Recovery Week, St George, Crazy Hike

Last week = RECOVERY week.

Started like this ---

Couple runs in the windy cold

Snow decided to finally arrive in UTAH

I was close to 500 miles in my old shoes so I picked me up another pair of these >>> 

Found out I got to go to sunny St. George for a work weekend!! Yippyyyy

Got a fabulous morning run in... in shorts!!!!

 

 Found this new drink. absolute FAV!

Went on what was supposed to be a 'easy' hike.  Turned into 16 miles of  

canyoneering fear!

(For those that know the St. George Area) 

We started at Tuacahn, climbed up to the 3 ponds, went in and out of Snow Canyon, then climbed up on the ridge, then descended down that main gorge in Ivans. 

The arrows signify death wish territory :):)

My dad and I have experienced some scary stuff... both nothing compared to this. 

At some points I was shaking so bad and could not make it stop. 

 Making it to the top (ALIVE) then back down gave us such a sense of  

accomplishment and confidence.  

We both wore the biggest smiles the rest of the weekend - 

along with our war wounds of cuts, bumps and bruises :D !!!  

We don't have many photos of the scary stuff... but here are a few from the day:

Recovery week meant 

a cut back in intensity... 

a lot of compression gear wearing...

a couple ice baths...

foam rolling...

Feeling super refreshed and READY to hit it hard again! :D