Mountain Hike Training Route The Goats - Taguaguay Lagoon
I usually do my hiking training sessions in the afternoons and on Saturdays or Sundays I do long routes. I did this on Wednesday with my pet Negrito, who always accompanies me for these mountain training sessions, leaving at 4:30 a.m. pm, it was a little cloudy and it looked like it was going to rain because a drop was falling, I thought if it rains I'll still go up the mountain.
Starting from Lisandro Hernández avenue, I started out at a fast pace, and when I reached the bottom of the climbs I had a time of 2 minutes and 30 seconds, from there I accelerated the pace on the climbs, my pet stayed for a while. Shortly ago, when I was reaching the top where the cross is, my watch marked a time of 7:40, I did 5 seconds more than my best time, that is to say, I almost broke my own record.
On this first ascent I met a runner friend who was training, he was coming down the first ascent, then I continued walking looking at the clock to see if when I reached the second ascent of the mountain with a record of 12:00 minutes, according to this time I had chances to improve my best time which is 14 minutes and 45 seconds.
After I started to climb the third mountain, the runner friend I was doing as a circuit caught up with me, I accelerated the pace more but as he was running he kept moving away, however when he reached the top of the third mountain the clock marked a time of 14 :55 that is to say ten more seconds, I thought I would stop for a second to wait for Negrito who had stayed but continued with the same pace of walking.
Now, in this part you feel a bit of relief because I'm going down but I took advantage here to increase the pace and when I reached the Las Mercedes sector, I saw my time of 20 minutes, I think I can make a good mark until the part where the stone, then the climbs come again that make you breathe faster but you feel good because you are going at a constant pace, when you pass this climb you reach the top with 27 minutes 45 seconds, a good time because the best time was 28 minutes.
On this fourth peak of this mountain, I felt a bit exhausted due to the effort, but I was determined to improve my time, I continued walking and reached the rock with a time of 33:35, that is to say, 33 minutes and 35 seconds, this It has been my best time, because the previous one was 33:45. I stopped for a few seconds and decided to continue walking but I slowed down a bit so that Negrito would come with me.
After I passed where the stone is, I found a descent and then a small but not steep ascent, I continued advancing until I reached the front where the Taguaguay lagoon is and you can also see the Puro Lomo company that is on the road to Cagua, Sucre municipality, there I could see my watch again where I timed 41:43, almost 42 minutes of walking.
Here I rested for a few seconds because Negrito looked a little exhausted, we both hydrated ourselves, and returned home, by the same path, in these training sessions, as the weather was a bit hot, I saw that the liter and a half pot of water is insufficient , because I share the water with my pet, so in the next one I have to bring more water, to have enough to hydrate us better.
When I got home I did a total time of 1 hours and 36 minutes, it was longer because I got beyond the stone, I hope you liked this training.
Pictures : Redmi Note 10 phone
Vote la-colmena for witness By @ylich
Are you using the same pictures every time? It looks like it.
Greetings friend, no, what happened is that I did a new training yesterday is that same route, are other photos of yesterday, is another walk.
Ah ok. It all looks the same to me, like the same thing every time, presented the same way.
If every week I go out to that mountain with my dog and take pictures in that place, today I went further than usual and when we hydrated I took the opportunity to take pictures of the dog.
did you ever see snakes when you're training for a hike? btw like Galen said, I think it'd be nice if you present pictures that are different because it looks pretty similar and I feel like I've seen it somewhere. Maybe change the object,etc despite it's the same trail.
Hello if once I was with some friends training and I saw a snake, I was a little scared to see it but it disappeared quickly, if the next time I look for another space that is different, thanks for your comment.