Cross the middle of Mt Dessert Island - 11 peaks

Last night I was trying to find information on doing a cross island hike.  I know some folks have done it as they had articles in the newspaper but I could only find one blog last night.  Very surprised.   Got a later start then I had wanted so I skipped Champlain and started at bottom of Dorr.  First two peaks were not bad.   West Side trail down Cadillac was hard.  It took about an hour longer than I thought it would.  Well prepared on water/drinks but totally got the food side all wrong. 

Here is the route:

Here are the 11 peaks in photos:

I was expecting to see basketball legend Downtown Freddy...

Bald is Beautiful

Parked for a short time on this Mt Top.

Happy to be on Gilmore

The famous American Painter would have loved this mountaintop

Penobscott Mt

I need a bath the hike to this Mt top made me so sweaty

The view didnt burst my bubble

A nice of Range of Mountains so it would be redundant to tell you its Pemetic

Pink (granite) Cadillac

Break on Thru to the other side

PocketWod Challenge Wod 1 & Trashed - Then hike on Pemetic

Warmed up with my 100 body weight WODs and then did two workouts.


“Online Challenge WOD 1”
10 Minute AMRAP:
20 Calorie Row
10 Burpees over Rower (Facing Rower)
50 Double Unders

My double unders were terrible and my burpees slow.  Not such a great performance. 
2 Rounds plus 44 reps


“Trashed”
3 Rounds for Time:
500M Row
15  10 S2OH, 135/95
15 Toes to Bar

14 minutes 

Then off to hike Pemetic!

Comp Training Modified

This came up on my Instagram feed and it was a good strength and metcon combo from comptrain.  I had to adjust it for my current level of strength. Next time I will do it for time. I hustled but didnt set a clock.

1. Squat Conditioning
20 Back Squats 135
20 Back Squat  185
20 Back Squats 225

All unbroken!



2. Press Conditioning
20 Push Press 95 UB
20 Push Press 115 UB
20 Push Press 135 15 & 5

3. Clean Conditioning
20 Hang Power Clean, 135  11 & 9 - grip failed
20 Hang Power Clean, 155  7/6/6,1
20 Hang Power Clean,  185  4,3,3,1,1,2,2,2,2

Good workout for sure!

Quick trip back to Boston

Suz and I needed to make a quick trip back to Boston to meet with all the contractors on the house.  Good progress but we had lots of decisions to make and plans to review.  

Jackie Like Plus Beehive

Jackie Like -
3 Rounds
500m Row
10 T2B
12 Thruster @115lbs

This was very hard.  Way harder than it should it be.

14 Minutes Flat

Family Hike up Beehive.  Crowded like rush hour but alway fun.

NEH Garage 20 & Search for Great Cave

I so didnt want to work out.  So many excuses - im tired, its humid and cloudy and damp meant I really had to do it.   Did a variation of Lumberjack 20 which I have called NEH Garage 20.

NEH Garage 20 
20 Deadlifts (250lbs)
Run 400m
20 KB swings (53lbs)
Run 400m
20 Overhead Squats (115lbs)
Run 400m
20 Burpees
Run 400m
20 Pullups
Run 400m
20 Box jumps (24")
Run 400m
20 Hang Squat Cleans (115lbs)
 
If you notice I removed the last run.  I was already smoked enough.  27:51


Late in the day Jack and I went in search of Great Cave which is off the precipice trail.  Very cool and worth the short excursion.

Looking for beaches and trails

Jack and I were going to explore some lost trails and show me the lost beach near Day Mt.   We started with the Day Mt beach that Jack discovered during his stay at the Ocean Institute.   As we walked out it started to rain and then it started to pour.  We got socked so after finding the old beach we called it a day.