Another good day of training

Wow. Carrying 35-40 lbs up flights of stairs is brutal! (Thanks for the offer on the stairmaster, Paul) I did 100 stairs. Not normal stairs, but an old concrete staircase with about 20 feet of vertical, so more than one "flight", if you will. Plus, I headed out to Menotomy Rocks Park, looped around a few times, then did some hills in the area. Overall, I was out for about 6 hours. This is definitely my "level 3" fitness. (I've got a chart in an old hiking book which has some good "metrics" for fitness level) I should be ready for day one on Springer. I'm not worried about the physical part. It's the mental that concerns me. Tomorrow will be a light day; lots of administrative and social engagements. Then Thursday and Friday will hit hard....