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I think I can…

You may have read Joe’s post about El Moro and how there were trails named by the characteristics of what it could offer. So when Joe and Dan mentioned “I think I can” I had immediately pictured this cartoon.

Well if you know me, I HATE climbing…hate it with a passion. I can’t stand the long boring ascent that seems like it never wants to end. I also can’t stand how my nuts get numb and how my knees start to ache.

Well, something weird happened to me this weekend. As we started our climb to I think I can, my mind went through all sorts of direction. First I was irritated with the climb, then I started thinking about how well I was doing. Then I saw how far, Dan, Priscilla and Joe were, then I started hating it again. Ok so the weird part…I started to like the climb. Sure my lungs were burning, my legs were gone and my nuts felt numb, but I liked what I was doing.

There was something about climbing this mountain that made me appreciate what I could do and what it offered. I’m in no cardio shape like the rest of the group, but I was pretty proud that I only had to stop once, and that was because my knee/calve was starting to ache. But as soon as I got back on, I was happy. I don’t know if this was the same high that runners get, but I was in bliss. It just felt good.