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Tiny Elvis and I are batching it for a week, so he'll be my hiking/jogging buddy for awhile. We got 4.5 miles and almost a 1000' of gain into our secret meadow this evening

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Tiny E and I got 3.5 miles in yesterday evening and 3.5 miles in early this morning (about with a headlamp)- nice brisk morning with temps in the 40's- felt heavenly!

Layed off for a few days and did lower body yesterday, felt strong, the layoff helped but I can feel it in the lower back this morning. The "good" kind of "a little sore."

Yesterday:
Treadmil intervals:30min

5x5: barbell curls, barbell standing press, seated rows, reverse curls, dumbbell curls, glute machine, bent over rows, body weight squats.

Treadmill walk:15min

Today:stretches45min, shoot sporting clays 3hours-aka lift 8.5lbsx300-, walk the Dog.

Mrs. Jeffo and I took the mutts on an overnighter backpack in the Mill Creek Wilderness- about 3.5 miles each way, plus a few more miles of hiking around. It was to get her a little acclimated to some altitude, and a shakedown for all her new gear (in related news, REI reported record profits in June 2017) that she's been buying for her week-long pack in NoCal next week. It was also a test of her bum knee and to a lesser extent my PF foot. Both held up ok. LOVE my new Soloman Quest boots. I was rockin' my trusty old Dana Arcflex pack... she has all this fnew ancypants ultralight gear. I was definitely jealous of her thermarest NeoTek. I'm still rocking (haha) a gen 2 (big valve) thermarest from the late 80's.

Gorgeous country, I'll see if any of my mutt pics came out worth sharing. So happy my foot held up.

Strangely enough, my wife talked me into doing a triathlon about a month ago. I liked it enough that I've done 3 now.

I've hated swimming since I was forced to take lessons as a kid, and haven't swam since then (not quite 30 years I'm guessing). So, I've been swimming.

I have hated bikes forever, and haven't ridden one since I got my driver's license, which was not quite 25 years ago. So, I got back into that. There have to be 1000 miles of local trails, and some of them are so much fun you don't even know you are getting a workout.

I've always been a decent runner, so haven't really done much running. I figure most of that training happens during competition.

It has been a fun change of pace. Keeps you active, there is a ton to work on (I'm the worst swimmer I know) and you have constant improvement to keep you motivated.

Somehow, I've gained almost 15lbs, which I have never been able to do before. Should be an interesting fall.

I agree, that is strange. Did upper body yesterday, cardio today.

Ortho gave me a Kenolog shot to the knee this AM. Knee hurts a little under load, ankles don't, hips don't and back is feeling good. It won't last, but if I get the projected 3-4 months, it will be amazing. He said if you really feel good quickly, take a break for a couple days. I'm not going to argue with him.

What is this Kenolog that you speak of??

Had a shot years ago for a shoulder inflammation. It never came back.

Most recent knee x-ray showed slightly increased wear from 2 years ago and certain days were wose than normal for some reason. Ortho said Kenalog or hyaluronic acid, I'm ok with either. Have had the haluronic acid-Synvisc-and it did nothing. He said let's try Kenalog and see if we can get the inflammation down.

Three primaries for joint pain. Wear, inflammation and auto-immune rejection.

He said: Wear, you are not the kind to change. Inflammation we can work on. Auto-immune, not much we can do.


Also, have Meralgia Parasthetica. Look that one up. : grin: No biggie just a pain. Has knocked that on its ass for now also.

Glad to hear you are getting what you need to keep on truckin'!

My buddy who was told he had onset RA is virtually symptom free at this time. Tapering off prednisone and taking methatraxone (?) and experimenting with high-CBD weed.

I wonder if one of those anti-inflammatory drugs was what the doctor I met up at Steens deer hunting last year said he could've "cured" my PF with. Hmm. He seemed pretty sure about it.

Thanks,

Actually, the x-rays were good considering the time factor. Will be interesting to see if there was some kind of chain of inflammation going on. That Parasthetica is kinda strange when your thigh goes numb. Caused by an entrapment of a sensory nerve. Still has its strength. Said, "Maybe you should back off on the weights a little. Ride a bike more, maybe swim." "Dog isn't into either." "Never mind."

So it's better than cortisone??

Can't say it is better. Ortho said he uses Kenalog for knees. I trust him. Cortisone is short acting, Kenalog (triamcinolone) intermediate.

An interesting thing was he is around his late 40's, around 6/1-2 with appropriate weight. When he got up he placed both hands on his knees to lift himself. I said, what's up with that. He smiled and said back.

took the pup out yesterday at daybreak and got a nice 3.5 mile hike in; a couple of hours later (minus pup) I got a nice 10 mile run in

hit a milestone today- went over a 1000 miles for the year- breakdown: trail running miles 650, snowshoeing/skiing miles 138, hiking/backpacking miles 215; probably won't get 2000 for the year, but that's the goal

this morning got 4.5 miles in at daybreak again w/ Tiny E- it's about 1200' gain to the top- he did really good (looking a little serious in the picture- I guess mtn climbing is serious business); ate breakfast and hung out for awhile and then got a speedy (for me! ) 5.5 miles in; have since retreated to a cool house. I'm beginning to hate summer- just go from spring to fall and I'd be happy.

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Thurs I did my first run after a break from running to let some shin splints calm down, and did 4 miles in 35 min.

Yesterday, I did bench and dead lifts.

Today I did about 7 miles with a 50lb pack.....almost 900' of gain, but most of that was in about a mile. Tons of boulders to scramble, and a few places where the trail required some kinda-sorta climbing to keep going. Biggest "climb" was around 30 vertical feet.

Great stuff guys! Being fit sure helps on a hunt that gets at all physical.

Guy

GuyM, I could of picked you out as a fellow Marine from a 100 yards out. Semper Fi.

Great week of workout here. Moving heavier and heavier weights in all my major lifts and stepping up the conditioning. Ruck sack walks and other heart pumping, endurance type workouts. A new favorite is do a pull up drop down and drop down and do a burpee. Jump up and repeat for 5 rounds as fast as I can. Then I rest 60 seconds and do 5 more for 5 sets. Makes me good and nauseous, sweaty and shaky. Each time I do these I throw in another set. Good stuff

5.5 mile fast walk w/ better half