Pikes Peak Update

Thinking back… I can remember my first pair of hiking boots. My mom got them cheap off a friend who didn’t like the color. I’d never even gone hiking before, but I wore those boots to my junior high school every chance I got. They didn’t even match, most of the time, but I remember the feeling I had wearing those – I felt powerful. Big. Like I could do anything.
 

Palmer Park

I remember my first time trying to hike, soon after I started college.

Summer Training Log

Here's the rundown of all the steps (quite literally, actually) that I took this year to train for the Pikes Peak Challenge: