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Loaded up the paxk for a stroll in the park today. Hotter than Hades out there.

I couldn't find an arrowhead in 24 years in living in Eastern Montana, not much chance of me finding any gold

hotter than hell here too, looks like until mid next week and they will cool down to normal- mid-70's

took Tiny E out for 4 miles, we should have gone this morning

Is your upcoming elk hunt muzzleloader? Seems early...

Closest I came to a workout this weekend was a "core workout" trying to get the inboard motor going on a boat (not mine)... conked out mid-trip, alarm blaring.... adrift on the high seas of Puget Sound, lol... but man I spent about a half hour contorted into this little compartment lying on my belly/side about as awkwardly as possible. Sore as bleep today. Managed to ID the problem and Mcgyver a fix for it, corroded hose clamps (3 of them!) in the closed cooling system had let go.... only to find it was also spewing water from somewhere else once running again. Fawk. On top of that the bilge pump was busted (again, not my boat, lol) and the cooling system had filled the bilge with a LOT of water... a bit sporty, lol... got towed to port finally and now it ain't my problem.

Why I like outboards. Sheesh. On that note should be picking up the new boat this weekend. I'll put up a couple pics when I do. She's a sweetie.

Yep, that's the one. Mid-september, best time to be in the elk woods IMHO.

Estes Park?

Yep, there's a big 6-point I've been filming on my dash cam, hangs out near the traffic circle.

Tiny E and I got our hot hill workout in for the week, 5 miles with the first two climbing ~ 1800'; jumped a big mule deer buck near the top (in some deep shade)

there is a little spring fed creek near where we park; Tiny E was glad to see it!

22 miles on mountain bike yesterday. Not much elevation gain

Cardio at the gym today for me, an hour of intervals on stairs and bike. Acclimating to sea level is not good this close to the season, gotta build up some hemoglobin. Our hunting area is mostly above 10K.

deload week with Wendler

squats 3x5 @ 70% of 1RM
bench 3x5 @ 70% of 1RM
pullups 3x11
dips 3x30
core

Increase your iron rich foods and fruits. Consider supplementing with B6, B12, folic acid and Vitamin C. Avoid caffeine for now.

Whisky, no for now. 😟 Red wine maybe.😀

Addition: Or you can go Lance Armstrong and get some Procrit.

Avoid caffeine?? Are you nuts?? I'm with you on the rest, great excuse to grill some fat steaks. Also green leafy vegetables.

I’ll trade you hematocrits right now, and throw in a Procrit and a Starbucks gift card....

You short on 'crits too?

Drink less wine.

11-ish miles with Tiny Elvis this morning; today is our last hot day

☹️So sad.
Not nearly enough warm days for my liking.
Yesterday’s 4+ miles run and 1000’ vertical at 89 degrees was near perfect.

say it ain't so Ed

6 miles on the trails with Tiny E- in a light rain, felt nice!

Picking up the boat got pushed to next weekend and it's <bleep> killin' me. As a consolation prize, going backpacking this weekend. We are going to circumnavigate a big lake- guess it's 21 miles. Not expecting a ton of vert but who knows, could be wrinkly around the lake.

Due to changes at a customer, looks like I'll have considerably more free time here in the near term. Pretty psyched about that. I know I've griped about it plenty but it was truly eating me alive. Should be a more reasonable "life" now.