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Yes, big congrats! Well done!

27-mile climbing route. Didn't hammer, but there's no "easy" way to do it. It felt so good. I thought of an acronym for highly aerobic exercise that resonates:

HAA!

Tiny Elvis and got 3.5 miles in a fresh 5-6" of snow; doesn't appear to bother Elvis any

morning- 200 yards lunges, 4x50 air squats

evening- 3-ish miles on snowy trails with my wife and Tiny E- light snow falling and 6-7" on the ground- was really (really) quiet

in Missoula visiting; 2 miles with my wife, daughters and grandkids; went to a local gym and alternated between the treadmill and stair master for an hour- little over 3 miles on the treadmill and over a 100 flights of stairs

Pilates workout in the form of a kitchen remodel <grin>. Was under the house quite a bit today dealing with crappy old plumbing (replacing completely with PEX, stuff is awesome), or if not there, was under the sink. Lotta abs <g>. Tomorrow is cement board and plywood install work, then the countertops. We are doing dyed concrete, poured in place. Should be interesting..... I built a vanity a few months ago that I made a concrete top for, and we like it a lot, but I built a seperate form and poured remotely rather than in place . Anyway.... chugging along. Tired.

Jeff- good to know you're handy- I'll keep that in mind on our next remodel

Did fairly long hikes both Saturday and Sunday in the mountains with a pack and a rifle, snow on Sunday. If the elk had cooperated, I would've been hunting.

9-ish miles in deep snow elk hunting- I'm totally spent, but am heading back tomorrow- I saw two legal bulls (small, but legal :))- too many cows/calves/spikes to successfully get around

Went back this morning, a balmy -2F! had to go higher today to get into elk, got within 50 yards of some bedded cows/spikes- no legal bulls spotted today. Just shy of 7 miles and about 1500' of gain in deep ass snow- so goes elk hunting



late lunch reward

Elk.... talk about a carrot dangling out front!

It will keep a guy going. If you're seeing elk, you'll get one. How much longer is your tag good for?

^ it's like crack

we enjoy a 5 week deer/elk season, the longest that I'm aware of- it goes through the weekend after Thanksgiving

wife and Tiny E didn't give a rat's hinney that my legs are shot and wanted to get it out on the trails

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Our blacktail season runs ~ 5 weeks and some years I've hunted all of 'em! It's luxurious to have that kind of time.

If I'm seeing animals elk hunting is like crack. Our season is 5 short days... so there's a lot of time pressure, so if a guy ISN'T seeing animals, it's more like desperation than crack. But that'll move the legs too.

Well, what I'm doing must be working. On opening day here in Washington I killed a fair sized 3x3 buck shortly before dusk. Was hunting solo. Quartered him up. Finished by headlamp. Managed to load him into my backpack, and hiked an hour back to my Jeep.

Rifle in my left hand. The buck's head in my right hand. A very warm and heavy backpack on my back.

At 61, I was more pleased with being able to carry the buck back to my Jeep, than I was about hitting him. Of course I was going to hit him!


At the gym I typically do 30 min of lifting, a total body workout. Then 30 - 60 minutes of cardio. If I don't go to the gym, I'm often on the bicycle, or hiking. It all seems to help.

Guy

got Tiny E out for 3 miles this morning and headed back up the mountain this afternoon, covered about 5 miles, but I think the elk are higher- I'll find out tomorrow

Going to give it a go this morning. Elk on public land. If nothing else this trip will help me decide to get my ankle fixed in the off season.

It's fixable? Thought it wasn't. Bone on bone, etc.... Cool!

Good luck! At least sometimes IME "challenging" an injury can have very positive effects.

Good luck Sir!

hadn't strength trained in awhile, so went to the gym- 5x5 bench and overhead press, 5x8 pull-ups, 5x20 dips, core - NO legs!

I just bought a boat... that's consumed me the last couple days. Still working on the kitchen [bleep]. Should be "pouring" the counters in a couple days.

Might have to set up my bike for winter riding ... she's a Porsche 2-seater in the world of bikes (light, fun, and FAST); hate to hang fenders etc on her. But I sold my "rain" bike last spring.

The "fix" is, they fuse the ankle bones. Fire up the sawzall, trim the ends off, then screw 'em together and wait for the bones to knit together.

Sounds like fun to me!!