Hiker, and co-founder of American Spartan Inc, Captain Tommy Muir, continues to keep us updated on the day-to-day of the 425+ mile Spartan Hike, via emails spent from his phone.
"Facing only 15.1 miles today, we chose to sleep in and get a little extra rest. Still riding high on the previous day's accomplishments, we figured we'd have a nice sit down breakfast before we attacked today's miles. Upon completing breakfast, we drove back to the campsite to start the task at hand.
The main theme of our breakfast conversation was about how today's mileage was laughable when compared to the past 48 hours and that was the attitude we stepped off with. Our attitude and demeanor changed somewhere around mile 5.2 when we began our nice assent into what I joked was "Little Sur". From 5.2 to about mile 10, we were going up hill and our tired but still capable legs reminded us that all miles need to be respected no matter how short they may seem.
Hitting the hills did however provide some stunningly beautiful scenary. Our campsite for the evening was at Lake Casitas and there were several vista points along our route that provided epic views of the lake and the mountains that surround it. We got to the campsite with plenty of day left to enjoy and we set out to maximize it in a manner we enjoy, either fishing, reading, relaxing or running. As the sun started to set, we made a fire and prepared our dinner. Upon completion of the meal, we stoked the fire in an attempt to gain all the warmth from it we could as the temperature was falling fast."
Tommy Muir
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