Sunday, July 31, 2011

Breckenridge June 16th to July 31

First week in Breck was spent biking and hiking with my grandaughter, Ciera.  We biked to Keystone and Copper and she did great on my old carbon Trek.  After Ciera left I began my two a week work-outs with Marika, Fitness Director of Breckenridge Rec Center.  She was quik to assess my limitations concerning plantar fascitis.  The next week was spent with Ann Middleton and I did my first Vail Pass bike ride the end of June.  There was so much snow and water, part of the bike path to Copper was under water.  Right after July 4th, Barb and I started the regimen of biking on Monday and Thursday with two different ladies groups, and hiking with the Kilimanjaro ladies two or three days a week.  Every Tuesday we hike Mt. Royal in Frisco.  It is short but steep and it is a good measure of my acclimitization and fitness level to do it every week.  Last Tuesday(my fifth week) was the first time it seemed easier.  The week before we turned left on our way up to Mt Royal and did Victoria until we were turned back by the snow.  We drove to Mt Evans on Sunday, July 11, just to get above 14,000'.  On Friday, July 16th we hiked Mt. Evans.  I could not believe how steep it was and could not look down once we got close to 14,000'.  I did not feel well at the top and rode down in a car.  The following day I had severe stomach/under breastbone pain and went to Dr. PJ.  He suggested I had a reaction to Naproxen that I was taking twice a day per the podiatrist.  He did EKG as a precaution and asked me to see a cardiologist before I climbed another fourteener.  I did and all is well.  However, I missed the Bierstadt fourteener on Friday, July 23rd.  Instead, we did a lovely hike to Mayflower Gulch with Annette's group.  In between we have done Angler's mountain and part of Ptarmigan, three times.  Weekend of July 24-25, Barb and I went to Denver to stay with Darci and family and buy Kili stuff at REI.  Walking the concrete floor was a killer for my foot!! The foot is holding at this point; not better and not worse. 

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