<p>I got an email from Brooks that was titled, “Shorts (?) Weather” - LOL, no question mark needed, today it is bikini and speedo weather :eek:</p>
<p>Rock scrambling on knees? Definitely long pants, IMO. I bought a pair of convertible pants at REI, but I mostly use them as long pants for that particular reason. My knees are ugly enough without bruises and scratches! :)</p>
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<p>Yeah. I’ve had to do a bit of it in shorts and come home with skinned knees. At my age, little stuff like that takes forever to heal. But, it’s supposed to be 78 and sunny tomorrow so I could be hot in my [bug</a> spray-treated Scree pants](<a href=“http://cdn.marmot.com/sites/marmot.com/files/imagecache/product_full/product_images/80950_7037.jpg]bug”>http://cdn.marmot.com/sites/marmot.com/files/imagecache/product_full/product_images/80950_7037.jpg). But, hey, at least I’ll be lookin’ good! Pairing it up with a nice forest green bug-spray treated Nike tech t-shirt and some kind of bug-spray treated Brooks mesh running cap. Probably should go for some sun screen as much of this climb is on shade-free rock slopes.</p>
<p>Speaking of bumps and bruises and boo-boos… the last time I made it to the summit of Monadnock, I did a world-class face plant on the rock slopes coming down. I’m hoping for a little more graceful exit tomorrow! I totally miscalculated the first time. I didn’t realize how steep the trail was and added an extra loop to kick it up to 5 miles round trip, thinking four miles on the direct route would be “too easy”. Then, it ended up being the steepest terrain I’ve done, both up and down. I’m not making that mistake tomorrow. I’m going for the four mile version.</p>
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<p>Back from the basement where I started the third week of these random workout videos I found on the internet. Didn’t have much for it today as I was short on sleep and needed a nap. But, I punched the clock. Actually, the workout was a little easier as I’ve started to acclimate to 15 rep sets.</p>
<p>I am fearing some falls this week since I’m on rugged St. John with trails and rutted roads. I’m going to do a low mileage week to try to keep myself in one piece. Beautiful but scary running. I brought trail shoes with me. They had free flavored rum shots at the St. Thomas airport!</p>
<p>Workout #1 of Week 2 in Phase 2 of Show&Go. My legs are dead!</p>
<p>SUMO Deadlifts+Reverse Lunges in Front Squat Hold=TORTURE!</p>
<p>I am so glad I have this thread to log and sort if be accountable on!</p>
<p>Had the last two days off with company and wedding shower hosting, etc. wasn’t sure I’d get out for a run tonight but I pulled on the shorts and went out. What a great run! Just felt GOOD. 2.5 to 3 miles (didn’t have my app going) and could have keep going another mile easily but it was eating dark. So happy for a good, easy feeling!</p>
<p>MOWC- any plans for snorkeling?</p>
<p>Rest day for me. Going to the gym tomorrow for TRX class and then traveling out to CA in the afternoon.</p>
<p>IDad: have you ever done Pack Monadnock? I hiked it years ago and as I remember, it was fairly challenging. Some friends went out there this winter and it looked like fun. They had snowshoes.</p>
<p>Happy hiking tomorrow, iDad!
Abasket, sounds like a great run. 
Bromfield, with any luck at all you get in a good workout in the morning and then are so relaxed you fall asleep and catch zzz’s on the way to CA, wake up, and before you know it are there, tada.
CJane, sounds like you’ve been making the most of the great out of doors.
Hops, don’t torture yourself too bad!</p>
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<p>No, I haven’t. But, looking at it on the map, I drive right past it on the way to Monadnock. I never paid attention because it’s probably signed as Miller State Park. I’ll keep an eye out, tomorrow. From looking at my So. NH trail guides, it looks like the several trails up that mountain are roughly 1.5 miles each way with 1000 feet of elevation gain. At least on paper pretty similar to the Mt. Major hike I did Saturday.</p>
<p>The trail I’m hiking tomorrow isn’t much longer (2 miles up), but it’s 1800 feet of elevation gain. I expect it’ll be a pretty good workout!</p>
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<p>My glutes and hammies are going to be sore tomorrow! And I gotta teach “Senior Kettlebells” tomorrow morning too!</p>
<p>hops:</p>
<p>I can’t imagine reverse lunges with a barbell in the front squat position. I can’t even imagine needing a barbell. I’m a long way from maxing out reverse lunges with DBs.</p>
<p>Yeah, I had 80# tonight. That was killer. It’s also unbelievable how much my deadlift has gone up since I started this program. I don’t really like deadlifts that much, but it’s in my program so I’m getting them done! :)</p>
<p>Idad, happy trails as they say. I only get a 20 min glimpse of mine, but it is beautiful!</p>
<p>Must dispatch to do it now lest i get distracted by my sick, freshly graduated kid who’s padding around the house at the moment. I must have my trek before sitting in an icky drs office! Although I am looking forward to seeing said doc, because he gave up on me diet wise a year back…so I am expecting kudos :)</p>
<p>5.35 miles yesterday. Long day yesterday and a long day today.</p>
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<p>Both of mine greeted news of significant weight loss as cause for alarm. I don’t think docs are used to seeing patients successfully lose weight on purpose. Neither expressed any curiosity about changes to my diet. I guess they just assumed that I had switched to low-fat chips or something… :)</p>
<p>An over-the-hill tennis player (he’s in his early 30s):</p>
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<p>I wonder what his bodyfat percentage is.</p>
<p>Will definitely snorkel. We take a boat excursion that stops at a great snorkeling place on the way back from Virgin Gorda.</p>
<p>We stay at Maho Bay, which is closing for good soon due to lease expiring. We knew that for years, and wanted to make it back one more time. Google it- it’s an Eco"resort". Very unique and pretty rustic, but we are in the Harmony studios with our own bathroom at least. Tons of wooden stairs to get around the property and steep climbs. Running is very difficult. I did 5 miles this am with a lot on trails. I had to stop a lot. 78 degrees and 87% humidity. I could not run back up the hill to Maho and barely could walk up it. 4 years ago I did better. Running here is hard. Swimming is better! View from our little place is awesome.</p>
<p>I found a race. Not too big, not too small, with a chance of rain and possible wildlife sightings… Even Mr B approved of it. :)</p>
<p>Stretch/strength/core. Since starting to do the stability ball toe touches and jackknife exercises, I’ve seen a lot of improvement on pushups.</p>
<p>MOWC, jealous! We used to go down the road to Cinnamon Bay. We like the furthest away cabins that are right on the beach. You have to reserve them 364 days in advance! I did some 6 miles walks with my sil on the roads. I don’t think I’d try to run on the trails.</p>
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