Saturday morning I woke up at 6am and couldn't fall back asleep so I did the laundry and watched a movie which I highly recommend – "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" directed by Sidney Lumet. I caught up on my episodes of the L Word and fearing getting stuck on the couch all weekend I made a few calls to see if anyone wanted to hike with me. Maybe because of Sundance, the 3 day weekend or laziness, no one came with me. I was intending on doing my usual 5 miles at Paseo Miramar but it was such a beautiful day that I wound up going to the bench by Topanga state park. I think it's about 9 miles. As much as I like hiking with others, I LOVE trekking out on my own. It amazes me how 20 minutes on Sunset Blvd. heading west can make such a difference. For me, hiking is the best therapy, it's the best way to get in touch with your thoughts and if you're feeling down it's the best pick me up (provided you can motivate yourself to get there). Next time you get a dose of the blahs try a hike, I guarantee you'll fell better.
Sunday I went to the gym, I did the treadmill for 1 hour (I got the wrong schedule and the spinning class started later than I thought) after the treadmill (intervals of walking & running) I did the spinning class followed by a pilates class that my friend taught. I felt pretty good and then a friend called and invited me on a hike. I almost said no but it was a 2 miler at Kenter which is a pretty simple hike. Even though this is one of the woosie hikes, for the first 15 minutes my heart rate was higher than it should have been. I guess too much activity for one day. I'm glad I went because I love being outdoors rather than confined to the gym.
Yesterday, I woke up around 8am and before I got stuck doing anything else, I went to Paseo Miramar again. It was nice and chilly (the best hiking weather in my opinion). I did about 8 miles this time but as I was heading home, Temescal looked very inviting so I parked my car and went all the way to skull rock (I'm not sure if this is the actual name but the rock looks like a skull so that's what I call it). As I made my way down, it started raining, which was scary because the trail is narrow and steep on some parts so I was trying my best not to slip. The day before two people had to be lifted off Temescal! There was one point where I almost slipped and the only way not to fall was to run down the hill. I was so scared because I did not know how I was going to stop. There was a wooden plank at the bottom of the hill so that's what stopped me – it was very random but I am grateful to whoever put it there because the plank was not there when I went up.
So today my legs are sore but clothes are loose in all the right places and I feel great. Today I'm going to a kickboxing class – we'll see how that goes!
Take A Hike,
Lucy
Showing posts with label Kenter Canyon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kenter Canyon. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Canyon Nymphs
It's been a long time since the Nymphs have gotten together for a hike – That's the Canyon Nymphs, a name my friends and I gave ourselves because at one time we used to take to the trails on Saturday and Sunday. The core team is Karina Wilson, Kristina Meyers (DJ Haizee), Christine Le and me (Lucy Rodriguez-Watson).
We have hosted guest nymphs, Karen Gutierrez, Laura Somers, Onahoua Rodriguez and any out of town friends willing to take to the mountains with us. We did this religiously every weekend for almost two years, including the summers.
In the summer we started out very early because our treks were a minimum of 5 miles. We would meet at Whole Foods in Brentwood and be ready to go by 7am. We mostly stayed on the Westside, rarely straying from Topanga State Park and Paseo Miramar in the Palisades. We would occasionally do Temescal but at roughly 3 miles, that was barely a hike. Kenter Canyon was visited on one or two occasions and one time, we visited the Betty Ford of hiking trails – Griffith Park. We were amazed at the beer bottles, and various other things we found at that park (crack vials anyone!). It seemed that whenever we tried a new hike, we'd long for the 5 miler of Paseo Miramar, so that's where we mostly hiked.
All good things come to an end and life got in the way so we barely hike together anymore. DJ Haizee moved to Silver Lake, Karina went to London and Christine and I got busy with the film (Love 10 to 1 - check out our blog http://indiefilmlove10to1.blogspot.com/). The original Canyon Nymphs have not hiked together in a long time but I'm hoping to remedy that sometime soon.
I've tried to hike at least once a week since we "broke up" but that was hard during preproduction and production of Love 10 to 1.
I went on a hike after we wrapped and I did a 10 miler (On Thanksgiving Day). I started in Paseo Miramar and went all the way to Topanga State Park and back. It felt so good to hike, and it felt amazing being up there by myself. The ocean breeze was strong but pleasant and even though I had not hiked in about a month, I wasn't tired. I finished the hike in 3.5 hours, which is rare for me. I normally take my time when I hike by myself but I was so excited to be back on the trail after such a long sabbatical that I practically skipped my way to Topanga.
Since Thanksgiving, I've been very good about hiking at least once a week but have mostly been doing it Saturday and Sunday. During Christmas I hiked a bit more and it felt great. This is perfect hiking weather so I strongly urge anyone reading this to take to the mountains and get lost in nature.
xoxo,
Lucy
We have hosted guest nymphs, Karen Gutierrez, Laura Somers, Onahoua Rodriguez and any out of town friends willing to take to the mountains with us. We did this religiously every weekend for almost two years, including the summers.
In the summer we started out very early because our treks were a minimum of 5 miles. We would meet at Whole Foods in Brentwood and be ready to go by 7am. We mostly stayed on the Westside, rarely straying from Topanga State Park and Paseo Miramar in the Palisades. We would occasionally do Temescal but at roughly 3 miles, that was barely a hike. Kenter Canyon was visited on one or two occasions and one time, we visited the Betty Ford of hiking trails – Griffith Park. We were amazed at the beer bottles, and various other things we found at that park (crack vials anyone!). It seemed that whenever we tried a new hike, we'd long for the 5 miler of Paseo Miramar, so that's where we mostly hiked.
All good things come to an end and life got in the way so we barely hike together anymore. DJ Haizee moved to Silver Lake, Karina went to London and Christine and I got busy with the film (Love 10 to 1 - check out our blog http://indiefilmlove10to1.blogspot.com/). The original Canyon Nymphs have not hiked together in a long time but I'm hoping to remedy that sometime soon.
I've tried to hike at least once a week since we "broke up" but that was hard during preproduction and production of Love 10 to 1.
I went on a hike after we wrapped and I did a 10 miler (On Thanksgiving Day). I started in Paseo Miramar and went all the way to Topanga State Park and back. It felt so good to hike, and it felt amazing being up there by myself. The ocean breeze was strong but pleasant and even though I had not hiked in about a month, I wasn't tired. I finished the hike in 3.5 hours, which is rare for me. I normally take my time when I hike by myself but I was so excited to be back on the trail after such a long sabbatical that I practically skipped my way to Topanga.
Since Thanksgiving, I've been very good about hiking at least once a week but have mostly been doing it Saturday and Sunday. During Christmas I hiked a bit more and it felt great. This is perfect hiking weather so I strongly urge anyone reading this to take to the mountains and get lost in nature.
xoxo,
Lucy
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