Hiking!!

I've been kicking myself all summer... I started out really well we were heading up Terrace mountain 1 or 2 times a week, walking the millennium trail once in awhile too for something different. My goal was to be able to go up and down Terrace mountain in 45-55 minutes total up and down time. My start time was 1.5hr UP and 1hr or so down, I knew I was out of shape but that to me was brutal, I was pretty discouraged, truth is first time up I puked... partially cause I ate 2 eggs before going up, fried eggs way to greasy I thought the protein would help. I was UBER wrong lol. Anyways, we were doing great one week we went up 3 times 2 days back to back we brought some guests from the states that were in town ministering at the church up, had a great time. My fastest time up Terrace mountain was 55mins and 45-50mins down, I'm happy with that right now but the problem is that I got lazy again, stopped walking stopped doing stuff... We went to Edmonton for 11days or whatever it was and then I got to workin again and excuses excuses. Finally the sun came out again but its FRIGIN September... I was really motivated I had been telling Steve and Tom all summer that I wanted to hike Thornhill mountain, the other day I went with Mark and the Youth up for a fire and just to hang out and saw the trail head which I've seen so many times 4x4ing or whatever and thought I'm gonna do it before we don't have any summer left. So I called Tom and Steve and said were going up.. Steve had to work but Tom was in..

My goal was to make it to the top its supposed to be 3hrs up... LOL we were truckin along and this guy comes up the trail about 2hrs after we started, I asked him if he'd done it before and how long it was till the top He said we were about two thirds of the way up and it would probably take another 40 mins or so. I thought great were almost there, then I asked how long ago he started... He says oh about 40 mins... it took him 40 mins to get to where it had taken me just over 2hrs to get to. Tom being the gracious friend he is was taking his time and waiting for me, I was starting to hurt in the top of my legs where they go into the hips. I just wanted to push through till we saw the 3km sign. So we pushed up and up till we got to the heli pad and I just knew I couldn't go any further, I'm not sure how high that is but its near the timber line so I did pretty good. Tom tried to encourage me that I did really good and came along way especially for not having hiked for 2months or more 2 and a half hours up is good. I'm pretty stoked I made it that far but would have LOVED to get to the top. Another day, I'll do it soon enough (make it to the top that is) Well anyways its a good thing we turned around when we did cause by the time we got to the bottom I was D. O. N. E.... I was jelly my quads were getting a good burn down my ankle was starting to hurt and my hip area is still hurting. I may have over done it but I'll do it again! we figured the Heli pad is about 3km up so I'm happy 3km up 3km down either way thats 6km on a mountain. So I'm going to keep treckin and keep pushing, there's so much beautiful terrain in this area I'd be a fool not to!

Check this site out; Terrace and Area Recreation!

I just love hiking, I love being out doors... How can you deny we have a God being in such an amazing beautiful place! The mountains, the trees our Rain forests are as beautiful as any in the world! I'm just so amazed that God put so much detail into everything! He is so Great!! God's really just been speaking to me about intimacy and obedience how I really just need to get back to basics with Him, in our relationship I'm tired of being complacent and lazy. I want God with all my heart.. Psalms 84:2 says "My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; My heat and my flesh cry out for the living God" The second part is the cry of my heart its what I want, what I need. Philippians 3:12 says "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that which Christ Jesus took hold of me" For those of you in my cell group this is a pre-show for whats to come :D 1 Kings 19:19-21 great read ;) check it out. It was cool for me cause that scripture reference has been on my heart, and I'm going to be talking about it at cell group, then Mike used it on Sunday in his message; "Discovering God - How to Go Deeper in God" great word get the CD if you haven't heard it. Or wait until I finish the Rock site and download it from there!

Anyways thats all for now.
I'll be posting pictures from the hike soon!


Blessings!