Training for Aconcagua: November

I am settling in to the November Plan and this is what it looks like:

Mon-Wed-Fri: wake up at 5:30 AM and go to KU to do stairs and ramps for an hour at different spots on campus.

Tues-Thur: lift weights, upper and lower.

Sat or Sun: hike for > 2 hours in hiking boots to include hills.

Sat or Sun: rest day, whichever day I'm not hiking.

Wildcard: add two additional workouts to the week, which may include a run, bike, swim, or another weight lifting day. If I'm tired, I'll rest (I have coach Ryan to thank for that suggestion).

This plan totals about 8 to 9 hours per week of working out. This shouldn't be too difficult, since I did more than that last year training for the two half ironmen.

Today's hike lasted 2.5 hours--it was just so gorgeous outside--Indian Summer in Kansas at its best. I am feeling very positive.

Training for Aconcagua

Wow, my first blog, and I have coach Ryan to thank for it. There is something about putting your endeavors in writing which validates them and gives them a certain gravity. So, here goes.

I've climbed Kilimanjaro, trekked in and around Everest and Nepal three times, explored Bhutan up to the Tibetan border, got up close and personal to the Kazakhs in Mongolia and consider myself an OK age-group triathlete. Now is the biggest adventure yet--a summit attempt on Aconcagua in Argentina, the tallest mountain outside of the Himalayas, soaring to 23,000 feet. I'll be blogging on my training from now, until I leave on February 8.

More to come.