<p>Yeah. You ladies just “glisten”, right? :)</p>
<p>Not me. I sweat buckets when it’s hot. I actually think I’m going to like cold weather hiking.</p>
<p>Thanks, Deborah - but I’m not that speedy, I just run hot. 
If there is no wind or rain, I strip down to a short sleeve tee or a tank top between 50 and 60 degrees, but I almost always wear tights or capris in that kind of weather and reserve my running skirts for warmer days.</p>
<p>idad, thank you so much for digging up the trail info! I did not think of YouTube as a hiking trail guide, but there are some great videos, especially of the more dangerous parts of the trail that do not look so dangerous after watching the videos. And after poking around the Internet, I found the answers to my biggest questions: how to get a hiking permit (yup, can’t go without one - a fine, apparently, means mandatory court appearnce in HI :eek:!) and where to leave the rental car and our belongings while we are enjoying the beach bum life at Kalalau. Looks like Alaska is having an airfare sale…</p>
<p>Yeah. I’ve been able to find extensive YouTube videos of many of the hikes I’ve done. They are usually pretty boring (not the Kalalau Trail in Hawaii), but great for getting your bearings in preparation for a hiking trail and do size up if it’s an acceptable degree of difficulty.</p>
<p>I don’t know how people hike with a video camera. I sure would want my eyes on the trail walking along the cliffs in Hawaii. Definitely not where you want to stumble, twist an ankle, and do a face plant! :)</p>
<p>Since you asked Idad, [HERO3</a> Silver Edition | Wi-Fi Enabled | Professional Quality HD footage](<a href=“Action Cameras for Sports, Adventure & Everyday Life | GoPro”>Action Cameras for Sports, Adventure & Everyday Life | GoPro)</p>
<p>Just strap it to your chest and go :)</p>
<p>Maybe the camera is mounted so it is not a distraction.</p>
<p>Weightlifting and stuff in the basement this evening. Same old, same old. Rear foot elevated split squats were good. Probably the best set of trap bar dead lifts I’ve done (10 reps with 140 pounds).</p>
<p>I think they used a GoPro and strapped it to a stick to film the underwater footage. With a mounted camera, the sky is the limit as to what one can do while filming (or film while doing :)):</p>
<p>[Jeb</a> Corliss " Grinding The Crack" - YouTube](<a href=“Jeb Corliss " Grinding The Crack" - YouTube”>Jeb Corliss " Grinding The Crack" - YouTube)</p>
<p>Phew… Since Deborah said that I was fast, I devoted the evening to speedwork. 5K in 23:55, then jogged the rest of the distance. I think this is my fastest treadmill run this year (surely enough, it began to POUR when I put my running shoes on!).</p>
<p>Sub 24 is fast; at least as far as I’m concerned.</p>
<p>Much needed day off for me. I was thinking about going to the gym, but decided to lay around instead. Watched and slept to college football all day…</p>
<p>Well, since you needed it, grab an extra hour of sleep tonight on me.</p>
<p>Stretches and weights yesterday, rest day today. Sky is clear (well, no rain at least), and I’m chomping at the bit to run, but I really need to give my legs the day off.</p>
<p>Yeah. Beautiful here in NH today, too. 46 degrees and sunny. But, I’m taking a day off after six days in a row of at least some kind of workout. Trick or treaters starting at 5, which makes it really tough to schedule a workout. And, hiking tomorrow – just a short 3 mile loop, but with some steep rocky bits. Give my legs a rest before that.</p>
<p>Why did I think a town with a university that calls itself “The Hilltoppers” would have a flat-ish half marathon? My legs were trashed from all the stupid stuff I’ve been doing and I was faced with an extremely difficult course in Bowling Green, after getting up at 4am to get there! It felt like the 2nd half of a marathon and was my slowest half ever except when I ran with my daughter or was hurt. 2:17. Won age group- another nice glass mug. Turns out the Zensah sleeves were only for top 3 overall men and women, which wasn’t me or my friend who did the full marathon. She won her age group, too. We got good swag- insulated lunch box, tech shirt, coffee mug (all with race logo) and a cloth bag. This was an inaugural race, and went well for the most part. Aid stations needed a little coaching- the cups had about a swallow in each one.
