City-fied?

Friday Night:

• GVI Barbeque.
  
• LOTS of yummy food and LOTS of vino.

Saturday:

5:45AM

• Internal body alarm (sick...AGAIN!).
• Try to hold banana bread in.
• Pack for Lake.

7:45AM

• Walk to bike shop, pile in van, hit the road.

10:30ish

• Get geared up and on mountain bikes with many confusing gears.

11ish

• Begin 15 mile ride. YES, 15 miles. (but mostly downhill....I cannot lie.)

4ish

• Arrive by boat at one of the most beautiful hotels I have EVER seen. Built into a cliff with views of many many mountains surrounding the lake. WOW.
• Quick dip in the FREEZING water
• An amazing family style dinner

8ish

• Back to room to throw on swimsuit and hit the hot tub.
• First, kill three spiders and two scorpions (while doning the nerdy head torch).

8:30sh:

• Bring wine (to forget about the co-habitating creatures sleeping with me) to the wood burning stove heated hot tub overlooking the lake and under millions and millions of stars.

9:30ish

• Back to room, feeling a little more relaxed about my slumber buddies.

11ish

• Wake up panicking.
• TURN ON THE LIGHT!!! IT´s ON ME, ÍT´s ON ME!!!!!!
  
• Realize t´was just a dream. Sigh.
  

Sunday:

8AM

• Incredible breakfast.

9AM

• 4 mile kayak (BEAUTIFUL)

11ish

• Begin our ¨nice walk¨.

1ish

• Want to have a SERIOUS talk with those that think this 12 mile "walk" is nice.
• It is a HIKE.

2ish

• Have fallen down three times.
• Can´t breathe
• Sitting on rock
• Panicking
• Shaking
• Crying
• Having chocolate power gel squirted into my mouth by our guide-Victor.
• Using an inhaler

2:30ish

• Really embarrassed.
• Decide I must be WAY out of shape and need to get my act together.

3:00ish

• Back at hotel
• Jump in lake with all my clothes on
• Have a fresh fruit smoothie
• Comtemplate a career change
• Nutrition? Personal fitness?

How can a 26 year old, that (used) to work out at the gym during her lunch break AND tended to walk/sprint home (2 and a half miles) at LEAST 3 times a week...be SO out of shape?????

Was it the altitude?
Too much sun?
Too much physical activity in 24 hours?

Not enough water?

Has four and a half years in New York turned me into a city girl????

Must. Do. Something.