Wirth Adventures
W Trek Training · Lola & Ben

Week 8

Taper · rest up and pack
Dec 7 – 13
Saturday
5.5 mi · 820 ft
Pack
12 lb
Sunday
Travel
MON
7
DEC
Rest
Taper: less work, more rest. The fitness is built — now keep it.
Lola
Rest. Walk or stretch if you like.
Ben
Rest.
“Rome wasn’t built in a day.”
— Proverb
TUE
8
DEC
Tennis · Gym
Light gym: 2 sets of 8. Nothing new.
Lola
Tennis, evening — play relaxed.
Ben
Gym, 45 min, while Lola plays: goblet squats, step-ups, Romanian deadlifts, rows, split squats, calf raises, plank. 2 sets of 8, light.
“Más vale prevenir que lamentar.”
Better safe than sorry.
— Dicho
WED
9
DEC
Weights
Light weights. No soreness this week.
Lola
Weights, 7 a.m., 30 min: goblet squats, step-ups, Romanian deadlifts, rows, split squats, calf raises, plank. 2 sets of 8, light.
Ben
Rest, or a 20-min walk after work.
“Haste makes waste.”
— Proverb
THU
10
DEC
Yoga · Circuit
Gentle yoga. Lay out boots, poles, rain shell and layers.
Lola
Yoga, 7 p.m., gentle.
Ben
Light home circuit, 20 min, during yoga: pack step-ups, walking lunges, single-leg deadlifts, side planks. 2 rounds, then stretching.
“Hombre prevenido vale por dos.”
A prepared person is worth two.
— Dicho
FRI
11
DEC
Easy day
Short and easy. Legs fresh.
Lola
30-min easy walk. No strength.
Ben
Rest.
“Cada cosa a su tiempo.”
Everything in its own time.
— Dicho
SAT
12
DEC
Last hike
Last training hike: easy pace, full gear check with 12 lb.
Lola
Crystal Cove Moro Ridge loop: 5.5 mi, 820 ft. Pack 12 lb, wearing trek boots and layers.
Ben
Same hike, same pack.
Trail map ↗
“Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.”
— Walt Whitman
SUN
13
DEC
Travel
The trip begins. Walk the terminals and drink water.
Lola
Travel day. Walk instead of sitting at the gate.
Ben
Same.
“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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