Past six weeks: 140 miles hiked with 40 pounds on my back.....elk beware.....grin! Staying right on my target body weight of 175 pounds. The diet part is always the biggest challenge for me.
+1 to that. Not only do I like to eat, my wife is a hell of a cook and likes to cook. I'm down 28lbs since January and will drop 4-6 more before I leave for CO then WY.
Yesterday 58 minutes hiking with 38lb pack on the biggest of the small hills we have around here. Have been doing about that alternating with running 1.5-2 mi for a few months now. I won't be ready, but I'll be a hell of a lot closer than I was last season.
