<p>BB- the ingredient in cough syrup is used for making meth.</p>
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<p>I’ve noticed that a little change-up makes a big difference hiking. After a mile or two of picking my way downhill, a little uphill stretch feels fantastic on the ol’ legs.</p>
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<p>Funny thing… my “sinus headaches” and the need to gobble ibuprofen and sudafed disappeared right after a I quit smoking. I’m sure it was just a coincidence! 
Anyway, I think I’ve taken sudafed once in the last five years. But, I woke up in the middle of the night with the classic flu-bug headache and took some of each (had to go out the car to get the ibuprofen – I take a couple at the start and end of each long hike.</p>
<p>No burpees yet. I did get a little core exercise in, though. I have a big extension ring that extends the height of my Weber kettle by about 18 inches. It has a couple of extra grates in it and weighs about 40 pounds. It’s as big around as a Weber kettle so picking it up requires holding it out with outstretched arms. Heckuva core exercise. Feel it in the abs. It’s a lot easier now than it was a few years ago, that’s for sure.</p>
<p>A leisurely 3.7 mile run today - yay! Followed (and preceded) by some 700-calorie (as they said in the Yahoo link) waltzing around the kitchen and leaf raking, so I earned every calorie on my dinner plate. We also skipped lunch and tried not to stuff ourselves, so there is hope!</p>
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<p>The cough syrups and pills that contain that specific ingredient are nowadays are only available from the pharmacy counter, and the one I bought was off the shelf, just the simple DM stuff, which does not have pseudoephedrine. I was surprised about having to show my ID, since the API, dextromethorphan, is pretty much useless for meth making. I googled - apparenlty, kids do get “high” off of it - as is, without any help from Breaking Bad kind of guys, and the use is known as “Robotripping”. :eek: You live, you learn…</p>
<p>I hope you will fight off that cold soon, idad.</p>
<p>In southeast Missouri, many towns now require a prescription to get medications with Sudafed in them. Southeast Missouri is the meth capitol of the country after all…</p>
<p>Back from midnight black friday shopping. Man, it was hard to saddle up and drive to Manchester after turkey and three football games. But, the down comforter I went for was still there. Awesome, and I mean awesome, deal.</p>
<p>The Brooks Nightlife running vest was gone, but I picked up the [Nightlife</a> Podium 1/2 Zip](<a href=“http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515VFsQ6PPL.jpg]Nightlife”>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515VFsQ6PPL.jpg) for $35. Between walk/jogging and hiking, it’s hard to have too many high-visibility long-sleeve things.</p>
![http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515VFsQ6PPL.jpg]Nightlife](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515VFsQ6PPL.jpg%5DNightlife){kind=link}
<p>I also picked up a couple pair of Bean’s “SmartWool” heavyweight hiking socks for $6.29 a pair!</p>
<p>Ah, wool socks, “old school” but I love 'em for winter cycling.</p>
<p>For hiking, I wear thin polypro liner socks under heavy wool blend hiking socks. Knock on wood, so far, no blisters. I hope it stays that way. My leather hiking boots are getting nicely broken in. Actually, they look like they’ve been through a war after just a couple of months wear. These rocky trails are really rough on boots.</p>
<p>I didn’t do anything yesterday except go for a walk at my sister’s place. We spent several hours at her house with other relatives. I’m at the office this morning getting some work done and am going to hit the treadmill shortly. It’s actually a decent day today (low-50s) which wouldn’t be bad for running outside but I only brought my indoor gear so the treadmill it is. It’s pretty quiet in the office so I should have the fitness center to myself.</p>
<p>Hit me a nice circuit of:</p>
<p>-Monster Walks (blue band)
-Single Arm KB Snatch (8kg)
-Rows (5#)
-Horizontal Abduction (5#)</p>
<p>4 rounds of that.</p>
<p>Then 2 rounds of Single Leg Deadlifts (20# KB)</p>
<p>Then 14 minutes of Mix3 on the elliptical. Was DONE after that! Great post-Thanksgiving workout…</p>
<p>Congratulations Turkey Trotters! Way to go!</p>
<p>Braved Black Friday at 4:00 am – does that count for exercise? ;-)</p>
<p>I was disappointed when I went into the gym this afternoon though… I was promised a new power rack with platform, etc and the boss told me they were moving it in this morning. I was promised this rack way back in July and I’m still waiting (impatiently).</p>
<p>Not even sure what inspired this, but I created an excel spreadsheet to log my runs. I have been running 3 or 4 times per week for years and haven’t kept a log for 25 years if I ever did . Just having the log seems to be motivating. I have run 5 straight days since I started using the spreadsheet. :D</p>
<p>My legs are in elliptical recovery. I was fine after the race on Sunday, but I got a little carried away with the machines the next day. Pretty good timing though, it’s really ucky out!</p>
<p>NJRes- Check out runningahead.com Free online log and training tool and an awesome forum(s). It’s SO much better than a spreadsheet and you can keep track of shoes, courses, weight, etc. It’s customizable.</p>
<p>6 miles today for the first time since The Monkey. Felt tired at the end but did OK for most of it. Tried to go slowly. WildChild and H went to some Computrainer bike class where you put your own bike on their trainer. Lots of triathletes there.</p>
<p>Did 4 mile turkey trot yesterday with my daughter. Hilly course. 29.12 although did beat my daughter! She and hs teammate were dogging though. She’s faster than me now and got down to a 19:27 5k at state meet.
My knees are still problematic but getting better.</p>
<p>That’s pretty speedy ohio. I’m surprised at how many older runners are really fast. The winner in my age group did a 20:54 5k, and she’s 58.</p>
<p>No exercise for three days, just lots of cooking and company. Weighed myself this morning and down three pounds. So ate leftover desserts for breakfast.</p>
<p>Nice run with my daughter this morning. The weather cleared up and everything. :)</p>
<p>I hope to get back to the rockpile today after giving my little cold a couple of days to run its course while I stuffed myself on turkey. I can’t remember what’s on the workout docket, but I’m sure it will be fun. Meantime, I’ve gotta put the bird carcass in a pot of boiling water and make turkey soup!</p>