeous and at times challenging trail that circles Lake Tahoe. The whole thing goes for 156 miles so we did a very small part of it, but it was beautiful scenery and perfect hiking weather. Their dog also did great, and he got to play in his very first snow! It took us almost 4 hours (including a snack break at the top of the vista) and was definitely a workout. We did not see any bears.

The trail goes around the entire lake...

But we only did this little bitty part of the northwest side, just west of Nevada.

The view was incredible! It better be after 2.5 hours of hiking. 

I loved these rocks!

Sunday we (minus the dog) went on a much less strenuous "hike" in the southwest portion of Lake Tahoe, from the main road down to the shore of Emerald Bay and back up again. The steep walk down wasn't a problem, but coming back up was challenging! I'm still counting that as a workout, too; it took us more than an hour and 20 minutes and was about 2.75 miles total, according to my Garmin. Bonus: It was another beautiful day.

We started all the way up here...

And hiked alllllllllll the way down here.

Another day of beautiful views!

So, while it wasn't a typical training week, it was still a good mix of PT, running, cycling, and fun. I should have done more PT, but it's so hard when you are traveling and out of your routine. By the numbers, it was:

Hike: Twice, for 10.75 miles in about 5 hours, 10 minutes total.

PT: Two homework sessions for about 1:15.

Run/Walk: Once for 3.1 miles (totally unplanned) in about 46 minutes.

Bike: One trainer ride for 5 fake trainer miles in about 36 minutes.

Total: Six sessions in about 7:46. Not bad, considering! All that hiking helped round out the weekend.

We are back in the city now and I am hoping to get in another run/walk in the morning, followed by some walking around San Francisco in the afternoon. I may not get in many traditional workouts, but I am planning on being active and getting in lots of steps. Probably lots of Philz coffee, too — gotta fuel those workouts somehow.