Wednesday: 5 h hike in the mountain.

KP, you do a lot of mountain hikes.  I'm envious!     As I've noted in my workout log, mountain hiking is great exercise.  Less stress on the joints, too, than running/jogging.   I've got plenty of mountains here in Southern CA, but my constraint is time.. This day job is getting in the way of my recreation!   

3 h hike in the mountain.

Me too.  Just reading about it makes me tired!    Suze

I wish an hour at the gym would be just as entertaining as a hike in the mountains, that would be great. 

What immediately comes to mind is a special treadmill, with a nice, wide-screen flat-panel LCD display.  A database of mountain trails would be loaded into the treadmill's computer, and when you select one, it comes up on the screen.  You get on the treadmill and start on the trail, after selecting your speed.  The screen displays your progress on the trail, with the slope of the trail linked to the treadmill's incline mechanism, so that it gives you a realistic emulation of the actual trail.  And the distance covered on the trail video would be linked to the actual distance you "hike" on the treadmill.

At any point, you could turn around and go back down the trail the other way, and the video will show you the other direction.  The production team would have to capture video looking both ways for the whole trail, obviously. 

The treadmill, to emulate the downslope parts of the trail, would have to be a special one, with the capability of negative incline, so that you're actually going downhill.  The treadmills I have seen only have level and incline, up to about 15 degrees.  I would think that the MountainTrail(c) treadmill would have extended incline/decline capability, perhaps to about 30 degrees in both incline and decline.  You could configure the treadmill so that the running platform is up a few feet off the floor, and pivot it in the middle, to give this capability.

Not quite as good as getting the fresh air and sunshine, and being able to look around, but it would be more interesting than your run of the mill (haha) treadmill, and better than staring at the overlarge buttocks of the person in front of you.   

Hey, if nobody has thought of this yet, perhaps I should apply for the patent.   

7 h hike in the mountains. The back of my neck got a little too much sun. 3,5 l in plain water. This was one of the tallest peaks around here.

I've been lazy this week. It's been raining. 

Yesterday; 12 h hike! NOT. BY. CHOICE.  To be fair, 2 hrs/total were resting, sock changes, re-dressing and/or taping heels 'n' ankles. Better to prevent them, then to, well, get them. 

A few basics:
*Snow only present in hillsides I had to get up.
*Only got to refill my water bottles during the first 2 1/2 hrs (of 12). I was so thirsty I thought I was going to die! Last place I thought it would be difficult to find water!
*Toes are sore.
*It started to rain. Of course it did.
*Sunburnt (which is now especially uncomfortable beneath my eyes).
*5 loads of laundry. Because they all have to be washed on different temperatures. Training clothes being the only ones who has to be washed in cold water (seriously wtf what is up with that??).
*Stomach ache (indirect pain, see food journal).