Sky meadows and the AT

Sunday I drove up to Sky Meadows park and ran the north ridge to the AT, went along it until I got to a sign that said I was about to enter a hunting area. Wisely turned around at that point and went back and returned via the south right and gap run. Very pretty place and nice run, about 5 miles.

DY morning buzz and AT compton peak

Saturday morning went to the buzz class as usual. A few hours later I was running on the appalachian trail in the rain. Eventually in the POURING rain. Had to turn around before I was done and go back it got so bad. Went from Compton gap to a ways past Compton peak, with side trips at the top to either side, probably about 4 miles.

ACE yoga

Last Friday went to Stacey's new lunchtime yoga half hour class. It was ok, got a little workout in.

ACE workout and DY open level vinyasa

At lunch yesterday went to the 15 min yoga and ran outside for about 20 mins, beautiful day out. Last night went to open class, lots of cardio at the beginning, good class, got very sweaty. Talked to Jill about yoga for awhile after class, very interesting.

DY Sivananda and gentle yoga

Did back to back classes last night. Sivananda was the same as usual. Mikayla's gengle class was weird, there was singing mantras, chanting stuff, bell ringing at the end. It was very easy and all about stretching, no strength stuff at all.

DY advanced vinyasa

Monday night went to class, Jill put on a killer tonite, long and difficult. Lots of vinyasa.

Studio yoga again

This morning went to class with Carissa. Great class as usual, chatted with everyone, Carissa seemed to like it.

Studio yoga

Yesterday afternoon went to a Marco class. It was HARD and I really miss it. Single leg vinyasa is a huge pain in the ass.

DY Sivananda

Went to Jann's class again last night. Did the sun salutations and the entire 12 set of postures this time. An easy sequence but I enjoyed it.

Yoga Time power hour and DY advanced vinyasa

Monday was Columbus day, in the morning went to Yoga Time in Purcellville and did a class. It is a hot studio that does Baron Baptise power yoga, very hard, tons of chaturangas. It was a trip doing a class that hard after months of none of that sort of thing. After that I went to Harpers ferry and walked around all afternoon. Went home, actually took a nap since I was so tired, then went to Jill's advanced class. Struggled a bit thru that but it went ok, did handstand in the doorway which was cool.

Gettysburg and AT at Caledonia park, PA

Yesterday went to the tourist infested battlefield. Listened to podcast again and ran a few of the routes. After that drove west 30 miles and ran on the AT at a state park, very nice.

DY morning buzz and Tow path @ Paw Paw WV

Saturday morning had a nice class, worked on a half lotus crow thing I liked. A little later drove to Paw Paw WV and ran on the C&O tow path thru the dark scary tunnel, a few miles further, then up and over the hill on the way back. About 5 miles.

ACE abs

At lunch today did the ab class, my abs need some work, they gave out on me at the end.

DY ball yoga

Last night Jill had a sub, she had to make up to her husband for forgetting his birthday on Wednesday. The class was probably the easiest yoga class I have ever taken, pretty much a total waste of time.

ACE yoga/run and DY open level vinyasa

Wednesday at lunch did the quick yoga thing and 15 minute run again at work. That night went to a particularly hard open class, very nice.

DY Sivananda

Last night went to a new class at Dharma, taught by a new instructor, Jann. It was a little easy and slow but not bad and I will probably do it again.

DY advanced vinyasa

Great class on Monday night, mostly elements of Ashtanta sequence. It was hard and I really, really enjoyed it.

Antietam and AT Reno gap

Sunday morning I drove up to Antietam battlefield in Maryland and did three loops with a podcast about the battle in my ear. Ran from stop to stop for about 2/3 of the segments. What a cool and creepy place. After that I drove east and near Boonesboro, MD got on the appalachian trail at Reno gap, a place where coincidentally 2 civil war generals died in fighting a couple days before Antietam. Ran a bit there, probably 6 miles for the whole day.

DY morning buzz

This morning went to class, moon salutations again, harder this time tho, broke a good sweat.

DY gentle yoga

Thursday after work went to gentle yoga class. Did an extremely uncomfortable hip opener called frog, not a big fan of that.

Corp workout and DY all levels vinyasa

Today was busy. At lunch went for 15 minutes of yoga at work, after ran for about 20 minutes, my calf started hurting again god damnit. Tonite went to yoga and had a nice class, a bit harder than the usual Wednesday class.

DY advanced vinyasa

Monday night went to another advanced class, did pretty good on the headstand if I do say so myself. Wheel with hand blocks was very nice as well.

Ziler trail at Cacapon park

This morning drove up Fredericks Pike to West Virginia and ran a trail at Cacapon State park. It was a slightly rainy day, everything was wet, and it was beautiful out. The uphill grade was tough, the downhill was sweet.

DY morning buzz

Went to class yesterday morning, feeling pretty good after boga the night before. Good class.

DY boga

BOGA tonite! Pretty easy yoga class, then live music, food and beer. Hung out for about 3 hours and had a real nice time.

DY gentle yoga

Last night went to a pretty mellow class, helped my calf a bit.

DY all levels vinyasa

Wednesday went to class after work. Class was heavy on hips and shoulders.

Winchester 3rd battlefield

After work today ran all the trails at the battlefield site, starting behind the high school. Very creepy reading all those signs and imagining what happened there. My left calf started hurt about 2/3 way thru, did a fair amount of walking and limping after that. Hard to say for sure but probably about 4 miles.

DY advanced vinyasa

Went to the advanced class last night. Not as hard as last week but there were some killer parts for sure, particularly abs.

Appalachian trail-Beahms gap to Thornton gap

Sunday morning early, drove up Skyline drive and ran a trail, out and back. Simply one of the most beautiful places I have ever run. Chilled with the deer and had a great time. Around 10k distance.

DY morning buzz

Saturday morning went to a class. It was good, not too tough but not too easy either. Went to breakfast next door after with some of the people, talked for a couple hours.