Hiking and Running

Hello!  How was your weekend?  Did you enjoy that extra hour of sleep on Saturday night?  We certainly did at my house with ten hour sleep!  In all fairness we had a big day on Saturday.  The Hubs and I headed upstate for a hike.  I mentioned a few weeks ago that we went hiking when we were in Palm Springs and we both really enjoyed it so I started investigating hiking trails around NYC.  Saturday morning we drove up to Woodbury, NY to hike Shunemunk Mountain.

The drive was incredible.  The trees were so vibrant with all of their colors!  Once we arrived at the trail, we hiked across a massive field and then made our way to the base of the mountain.  The total hike was 6.4 miles, mostly uphill.  It took about 4 hours to hike the entire trail and I burned about 1,065 calories!  Although I think that was offset by the food I ate while hiking. 😉

The views at the top of the mountain were pretty incredible!  But you’ll notice from the dark clouds that things began to look a little bit iffy for our hike back down.  We did end up getting rained on but it just made the hike a bit more of an adventure!

The drive home was pretty amazing as well.  The setting sun cast a warm glow on the trees reflecting their gorgeous red, orange and yellow tones.  So pretty and relaxing. 

Sunday morning marked the ING NYC Marathon.  We live on the East Side and can actually see the race go by from our apartment window.  I shot a few photos of the leaders as they whizzed by.  Did you know that one of the male leaders spends 75% of the race airborne?  Isn’t that crazy!?  I don’t think I could ever run a marathon but I have a lot of respect for people who do!

And of course, because I am not obsessed with the fact that we can play tennis at the US Open grounds, we headed to Queens Sunday night to hit some balls!  A weekend full of activity! 🙂

Readers, what did you do this weekend?  Have you ever run a marathon?  Any cool marathon stats?