I am SO glad that is over.</p>
<p>Yay, MOWC. Another win in the “39 and older” group and it sounds like you ran 13 miles without falling down, which ought to count for something! :)</p>
<p>Wow, MOfWC! Awesome job (this is the case where the word “awesome” is truly applicable). I take it that there were no faceplants involved? Cool. Tres cool. When is the big race? (sorry, I’m too lazy to google it :)). My marathoner friend is running (I assume she already finished) a full today, and then she signed up for a local race which happens next Sunday, so it will be 2 marathons for her in slightly more than a week. My hat is off to you, iron ladies!!</p>
<p>Nice job, MOWC. :)</p>
<p>Thanks. I managed not to fall. I kept telling myself that I have never fallen in the Altras, so I wouldn’t fall. I was also VERY cautious. My legs were stiff and sore, and I am a little surprised I didn’t go over like I did last month in the marathon, but I didn’t. I bet I lost 2 or 3 minutes screwing with my Honey Stinger blocks, which were in the back pocket of the NuuMuu under the long sleeved shirt in a baggie! It was like making a lunch stop every time I wanted to have some. I need to work on that process…</p>
<p>Turns out I was the oldest woman in the race. What’s THAT all about?</p>
<p>The Monkey Marathon is the Sunday before Thanksgiving, so 2 weeks from now. It will be a run/walk. I have passed my peak. It’s too hard to take that race seriously- survival is the name of the game.</p>
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<p>Everyone was under 40?</p>
<p>What is a Honey Stinger block? Some kind of food?</p>
<p>I was sore last night and this morning from tennis yesterday and took 1 Advil. Then went grocery shopping. I felt much better after the Advil - even through this evening. I played another 1.5 hours of doubles and we won both sets this time. Yesterday we split sets because I played the first set poorly - rusty for doubles.</p>
<p>What’s odd is that the Advil got rid of the aches, pains and soreness while rest and sleep didn’t. Maybe there’s some inflammatory stuff going on that’s self-fueling that the Advil kills - I might try that again if I get a ton of soreness.</p>
<p>My son took my Columbia windbreaker (went with a fleece piece that I got last year) so I need a shell - tonight I wore a Pro-Combat long-sleeve shirt under Capilene 3 and my vest and my arms were cold outside. I suppose that I could buy a jacket like my vest which would solve the problem but it would be nice to have a light windbreaker as it would give me more layering options.</p>
<p>We have temperatures in the 20s next week - things are getting cold quickly.</p>
<p>I’m going to have to start thinking about headwear - hat, one of those strips, etc. And I’m going to have to find my fleece running gloves.</p>
<p>BC:</p>
<p>Marshalls and TJMAXX have a ton of windbreaker (and other style) jackets. If I recall, they have some NIKE windbreakers.</p>
<p>The wicking lined athletic windbreaker I ordered arrived. It would be perfect for the tomorrow’s hike, but I’m sending back the black one in favor of electric orange, so I can’t wear it. Very unique piece of clothing. It’s sized like a shirt, can be worn as a baselayer, a top layer over a t-shirt, or a mid-layer under a jacket. Slippery water/wind resistant rip-stop nylon with a fuzzy soft lining. The whole thing is paper thin, weighs less than 9 ounces including a hood.</p>
<p>I’m busy stuffing my pack for hiking tomorrow. I’m taking a light fleece beanie, a lighter Brooks running beanie, and (of course) my waterproof baseball cap. Power Stretch fleece gloves (and the shell rain gloves that I can put on over the fleece gloves if my hands get really cold).</p>
<p>I just ordered a cool winter ball cap. Ear flaps. Light synthetic insulation, 100% waterproof, and a draw cord to cinch it tight against the wind. [Front</a> view](<a href=“http://www.summithut.com/img/196/64/2B58/45332/1000w.jpg]Front”>http://www.summithut.com/img/196/64/2B58/45332/1000w.jpg). [Rear</a> view](<a href=“http://www.summithut.com/img/128/59/4FCC/45333/1000w.jpg]Rear”>http://www.summithut.com/img/128/59/4FCC/45333/1000w.jpg). I feel like it’s so Canadian, I’ll have to say “eeeh” a lot when I wear it… Because I wear glasses, a ball cap is a good style (keeps rain or snow off the glasses a bit), but my ears get cold in the winter!</p>
![http://www.summithut.com/img/196/64/2B58/45332/1000w.jpg]Front](http://www.summithut.com/img/196/64/2B58/45332/1000w.jpg%5DFront){kind=link}
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<p>That cap is really nice. Do they come in different sizes? I wonder if EMS carries these. They seem a little too fashionable for LL Bean.</p>