For all of my readers in the U.S. and Canada, YAY for Labor Day weekend! I’m looking forward to what seems like it’ll be a pretty low-key next couple of days.
Today I decided to try getting back to my usual Friday routine of going for a hike with Harley girl. I haven’t hiked lately since getting a boot on for my foot injury, but now that the cast has been off for a week and it’s feeling pretty good, I figured I’d try to do a somewhat easy & short hike.
Quite honestly, I’ve been dying to go hiking. The views are so gorgeous around here, and I just adore getting some fresh air and clearing my mind during a hike.
After a nicely productive morning of work, I took Harley to our usual nearby park that we hike at for a lunchtime workout. It’s pretty toasty out today – about 90 and bright sunshine – and we were both sweating in no time (Okay, Harley was more panting than sweating).
What I didn’t count on was the fact that my dog has gotten a bit out of hiking workout shape! I was planning on hiking for 60-90 minutes, depending on if I was feeling foot pain or not, but after 25 minutes, Harley kept stopping at trying to turn around. It probably had to do with the heat too, but I couldn’t help but think that she hasn’t hiked any hills in a bunch of weeks and because of that, was probably easily fatigued.
Harley pulling leading the way back
We turned around and it worked out for the better, because my foot/Achilles/soleus of my calf were starting to tweak anyways. I thought that a short hike would be okay, but maybe I’m not quite ready yet to put that much pressure on my foot. I plan on icing it a lot over the weekend, doing yoga and some low-key exercise (which may be hard since it’ll probably be beautiful outside and I’ll have time for long workouts!), and I’ll see how it feels.
Harley acted like a drama queen and laid in the shade of the car parked next to us when we got back to my car. Got to get her back into fighting shape! 😉
Hope you have a fabulous weekend!!
Harley and your caption are too funny! Happy Labor Day to you!!
Haha the caption rang true, she slept for like 6 hours when we got home! You too!!
I hear ya! I really have to get back into the hiking game myself…was supposed to go to Vermont today to go hiking but weather stopped us. It’s been wayyyy too long though and I am definitely out of shape!
Oh bummer! I’ve never gone hiking in Vermont before. It really is crazy how quickly you can get in and out of shape with something. I’ll do a new workout and die the first time, but by the third time it’s no sweat. So I’m sure you can get back into hiking shape in no time! 🙂
I guess it’s a good thing you had Harley to keep you in check! I don’t know about you but sometimes my mind wants to do one thing and my body is totally not ready for it! I find it hard to check myself. I have a feeling I am going to feel the same way about biking as you do about hiking when I finally get cleared from the doc to do that. Hope you had a great weekend! 🙂
Yes it totally is! And I totally agree, I convince myself that I’m ready for things after an injury, or even just muscle soreness — but then my body will tell me else wise. Taking it easy is easier said than done right?! Thanks girl, you too!