<p>Also wanted to add that I ran into TJMaxx yesterday for Easter basket fixings for my kids and couldn’t help but beeline to the fitness wear - FINALLY found 2 dri fit tshirts that fit my needs (shorter cap sleeves, not too long, not too fitted, not too scoop necked and not too tight necked. Not too thick fabric. Yeah, I’m picky). One is an Avia in a nice bright blue - a color I don’t currently have with a slight v neck - Avia stuff just always seems to fit me well. The other one was a New Balance shirt with a very small stripe , lavender and white - actually wearing it now! One was $9.99, the other $12.99 - love it. </p>
<p>Going to have to now concentrate on some sort of tank top to wear - I need/want enough support on top…tried n a couple yesterday but they were so loose and huge armed that I just wasn’t comfortable with them - looked real sloppy.</p>
<p>[Marmot</a> Cruz hiking shorts](<a href=“Marmot: Outdoor Clothing & Gear Made for Adventure”>Marmot: Outdoor Clothing & Gear Made for Adventure). Very lightweight breezy 100% “peached” soft nylon tech fabric with a ton of zippered pockets. I have this same style of long hiking pants that are amazingly comfortable for hiking and just for general knockaround pants when it’s too hot for khakis or jeans.</p>
<p>Walked 25 miles this week. The last two days I’ve alternated walking/jogging every half mile. The calf still tightens up some when I switch from walk to jog so am not pushing it. Will gradually ease into more jogging less walking. Don’t want to undo what’s taken two months to heal by doing too much too soon. My half walk/half jog avg. was 13:48.</p>
<p>Deborah- GREAT job on the 5K! That’s an excellent pace.
iDad- nice shorts!
I have a Garmin app on my iPhone that is very accurate and comes in handy if I forget my Garmin watch or it won’t turn on or something. Some of my walk/jog friends use Runkeeper, but I didn’t think it seemed as accurate.</p>
<p>By the way- we distance folks have a LOT of respect for 5K! Some of my very fast marathon friends talk about 5K being so hard because you feel like you are going to puke the whole way! It’s just different pain! :)</p>
<p>Back from the basement. Probably the last time with this workout. I’ll put together different exercises for next week.</p>
<p>Went outside for the huffin’ and puffin’ part of the warmup – high knees skipping, lateral shuffles, and carioca. Didn’t fall down.</p>
<p>Took the med ball outside and carried the kettlebell up the stairs and outside (a pretty good exercise by itself). Did two sets of power exericises (med ball overhead slams and kettlebell swings) outside in the sunshine (mid-50s), before heading back down the stair for core and strength stuff.</p>
<p>Highlights today were Pallof Presses and DB front squats, which are pretty tough for me with two 40lb DBs on my shoulders. Heck, just getting two 40lb DBs up to my shoulders is tough!</p>
<p>Sunny day here too: DH and I walked a few miles up hill & down at a nice park with a scenic gorge. There was also a parcours section. I did everything I could. :)</p>
<p>That sounds terrific. A little hilly walking and some outdoor exercise equipment strength training.</p>
<p>I’ve always thought about finding a park to use the jungle gym or monkey bars, but Mark Sisson wrote about a teensy little problem with that idea. Unless you have your own kid to bring along, an older guy is likely to get arrested for using the playground equipment. Never even occurred to me.</p>
<p>We are in hiking limbo. There’s still snow in the White Mountains, but I’m kind of over strapping on the snow shoes for winter hiking now that spring is in the air. But, we need about another week to melt the remnants of snow for hiking at places like the Audubon center, or even the cut-through to the quiet streets near the condo. Hence, settling for outdoor kettlebell swings…</p>
<p>5.1 miles, stretching video, upper abs and obliques.</p>
<p>I had cramps on my sides afterwards - obliques need more work. I might have done more than I should have - it’s pretty easy to go beyond where you should. Got 28+ miles this week. I’m trying to get to 4.0 average per day but I have setbacks which knock me down. I only need 3.0 per day to get in 1,000 this year. I think that I’m around 330 so far. One problem with doing a lot of miles - shoe expenses.</p>
<p>Got me beat by 131 miles. I’m currently at 0 for the year! If the snow on the path out of the condos melts, I may go for usual 1.5 miles per week in warm weather (half of a walk/run 5K). I’m kind of curious if the hiking has changed my conditioning for run intervals.</p>
<p>I’m impressed with how active those of you in the Northeast have stayed throughout the winter. No small feat. It’s sure to pay off one way or another this spring.</p>
<p>I’m in the best shape of my life right now (which is admittedly a pretty low standard!) I’ve been hitting the strength training pretty hard since the first of the year. High rep sets for the first couple months and now low rep/higher weight sets for the last month. It’s been good, both in strength gains and in how my clothes fit. I figured that I might as well take advantage of the winter months.</p>
<p>I definitely get leaner when I focus on strength training a bit more.</p>
<p>Hi guys. Missed you all when the thread went wonky. I survived two merry tumbles off the diet wagon for mch’s birthday (which of course, made it feel like my birthday too ;)) but made up in part with the airdyne…unlike idad, I managed only the first set of six at 20:60 but it ever really occurred to me to do sets. May try that tomorrow.</p>
<p>The most humorous part was mcson, who is home for Easter, coming out from.his room wondering what all the racket and panting/dying animal sounds were ;)</p>
<p>Mcson’s gf is a vegetarian, and for all intents and purposes, she lives with him. So when he shops, he usually plans vegetarian meals out of consideration for her. But this weekend, he’s batching it at our place because she’s in intense rehearsals right now. You should have seen that kid tuck into his 11 oz steak while we were out tonight! I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone enjoy a steak so much. It was pretty funny.</p>
<p>Kmc- Good job on the Airdyne! I think this group’s slogan should be “I blame iDad.” In our running group it is “I blame Trent” who is the founder and race director of the Monkey Marathon, no matter what befalls any of us, it’s “I blame Trent!”</p>
<p>Collectively, we now have home exercise equipment, including Airdyne, which is fairly unique! </p>
<p>I dreamed last night that I was moving through the mall on VALSLIDES! This is just WRONG. I blame iDad!</p>
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