10 on 10

Before I begin, I have more information on the shirt from yesterday's picture.  The shirt is 100% preshrunk cotton, made in El Salvador, machine wash cold inside out with like colors.  Use only non-chlorine bleach when needed, tumble dry medium, use medium iron and do not iron the decoration.

I actually have a lot of things that could be the title for today's post.  I was considering "See you at the top" or "Over the top" or maybe something about St. Patrick's Day.  No, I'm not trying to copy Zig Ziglar's book titles, but today my van was assigned to Zuma straight through.

In cast you can't tell, I've been building it up all week as a very difficult hike and it met my expectations.  The hike was 5 miles up with an elevation gain of 2500 ft, then 2 miles down.  Yes, the words brutal, tough, and calorie burn all describe it.

There is a ranch at the top of this hike called Buzzard's Roost Ranch, which by the way, is on sale for about $4 million if anyone is interested.  So, let's get into the pictures.

Obviously this picture is at the entrance to Buzzard's Roost and is the highest point on the hike.

As I started the hike down I decided it was time to strike a semi-dramatic pose because I felt proud that I made it up the 5 miles and the view was totally worth it.

This is the group at the end of the hike attempting to spell out the word "victory" because it was victorious making it to the end of this hike.

Every morning we leave at 8am for the hikes, and today was no exception.  However, on most days we are back at the resort around 10:45 am.  The hike today lasted about 30 minutes longer and we made it back just in time for kickball.

This was my last kickball and I went out with a bang.  At my last at-bat, I kicked a home run which put my team in the lead.  We then took the field one last time where I made a double play by myself.  I caught the ball to get the kicker out, then touched second base to get the runner out.  When the ball is kicked, all runner have to tag up in case the fielder catches the ball.  The runner on second base did not tag up, so it was an easy out.  Also, we play with 2 outs per side because of the limited time so we can get several innings in the game.

At the end of treading class, the trainer played the song that is the theme music to the Biggest Loser show because there is a phrase that keeps repeating.  It is "what have you done today to make ya feel proud?"  The trainer used this as motivation and it worked.  My body was warmed up and I decided to go for one last treadmill sprint session.

I stayed extra in class and worked my way up to a 10.0mph speed and held it for 10 seconds!!  This crushed my previous record of 9.0mph from the previous week and is 2.4mph away from maxing out the speed on the treadmill.

Closing thought for the day:  So, to answer the question "what have you done today to make ya feel proud?", I can honestly say Zuma straight through, kicking butt in kickball, and finished the day breaking a new speed record in treadmill sprints.  The chocolate strawberries tonight are going to taste really good.