Early this morning, I jogged over to Pilot Butte State Park from Hawthorne and accomplished five intervals up and down the Butte. These intervals were approximately one mile in distance with nearly 440 feet in elevation gain. My uphill splits for these intervals were as follows 10:55, 9:33, 9:57, 10:38, and 10:46. The total distance of this workout (including my jog back to my Aunt and Uncle’s house on Hawthorne) was 12.1 miles at a relatively easy pace. We’ll see how I do on Saturday morning in the Pilot Butte Challenge which is a one-mile time trial to the top. By the way, the view from the top of Pilot Butte of the town of Bend and the Cascades--mountains: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Broken Top, The 3 Sisters, Three Fingered Jack, and Bachelor--is unbelievable!
In addition to getting in 2.2 miles on the bike, I was able to go to the Juniper Swim & Fitness Center and complete 300 sit-ups, 30 push-ups, 90 (50, 40, 30 lbs) curls , 60 (50 lbs) reverse curls, and even 200 meters of swimming in the pool. Just a side note, these 200 meters nearly killed me since this was the first time I swam in years. | 