Hiking in the rain

I am EXHAUSTED!! I went hiking today with my dad. I'm trying to get fit as I have some big stuff coming up in my life. That is, if I decide to definitely take that direction and not be scared of change. I won't mention what it is yet as I'm just getting used to the idea myself, but in time I may tell people of the happenings! :)
Anyway back to the hiking bit. This wasn't any hike, this was a 35km round trip kind of hike. I don't know how long that is in miles, but in kilometres it's pretty long. And I'm pretty proud of myself for doing it. It was freezing cold and raining but I was going to make myself do it no matter what. So not long into it I was saturated but I didn't feel the cold and wet for long because we were moving so much.
I didn't realise there were so many tracks out the back of trevallyn, where the dam is and the gorge. And talk about rough terrain. Every track was like a running river, and muddy, rocky and slippery. I lost count of how many times I tripped over rocks and steps. I nearly went down an embankment/cliff a number of times I suppose we could have walked some easy trails but that would be doing it the slack way. And I wanted to push myself.
And push myself I did. And I'm glad I did. Mind you I was ready to keel over and die by the end, but I felt so good about myself. Now all I need to do is do that a few times a week plus more and I'll be as fit as I want to be! Not that I'll get the chance more than once a week but I'll exercise as much as I can in the time between.
I think I'm going to sleep well tonight!