Hiking day! WOOHOO we went for a 9 mile hike and it took 3 hours!
AM:
3 hour hike of 9 miles on the Archibold Glover trail in DC and a side trail.
PM:
10 min jog
50 min elliptical machine
Today was a fun day. The temps went up into the high 50’s and low 60’s. We set out with the plan to hike today. I was feeling ambitious, as was my wife. We started with a 6 mile round trip hike planned. Along the way my wife decided we were going to be doing one of the cross trails on the way back. I was feeling pretty good for most of the hike. We were moving fast and the weight of the pack on my back was not weighing me down. As we made our way back I knew I was not looking to do more than the 6 mile trial but the wife was insistent so we did more. I needed to stop and take 4 Advil and have a snack, plus some water. My knees, ankles and back were all sore some time into the second hour. I had slowed down down a lot and hated the steeper steps up and down as they put more pressure on my knees and ankles, but I made it. Once we finally made it back to the truck we were both surprised to see the total distance traveled was 9 miles! Not bad at all. 
We also saw some deer along the way, I took a picture of the one closest to the trail, look carefully and you can see her. She blends in well.
After 1 hour of couch time I was actually ready to go to the gym for an afternoon workout. I did another hour of cardio and feel great for it. My wife made dinner for us, she baked chicken thighs and we had some frozen broccoli, mac and cheese. Not bad.
Tomorrow might be nice too and we could find ourselves back out there hiking some more.
