<p>Around here, it’s moose. On a motorcycle, I came across one walking on the side of I-93 in the White Mountains. I just pulled over and stopped until the moose had ambled deep into the woods – I knew that there was no way anything good would happen if a moose jumped out in my path. Those things are big!</p>
We have moose, wild turkeys, bear and deer in our town. I’ve seen deer in our driveway. We have one or two hawks that like to perch on trees and sometimes light fixtures in the parking lots. This is Southern NH, not up north.
I recall seeing a moose in the highway in front of the Bud plant while driving home. I have seen moose in Nashua too. I haven’t personally run into bears but there have been many sightings in our town.
Caffeine Linked to Lower Skin Cancer Risk
The study of nearly 113,000 men and women found those who drank three or more cups of coffee a day had a 20 percent lower risk of basal cell carcinoma than those who said no to Joe.
… Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health, explaining that java has also been linked to a reduced risk of diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. “I wouldn’t recommend drinking coffee solely based on this work, but it does add one more thing to the list.”
[Caffeine</a> Linked to Lower Skin Cancer Risk - ABC News](<a href=“Caffeine Linked to Lower Skin Cancer Risk - ABC News”>Caffeine Linked to Lower Skin Cancer Risk - ABC News)
<p>You mean I didn’t have to buy those fancy tech ball caps to protect the top of my noggin’ after all? 
Lord knows, if this study is true, I shouldn’t have to worry about basal skin cancer!</p>
<p>I forgot to mention that yesterday was New Rules of Lifting for Life day. Kicked my butt.</p>
<p>Had the t-pushups and I’m still not matching the lofty standards being set here! I mananged six per side with 10lb DBs and – as usual collapsed in a heap at the end of each set. Saw heart rates above 80% of my max, which is crazy high for that kind of exercise.</p>
<p>The ValSlide reverse lunches are kicking me like a rented mule. Those darn things are really hard, even without the [the pencil skirt and stiletto heels](<a href=“Jennifer Garner introduces ellen a new workout - Painful Pushaways - YouTube”>Jennifer Garner introduces ellen a new workout - Painful Pushaways - YouTube)!</p>
<p>Trap bar deadlifts. I don’t know if they are “toning” my tush, but it sure is sore from these!</p>
<p>Bumped the single arm rows up to 45 pounds, which got to be plenty challenging by the end of 15 reps per arm.</p>
<p>Today is spectacular here to today, so I’m thinking a good day for a 5K walk/jog.</p>
<p>2 hour brisk walk with an old friend, catching up after a long while. Jaw muscles definitely worked out, as well. ;)</p>
<p>A nice mix of cochlear and jaw workout from time to time is good for the soul. :-)</p>
<p>I, too, like the workouts which involve the jaws!</p>
<p>Well, I don’t know for sure if this interval stuff really works, but, if it does, today’s little 5K walk/jog must have done something!</p>
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<p>Run 'til my heart rate hits 90% (I averaged 6.0 mph or 10 min/mile), then walk til it fell below 75% and go again.</p>
<p>Fresh haddock and brocolli poached in a white wine, butter, and parsley sauce for dinnner. Yummmm…</p>
I’m all sore from Sunday’s workout - apparently I need to do goblet squats more regularly!
Really, moose? I have family in Peterborough, and definitely no sign of them there. We don’t see them in VT either - our cabin is on the Long Trail, about half way between Burlington and Montpelier. But I’ve heard people say they’ve seen droppings. I don’t think we see as much wildlife in general as we used to up there.
Drinking copious amounts of coffee hasn’t prevented me from getting skin cancer - some of just about every kind you can get. A misspent childhood getting sunburns in the tropics unfortunately.
<p>Saw a deer near the on-ramp from I-93 to I-95 in Woburn, MA. It looked like it wanted to cross the highway. I doubt that it would survive if it tried to cross that highway. Woburn is a pretty busy suburb of Boston.</p>
<p>7 miles, 6 @ 9:09, 1 @ 9:32.
