{"id":3270,"date":"2011-10-26T14:48:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T22:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/?p=3270"},"modified":"2011-10-26T14:48:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T22:48:25","slug":"wellness-wednesday-dreams-of-fitness-goals-and-hiking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/wellness-wednesday-dreams-of-fitness-goals-and-hiking\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness Wednesday &#8211; Dreams of fitness goals and hiking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Chicks,<\/p>\n<p>Happy Wednesday &#8211; hope you are having an awesome day!<\/p>\n<p>Today has been a dark, drizzly day in Toronto and\u00a0all I\u00a0have been doing is staring out the window of my office thinking about how much I wish I could just\u00a0pack my\u00a0bags, grab my passport and head on an adventure (and how thankful I am that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\">bootcamps<\/a> are indoors this month!).\u00a0Even though I really love my city, I am a pretty outdoorsy chick at heart especially in the fall\u00a0and <strong>this rain is making me stir crazy<\/strong>! So what have I been doing&#8230;googling\u00a0more info on\u00a0the next fitness goal I want to take on &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gadventures.com\/trips\/everest-adventure\/ANEA\/2012\/\">hiking the base camp of Mt Everest<\/a> (I bet you thought I was going to somewhere hot like Bali or Fiji!)\u00a0 It looks awesome!<\/p>\n<p>Over the past\u00a0few of years, I have really found a\u00a0love\u00a0for hiking and it is one of my favorite activites to add as a fitness goal.\u00a0 A couple of places I have trekked through so far include <a title=\"The Oxfam Trailwalker\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2010\/07\/the-oxfam-trailwalker\/\">my\u00a0100km in\u00a028 hours for Oxfam Canada<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2010\/02\/where-in-the-world-are-the-chicks\/\">climbing to\u00a0Machu Picchu in Peru<\/a>, the Andes in Argentina, red rock mountains in Utah (these were amazing!) while at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2010\/11\/a-head-chicks-highlights-biggest-loser-ranch-day-2-6\/\">Biggest Loser Ranch <\/a>and one place that\u00a0I love is not far from Mama J&#8217;s house in Ottawa &#8211; Gatineau Park!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QS3976O_52w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>(This a video from last year in Gatineau Park\u00a0when I showed you chicks the <a title=\"Healthy Hiking Trails \u2013 Chick Style!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2010\/11\/healthy-hiking-trails-chick-style\/\">Healthy Hiking 100&#8217;s Workout<\/a> &#8211; I still love it and throw it in on my hike&#8217;s to spice them up!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What I love about hiking is it only requires the cheapest equipment there is &#8211;\u00a0 Mother Nature, 2 feet and a heartbeat!\u00a0Unfortunately, I tend to pick places that have a very expensive airfare to get me there (Kathmandu is over $2000!). \u00a0I guess while I save my pennies for my next adventure, I am grabbing my umbrella and going for a stroll as I am only at\u00a05400 of my 10 000 daily steps\u00a0for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/challenges\/28-day-pedometer-challenge\">28 Day Pedometer Challenge!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And if you have\u00a0recommendations for great hiking trails or new fitness goals, please send them my way!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have a fab day,<\/p>\n<p>Laura xo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Chicks, Happy Wednesday &#8211; hope you are having an awesome day! 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