Training Log Archive: Nadim

Rocky Mountain National Park. From the Wild Basin Ranger Station to Calypso Falls and back. Earlier this morning we’d caught a flight to Denver I hadn’t slept much the night before at home but made up for it on the airplane. The hike was chosen since it was fairly easy and on our way in. Max and Peggy were strong but Samantha was seemingly tired right from the start. We figured it to be because she too didn’t sleep well enough. The dots shown in the GPS track represent most but not all the times we stopped to let her rest. She got belligerent sometimes and stomped off energetically up some hills. I was leaning towards thinking that she was just being obstinate instead of it being altitude related. An earlier comment about a headache was just a normal seeming comment from her, said without much emphasis. She ended up refusing to go further as Peggy and Max were already heading back—she was just 30m from being able to see the falls when she turned around with them. I stayed at the falls a long time before turning around. The way down seemed to be more vertical than it seemed on the way up. Still it was only about 600ft. I started feeling more pain from my back at the surgery incision area so I tried to walk softly. I was hiking in soft running shoes. The motion made it seem like I was getting a blister between my toes. I caught up to the rest of the family and made it to the car okay. The trail was nice though not spectacular. There were lots of smaller waterfalls and interesting rocks. It was popular.

In Estes Park for the night, Max and I played table tennis on on outdoor table. It was hard since even slightl winds affected the ball. The bending over to pickup dropped/missed balls was a little wearing on my back but it was nice being able to play this sport that I learned from my uncles, with Max.

At night after this, I woke up a lot. A couple of times it hurt a lot to put weight on my left heel. That largely subsided by morning.