The Marathon Day

As per usual, our day starts with me getting up at about 5:15am. This morning I knew was going to be a bit tougher because our campsite was setup on top of the mountain in a very high wind. The wind was still blowing, but not quite as hard. I lay in my sleeping bag and studied our day. It didn't take long to realize that this had the earmarks of an “easy” day. In fact, a day that should be pushed-if any day could've pushed.

Hummingbird had a bucket list item to do at least a marathon one of our days. To date, we've hit 22.8 miles in a day. I saw that we could make it to the town of Hampton, TN in exactly 26.2 miles. The goal was set, the increments worked out (11 by noon, 13 by 1, 16 by 2, etc), packed and on the trail.

Cold again. The weather report was 31-61° for the day. We started at the lower number. This time we did have to put socks over our light gloves. Other than the chill, a perfect day for hiking. We hiked up on the trail at 6pm just as it was getting to the point where our headlights would have been needed.

We called Mr Brown for a ride and checked in to the Braemar Castle Hostel ($15 for a bed without Sheets).

Twenty again tomorrow!

36°17′1″ N  82°9′29″ W

426.8 miles remain

Miles per day to reach Springer by 12/4: 17.8