Today was another heavy training day in weather of 82-87 degrees. Accuweather's RealFeel index however put the day at over 100 degrees because of the high humidity. We carried 13 lb packs for the first 8.4 miles and then left them behind for the last 2.2 miles. Total asset for the day was 405 meters with an average moving speed of 2 miles per hour but overall average speed of 1.7 miles per hour. We ache all over needless to say after 6 hours and 15 minutes (1 hr 5 minutes stopped)
We also hiked after neither of us slept well so we didn't get started till 10:30am. Yesterday when we hiked later in the day we had been consuming Zipfizz - "transforms water into a healthy energy and performance drink". I checked the products website had yes it does have caffeine -It has 100 mgs of caffeine from natural sources of green tea and Guarana. That’s about one-fourth the caffeine in a Tall Starbucks coffee (375 mg) and less than two Excedrin tablets (130 mg). Any way Zipfizz kept us up until 4am. We drank Zipfizz this morning and don't expect the same effects tonight.
We have also, thanks to Kay and Roger, improved our trail GORP (Good Old Raisins and Peanuts) to include chopped dates, dry roasted edamame, salted peanuts, dry roasted almonds, cried cranberries, dried raisins and oat ring cereal.
I am thinking of carrying in my suitcase some prepackaged "care" boxes to send to different towns along the Camino so I don't have to carry so much of what has become "necessary" - e.g. good gorp.
Tomorrow's plan is an hour of weight training in the gym.
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