<p>I’ll have to find a weenie hike this summer - maybe a mile or two - just to see what it’s like. The nice thing about living in NH is that it’s pretty easy to find places that sell gear. I’m pretty sure that there’s an EMS at the mall (less than a mile away), and I’m sure that the LL Bean store a few miles away carries gear too.</p>
<p>NMinn- Hmmm. Not sure what to tell you about your daughter’s hip soreness. I hope it is just temporary and that her SI joint is not rotated out of position. Try 3 Advil 3 times a day for a week or so.</p>
<p>I found an entire purse on my morning run- just a few blocks from my house. It was sitting by the curb on a residential street and was totally full- camera, full wallet, checkbook, $100 bill… I took it up to the porch of the house but it didn’t look like anyone was home or up. I took one of the checks and looked at the driver’s license for the name and address. Went home and could not find contact information, so I sent H back in the car to get the purse. It took me quite awhile this morning to track down the young woman- could not find phone numbers for her, her husband or her parents. I got to their wedding site and finally located a phone number for one of the bridesmaids who is a realtor. She was horrified about the purse and called the owner. The young woman called me immediately and was very grateful. She had driven 11 hours back from Texas, stopped at that house (she is a personal assistant for the person who lives there) and thinks she must have left the purse on top of her car. H is pretty sure she just put it down by the car, since it wasn’t in the street or scuffed or anything. Anyway- that’s my good deed for the day!</p>
<p>BC:</p>
<p>Here’s an easy hike (no mountain climbing!) I’m adding to my list for sometime in August:</p>
<p>[Lincoln</a> Woods Trail to Franconia Falls](<a href=“http://www.landscapeimagery.com/franconiafalls.html]Lincoln”>Franconia Falls and Lincoln Woods Trail, New Hampshire)</p>
<p>It’s off the Kangamangus Highway, just a few miles in from Lincoln. 6.5 miles round trip of dead flat old railway bed along a river out to a series of cascades and flumes over rocks — popular swimming spot in the summer.</p>
<p>[map[/url</a>]</p>
<p>There’s a side spur to a pond if you want to stretch it to 8 miles. I’m thinking this would be a fun one to do when I feel like a full day hike but with – you know – actual walking instead of climbing these rocky mountain trails.</p>
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<p>Another one that looks really short and sweet is West Rattlesnakes Mountain overlooking Squam Lake just off the Ashland exit from 1-93:</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.hikenewengland.com/RattlesnakeWestGen1.html]Rattlesnakes”>Hike New England - West Rattlesnake Mountain]Rattlesnakes</a> hike](<a href=“http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/whitemountain/recreation/recarea/?recid=74669&actid=50]map[/url”>http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/whitemountain/recreation/recarea/?recid=74669&actid=50)</p>
<p>Just two miles round trip, with only 450 feet of elevation to a bald rock summit overlooking Squam Lake. This shares a parking lot trailhead with the Percival/Morgan loop with the ladders that I’m putting on my hiking list. I’m keeping this one in mind for a quickie fall foliage hike or maybe as a try at “winter hiking” sometime.</p>
<p>BTW, I’ve figured out that the name “Rattlesnake Mountain” was given to any hill in New England with south facing rocky ledges that were among the few places warm enough for snakes in this climate. Back when there were rattlesnakes these would be the places somebody actually saw one and passed down the story of the sigting through the generations!</p>
<p>Thumbs up for the good deed. :)</p>
<p>33 mins w/30 sec sprint at the end. Today I pushed it hard on the sprint, and it struck me that I was able to recover relatively quickly. When I first started doing the longer jog sessions (~ 20 mins), I remember deciding to sprint at the end and then feeling very winded, like I couldn’t catch my breath, not only right afterward but having that sensation to some degree for the next two days. Rapid recovery definitely feels like improvement. :-)</p>
<p>The Lincoln Woods trail looks beautiful!</p>
<p>Very good deed MOW! I once left my purse on top of my car and drove away (it was in a grocery store) and was soooo pleased to get it all back.</p>
<p>BC: Really easy hike–Rhododendron State Park in Fitzwilliam, NH. I’ve gone 3 or 4 times with friends to check out the wild Rhodies in bloom. In fact, they’re probably in full bloom right now. Lots of different trails and the flowers are gorgeous. Here’s a map I found.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nhstateparks.org/uploads/pdf/RhododendronMaps.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nhstateparks.org/uploads/pdf/RhododendronMaps.pdf</a></p>
<p>Off to the gym–afternoon workout today. Finished 50 of my 100 swings.</p>
Thanks for the ideas. One of my former managers used to organize a lot of hikes in NH and I may ask him. This would be a family thing so I’d probably want something in the two-mile area just to see what kind of shape the rest are in. My son wouldn’t have any problems with something longer but I’m not sure of my wife. The whole family can do five mile “hikes” around Boston, as long as we have enough water and Clif bars. I’d have to think about going with a larger group or going by ourselves.
I noticed that those websites had fall pictures with folks wearing some pretty heavy clothing. That might be a little more comfortable compared to doing it right now.
