Aug 1, 6 miles

last month was a weak month, due to some hip pain, weather, and personal weakness, i only did 53 miles for the month. since this is my elk hunting fitness blog, i figured i should blog about my exercise over the weekend. we had planned on hiking about 30 miles over 3 days. then the trip got shortened to 2 days and due to snakes the first days hike was shortened from 13 miles to 8.5 miles. since day 1 was shortened the hike out on day 2 was shortened from 9.5 miles to 4.5 miles. but this was not an easy hike. much of the trail was walking from rock to rock or boulder to boulder and several steep uphills and many downhills. not to mention my pack weighed around 45 pounds, which i carried the entire distance (except for the food and drink that i ate or drank along the way). it was definitely a great leg workout. monday a friend came into town and instead of running i went out to eat and ate pizza. yesterday i didn't run because of family stuff and i didn't eat well either. today i finally got back on track with eating, taking supplements and running. i ran 6 miles on the treadmill tonight. i finished in 60:12 and the first 4 miles i ran at a 2% incline. mile 5 i ran at a 1% incline and mile 6 i ran at no incline. running at the 2% incline sure made the running a bit tougher, hopefully more like running on the road. thought of the day: every slump has to end at one point.