This last week, I hit 21 miles for the second week in a row. Thursday, I went to the dermatologist for my 6-month skin cancer check up, and it was relatively good. I had one mole removed from my back, one spot on my temple froze, and a biopsy was done on a spot on top of my head. Afterward, I hit the bike path along the Kern river for an easy 6 miles. The Kern doesn't get any better looking flowing through Bakersfield than it is right now. The banks of the river are still green, and the water is at the edge of the path in some spots, and yes, my depends remained intact. Saturday, we went up the West end trail in Frazier Park, took the left fork, and hiked up and over Tecuya ridge to the Cold Springs ohv trail. We started at about 5000 feet and climbed to just over 6600-foot elevation. It was a beautiful day, no wind, not too hot or cold, and we found snow patches for Maggie to munch on to save water. We were out there for over 2 hours, and I didn't bring a spare depends, but I got lucky, and my custom depends did the job. Sunday we did our usual short 3.7 miles from our house. Our legs were pretty beat up from the day before, but we persevered through another 730 feet of climbing. I don't think there is anything better than hills for building strength. This next week won't be as tough as we get ready for my first real attempt at running a race, even though I'm not fit yet. Racing is a great way to get in shape faster, so a bunch of us are heading to Laughlin for the Runnercard 5k and half marathon. Laughlin will be the first of 5 races over a 7 week period that will test my fitness, as well as my pocketbook.
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