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El Yunque summit  

anewhandyman 65M
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1/7/2017 5:35 am
El Yunque summit

New years day I decided to set a fitness benchmark. I chose a popular, but not overcrowded trail to the summit of El Yunque, a distance of about 2.6 miles and elevation rise a little less than 1400 feet. The trail is relatively well maintained, which is to say there is no deep mud or landslides obscuring the trail. There are rugged areas with slippery rocks and mud with a few trees down. With a little cardio and muscular training the time of 53 minutes would be easy to beat, but I think core body temp is the real barrier.
A couple of days later, I went to San Juan hoping to gain the favor of a woman I've had my eye on, no luck. Driving back it was clear and the summit of El Yunque was not in the clouds. Why not, I'll just pop up there and maybe get a few nice pictures. Not trying to set a record I was surprised how much easier the 57 minute time was. Of course it should be no surprise the clouds rolled in, oh well it is called a cloud forest. I'm not a runner but thought I'd see how much of the downhill I could jog. It didn't take long for my back to start feeling it, I know it's not a great idea to run with a backpack, but I still want to improve that ability. In life balance is everything, and since I don't want to screw up my back, I stopped running. On the way down most people are happy to stop and let me scoot by, but two young women simply ignored the fact that I was on their heels. After a while it almost seemed rude, but they were keeping an ok pace and weren't bad looking, so I just watched their<b> butts </font></b>for a while. Eventually one asked the other how much longer it would take, I said they were making good time and would be down before long. "Good we got an uber to the forest but there's no phone service to get a ride back." I was surprised ow quickly they accepted my offer of a ride. It turned out only to be a ride but one woman was raised in China, and I would have liked to hear her thoughts on China, and America over a beer.

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