<p>Bromfield, my husband said when he hiked at Vernal Falls they encountered no one for how long and then came across women out there in high heels!</p>
<p>NMinn</p>
<p>How is your daughter’s core and hip strength? Many younger girls/ women have problems with hip issues. Most of it related to weak core. I’d follow some of Idads core/strength routines and make it part of her routine.</p>
I’ve not found heat to be much of an issue. Most of these hikes are in the shade for the majority of the time. I get sweaty on the uphill climbs and stop to mob my brow and catch my breath, but I’m not drenched in sweat by any means.
ohiopublic…don’t think it is her core. She is addicted to core exercise and has a nice little 6 pack to prove it. She played D1 soccer so has been doing core routines for years. I have a “gut” feeling it has something to do with her gait. She throws her left foot inward from her knee down so is quite pigeon toed. Had the gait evaluated when she was young and they said she would be fine since it wasn’t turning from the hip. We saw a South African Orthopeadic surgeon who is also a big runner. He told her she ran like Zola Budd. She had no idea who that was. Thanks MOWC and to OP for some possibilities and improvements.
<p>If she runs like Zola Budd she needs to lose her shoes!</p>
<p>My D was complaining about her hips. She went to a trainer at her schools gym and I also got her a rumble roller to help with IT band stretches.
[ITB</a> Stretches: the IT Band repair guide | fix-knee-pain.com](<a href=“http://www.fix-knee-pain.com/itb-stretches/]ITB”>IT Band Stretches: Why Stretching Alone Isn't Enough)
She said it really helps. I was thinking she wouldn’t like it, and I could use it, guess I have to get my own.</p>
<p>I’m in Mike Boyle’s camp. [If</a> it hurts, don’t do it](<a href=“http://www.strengthcoach.com/public/1602.cfm]If”>http://www.strengthcoach.com/public/1602.cfm)</p>
<p>Therefore, if running hurts, stop running!</p>
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<p>Wanting to train for a marathon may lead to ignoring Boyle’s advice, but doesn’t change the wisdom of the advice. An overuse injury is not going to get better by continuing to do the thing that led to the overuse injury in the first place.</p>
<p>This applies to running. It applies to kettlebell swings. It applies to any exercise related soreness/injury that lasts more than a day or that is reoccuring.</p>
<p>MOWC----after all the awful news, it was great to read about your efforts to return a lost purse! Wonderful…</p>
Whew. Moved on to Phase II of New Rules of Lifting for Life. This is where the easing into it of Phase I waves “bye bye” and things get a little harder.
The same warmup.
For core, I did planks and side planks, lifting arms and legs. An ol’ favorite, but still hard as nails.
Phase 2 adds a “combination” move. I did squat presses – a squat, going straight into pressing two DBs overhead from the shoulders. I used 2 x 25 lbs and did two sets of 10. That is tough
For “power” I did kettlebell swings and bumped the weight up to 45 lbs. Two sets of 10.
First strength set was my nemesis, the killer rear foot elevated split squats. 2 x 25 lbs, 10 reps per leg. Two sets. A little less weight than I was using back when I was strong before the move, but 10 reps is a challenge. These alternated with band assisted chin ups – 10 reps per set. I used a couple of bands that felt easy for the first two or three reps, but things were interesting by the 10th rep.
Second strength set was full trap bar dead lifts – 150 lbs x 10 reps. Alternating with ten pushups with my feet up in the Jungle Gym straps. Those were surprisingly tough. They are harder than feet on the weight bench I had been doing.
Instructions say to do 2 to 4 sets of the strength. I wimped out and only did two. I’ll try to crank that up to three, but I don’t think four is in the cards.
All in all, I’ve lost a little strength with lighter weight lifting, but this workout felt pretty good.
<p>3 miles, 8:40 pace, crummy conditions (had a bit of trouble breathing - air felt thick). Still a little sore in the right thigh and left knee from yesterday.</p>
<p>I’m not going to be a runner. There’s just too much other stuff that I like to do and running kind of pushes that to the side. My running usually isn’t very good following a tennis match day and I don’t think that I’m good at following a training plan. I like getting miles in but not really training. I’m losing muscle due to less time on the weights. So I’ll be glad when the race is over and I get back to a more balance routine.</p>
<p>On the race - I received the roster today. We have four in the competitive category. One person ran it last year in the 18 minute area. There’s another guy in that category that I don’t know.</p>
<p>We have one guy who is WW2-era. Most of us are old fogies.</p>
<p>Visit to Marshalls yesterday. Some Pro Combat stuff for $10. There’s one particular orange shirt that has been there for six months. I actually like it but I have enough pro combat. They also have a lot of dri-fits in colors that I don’t have - and I like them - it’s just that I have enough dri-fits too. Zero, zip, nada on shorts. Maybe the really hot weather across the country this year? I only saw gangsta and swim.</p>
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<p>It got really muggy late this afternoon. I really felt it outside doing my stupid carioca and high knees skipping stuff. I figured out a long time ago (like in high school) that I was not going to be a runner! Nobody is as surprised as I am that I do any of it - a whopping 1 mile a week these days! :)</p>
<p>Figure that you’ve only got “x” hours of fitness/sports per week, regardless of what “x” is. You really do have to apportion those hours with an eye towards your overall fitness/sports goals. It’s very hard to apportion a lot of hours to running unless your goal is specifically to be a runner.</p>
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<p>Lobster dinner for me tonight. It’s molting season, the lobsters have soft shells and don’t fetch much, so Market Basket has them on sale for $3.99 pound. I’ve got two little chix lobsters, cooked, that I’m sauteeing in a little butter (OK, OK, a lot of butter!) and lemon juice. Pan roasted asparagus on the side. This healthy eating sure is rough!</p>
<p>five days of 100 KB’s - I also threw in some burpees for the heck of it.</p>