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4.5 miles with Tiny Elvis

4.5 miles with the boss. BEST DAY EVER!!!

Feeling spry today. Walked the dogs and just ate breakfast. I'll let that digest a bit then head to the basement for a long session of conditioning.

Tiny E and I got 2.5 miles in; crazy afternoon- it dropped 20 degrees in about 45 minutes (55 to 35)- that’s a quick drop!!!

Upper body today. Probably take the mutt to the lake tomorrow and watch him swim.

Just got our mutts home. Went as far south as the redwoods in NoCal. Fishing, hiking, camped every night, etc. Dogs had a lot of fun. However I failed to catch a [bleep] surf perch. This shall not stand.

Favorite coastal town- Port Orford. I gotta do a boat launch/retrieve from there someday. No dock or ramps or or the like; they use big freaking cranes to raise/lower boats. Into the Pacific. This is a cove, located just a bit north of the "crane port", from whence the CG used to launch rescue boats. So that's a .gov concrete buttress you see there to create a really slick entry into the ocean in the foreground.

pretty area; we toured the OR coast a few years back, from Portland down to CA- very enjoyable trip

lifted this morning and this afternoon Tiny E and I got in 8 miles, never made it out of the teens, Tiny E thought he was done with his down jacket

Happy Easter everyone!

Tiny Elvis and I went to the top of Mt Helena this afternoon- took the steep way up and a longer loop back- 4 miles

7+ miles in the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness.

Ed - how much snow in the Gates?

Mike,
Went up Hunter Gulch and it was mostly dry or muddy until dropping along the ridge into Big Log Gulch. The trail was then snow packed but good footing without MicroSpikes.
Then going up Big Log it was again mostly dry/mud until the canyon for the climb to Kennedy Springs. It was pretty heavy snow pack there which looked like a good turn around point, which is what we did.

Thanks Ed; probably asked a little too early- probably 6”+ of snow now

I was thinking the same thing.
You’d probably need snowshoes today!

I envy the guys on snowshoes. Cranked out 400 calories on the arm bike today, this cardio with upper body only is getting old......

The snow is getting old as well Smoke.
The week after Labor Day, I was in knee deep snow and it just continues.
Taking Gunr to a FS cabin...... if we can get in.

No snow here, we've got that going for us. Beets are sprouting in the garden.

More snow and freezing rain here on the Western front of the Twin Chities. Getting bothersome.

I hit it hard in the basement today. Burpees into a sandbag clean and press. Burpees into pull-ups and then lunges. Rested very little. Just enough to get it so I could stop gasping for air then crank out another round.

Finally got back to doing something. Looks like I had an upper respiratory infection and possibly mono so I've been laying low for several weeks. Sunday the weather was nice and I was itching to get out so I went for a fairly level hike with 20lb pack. Wasn't too bad so I went out again on Monday and did 3 miles with some decent climbs and 25lb pack. Felt pretty good to get out though I'm definitely short on cardio. Gonna try to hit the bike Wed and Fri and slowly get back into it.

was going to hit the hills yesterday evening, but 19 degree temps with steady 15 mph winds, I decided not to

hit the gym this evening, Wendler week 15: squats 5/3/1+/10, bench 5/3/1+/10, pull-ups 3x11, dips 3x30, core

Deads, Heavy Rows, Cable Rows and Lat Pull Downs. Figured out that a lot of my interest in powerlifting from my father was generated by his friendship with Roger Benjamin who he taught with and who taught him to lift heavy. It was interesting to find out more about him. 2000m of c2, 20 min of bike.