Weigh-in this morning was 389. Pretty much as expected, given the weekend carbs.
One of the places I've been walking is the Deschutes River Trail. This is quite an extensive system of trails - including Saturday's excursion between Dillon Falls and Benham Falls - and here I'm referring to a small bit of it known to Bend Parks and Rec as the South Canyon Reach. It is a 3-mile loop trail of very modest difficulty, with perhaps 150' of climbs and generally smooth trail.
Way back in August or September of 2014, my then-potential girlfriend and I went on a walk along this. I made it somewhat less than a mile of the loop before turning back. This was respectful of my level of conditioning at the time (v. shitty) but also rather embarrassing. Later, as I progressed in my walking program, getting around that loop became a goal.
I made it around that quite a long time ago now, in early March I think. But I tended to stop in the middle and take a bit of a breather. Follow-on goals were to make it around with a 30-lb pack (done a couple months ago), make it around without stopping (done last week) and make it around in under an hour. That is, a 3 MPH aggregate pace including any breaks.
This evening, I did it in 2h56m.
That's about 16 miles over three consecutive days, and - while footsore again - I still feel quite good.
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