I've taken the last 5 days off running. The first day it was because not only was there a HUGE bull blocking my regular running route that I was going to have to deal with, but we got a community email (it's a small town) from someone who was letting us all know that she saw an adult cougar on the trail. I decided to take that day off. The next day we left for the other side of the state for a mini-vacation. The second day we climbed South Sister (Oregon's 3rd highest mountain at 10358 feet. It's a roundtrip about 12.4 miles with about 5000 elevation. It took about 10 hours total and we got stopped by weather at Lewis glacier with about .96 left to go. The next day we took it easy and kayaked. The day after we did a 9 mile cross country, desert/rimrock/canyon hike that took 7 hours. We just got home tonight and I am hitting the hot tub. I am taking the day off tomorrow.