February 23, 2002 I finally did it! I made it outside today. I even got a little exercise.. This is Cowles Moantain...highest point in San Diego. I think it's right at 1,100 feet from top to bottom and the trail is 3 miles round trip. I used to run this every other day for quite a while. Then I took a head first dive into a bunch of rocks going full speed down the thing and that kind of took all of the fun out of it from then on. I was very suprised today...I never even got winded. I figured after doing nothing more active in the last four months than sitting in front of this stupid computer, I would be lucky to make it all the way up.

The top of the hill to the right is where I'm headed.


Halfway there!


Finally made it to the top!


Stopped for a bit to have a patriotic moment.


This is where I took a headfirst dive the last time I was there. I was a bloody mess.