1 hours of tennis practice in 90 degree heat.</p>
<p>Leg muscles are a bit sore tonight.</p>
<p>Sore legs from goblet squats are a really good thing! Probably the front of the thighs, right?</p>
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<p>You have really been pounding out the mileage here lately. If you keep this up, you are gonna give MOWC a run for her money…</p>
<p>The Woburn I93/I95 interchange is a bad spot for a deer. Heck, most of the time, people can barely survive that interchange unscathed.</p>
More the inside of the thighs. I did some split squats too which I almost never do.
<p>Speaking of sore legs, Mike Boyle posted a video of one of the Team USA Women’s Olympic Ice Hockey players doing rear foot elevated split squats with 145 pounds of weight:</p>
<p>[RFESS</a> 145x5 - YouTube](<a href=“RFESS 145x5 - YouTube”>RFESS 145x5 - YouTube)</p>
<p>Wow. I think I’ve done 60 pounds. This is some serious weight for this exercise. It’s all front leg.</p>
<p>Awesome.</p>
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<p>That’s a really good place to be sore. That clamshell motion – like pushing your knees apart at the bottom of a squat – is one of the areas where us “middle age” folk really start to lose flexibility. The New Rules of Lifting for Life warmup has two exercises specifically designed to stretch that motion. I’ve been kinda on the edge of soreness ever since I started doing the warmup.</p>
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<p>You’ll get a kick out of this. Between moving and having to get a washer/dryer, I had gone a month without doing a load of tech shirts and shorts. I have a lot of them and I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, including rinsing out the neon yellow walk/jog shirts in the sink a couple of times. Filled an entire load with nothing but workout shirts and shorts tonight, so I’m back in buisness.</p>
<p>MOWC: Looks like the Brooks mesh cap washed up beautifully. It must have plastic as the stiffener for the bill. That’s good to know, because I can seriously soak thru a cap on a hot day. Cotton hats just don’t wash that well.</p>
<p>Did 15 minutes on the elliptical and then went for a run. The run was a mistake… I tweaked my ankle yesterday and it didn’t bother me until after I took off running… But I still went out and ran/walked 2 miles…</p>
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<p>I wanted to get ten miles in one day and forty for one week - both PRs for me. This is a holiday week so I have more time to try to get the mileage up. The challenges are time (dressing, stretching, running, shower, food, rest) and laundry (all of those running shorts have come in handy this week but I need to do laundry tomorrow morning - I need to buy two more pairs of 7-9 inch shorts).</p>
<p>Always good to know where the local laundromat is on cleaning shirts. The nice thing about tech shirts is that you can hand-wash them if you need to.</p>
<p>I’m not going to a laundromat for anything but commercial front-loaders to wash and dry down sleeping bags, comforters, and pillows!</p>
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<p>I washed 14 tech t-shirts and still had three hanging in the closet. Of course, I tend to wear one for a day or two putzing around, before rotating it into a workout or walk/jog.
I’m really happy this cap washed so well. That makes the cost a lot more reasonable as being able to throw them in the washer/dryer is plus. The white probably won’t stay white/white since I can’t bleach them, but still, it’s way better than a grotty ol’ cotton baseball cap.</p>
<p>Marshall’s a TJ have been awful on shorts supply so far this year, but the summer season is still young. Last year was a gold mine for cheap NIKE shorts. I’m all set for 7-inch workout shorts, but I wish I had grabbed a third pair of the 7-inch tennis shorts. They are the perfect “everyday around the house when it’s hot shorts”. Tons more comfortable than the standard-issue men’s khaki shorts.</p>
<p>You men and your clothes . . . . ;)</p>
<p>I think that it’s overall hit or miss on the shorts. Sometimes TJ Maxx has them and sometimes Marshalls has them. It’s good that there are so many of these stores located near home and work.</p>
<p>I think that four more pairs will put me back into the once-a-week laundry zone.</p>