Climb every mountain...

No running today, but a fast a furious hike up the dirt paths in the hills of San Rafael. After lunch, I headed out. I've done this hike twice before at previous retreats. It's great, but in order to make it back in time for the next sitting at 3pm, you have to move fast. Going up, I push and push until my legs are on fire. I know I have to do this because coming down will be very steep, and I will have to slow way, way down to avoid slipping on dirt and loose rocks.

Usually, I hate coming down. It wasn't great this time, but I told myself that it was good strength training for the muscles around my knees. I arrived back at Santa Sabina with the first sunburn of the season and 30 minutes to spare.

Tonight, one of the retreatants, Mary, came to my room with aloe vera gel to run on my burned shoulders. Mmmmmm...