MIMM-The Great Outdoors!

I haven’t done a Marvelous in My Monday in a longggg time, but it seemed like the perfect way to tie in some highlights of my weekend, and some awesome scenery. Thanks so much to Katie!

Marvelous is….

An AWESOME hike on Saturday. At least in my opinion.

(And Marvelous is forgetting to bring a sweatshirt and having to buy a new one!)

This is the hike where I learned that 2.8 miles with 700 feet of elevation is a lot. And my parents didn’t really appreciate my underestimation. As in, they were about to kill me. 

The hike began innocently enough-overlooking a small beach. Then, there was even a nice paved trail. 

Our hike was a loop of a few different trails pieced together, none of which were marked. We had some difficulty finding where the next leg connected.

And then began the ascent. 

This picture is back when my mom only KIND OF wanted to kill me. 

The views were amazing though!

I definitely misjudged how steep and how high this would be.

Little did we know that the uphill was the easy part-the hike finished with an extremely steep downhill. We had to sidestep down the hill the whole ways, and I fell flat on my rear end once. Despite a little dirt, we emerged unscathed. I had a great time, my parents were glad it was over, and we ate delicious food after. What could be more marvelous?

Marvelous is…

WAFFLES. I’m in love. Although before a run? Ehh not so much.

Marvelous is…

A run! A glorious run! I found a bike trail near where we were staying in San Luis Obispo that was a 5 mile loop. Since hurting my calf, the most I had run was 1.5 miles before I had to back off due to pain in my injured calf. It’s been getting much better though, so the plan was to try and complete the whole 5 miles, of course backing off if it began to hurt. I’m happy to report that I completed the entire run, which almost no pain. It may have hurt a TINY bit in the last .5-1 mile but nothing crazy. 

However, it did kind of tighten up a few hours later after icing and sitting in the car for hours. But what are you gonna do, right?
Marvelous is…
My first half marathon in less than a week! I’m so excited-I have my playlist ready and my clothing picked out. After running 5 miles, I feel much better about running 13.1 after my calf injury, especially since it should only get better from here. I’ve determined from this past run that running the race will be fine, but I’ll probably be a mess post-race with my calf. As in, I think I won’t injury it but it will be sore after the race, which I guess is normal. But hey, I’ll take it!
Have a great Monday everyone!
What’s Marvelous in YOUR Monday?