Sounds like a hunting party.
<p>Couldn’t resist.</p>
<p>[Hash</a> House Harriers Hunting Kilt | SportKilt.com](<a href=“http://www.sportkilt.com/product/1031/Kilt---HHH-Hunting.html]Hash”>http://www.sportkilt.com/product/1031/Kilt---HHH-Hunting.html)</p>
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<p>Yeah. I tried on the waterproof [Merrill</a> Moabs](<a href=“http://www.rei.com/zoom/jj/11fedc41-7b89-42b3-8eee-b162471fece7.jpg/440]Merrill”>http://www.rei.com/zoom/jj/11fedc41-7b89-42b3-8eee-b162471fece7.jpg/440), too. Found my size (a wide version). Really nice shoes, but between the two, I think I have a “Keen” foot. Apparently, people are usually one or the other. The wide earth shoe style toe area on the Keens was perfect for me. To the point where I could go down a half size overall and still have room. What’s holding me back is that as comfortable as these lightweight running shoe style (mesh with leather panels) are for walking, I just don’t know if they are quite enough shoe for a steady diet of these nasty rocky trails. Definitely a step up from the trail runners with a much more substantial sole, but the rest of the shoe is pretty similar.</p>
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<p>For mail order shoes at retail pricing, it’s hard to beat Zappos with their free shipping and free returns. I’ve had good luck with outdoor stuff from Campmor – one of those Paramus, NJ retailers. Shipping times are really fast from there. For closeout pricing on fleeces and stuff, Sierra Trading Post has some fantastic deals, but hit or miss on whether the right size is available at the super cheap prices. I do Amazon Prime (free 2 day shipping). I’m one-day shipping from LL Bean, too. Every truck that leaves their Freeport, Maine headquarters stops at the Chelmsford, MA UPS depot two hours later, which dumps into the system around here. Everything I’ve ever bought from them has been one-day delivery.</p>
<p>I knew some one who used to do Hash House Harrier runs all the time. Running and beer, quite the combo…</p>
<p>Today’s workout kicked my you know what, but in a good way</p>
<p>Warm Up - 2 rounds
400 m run
stretches
pass throughs
OH squats with PVC pipe
15 wall balls</p>
<p>Workout 4 rounds
8 hang cleans (65 lb)
12 ring dips
16 hands off push ups
200 m sprint</p>
<p>The kicker, though, was a burpee on the minute every minute. So drop what you are doing and do a burpee then go back to your exercise. </p>
<p>This workout was actually somewhat enjoyable, in a weird way.</p>
I had my ART treatment this morning. It was painful, but not as bad as I was expecting (I didn’t cry :)). My legs feel really tired, like I just did some kind of intense workout. The good news is that he feels I won’t need much to get me back to running. My key problem child is the flexor hallicus longus, but my left gluteus minimus also needs some work, which probably has something to do with the hip pain I was having a couple of months ago. Anyway, I feel encouraged, and I have a plan to follow. I like plans.
ohiopublic, you mentioned overstriding, and the doctor did say that in his experience overstriding was very often an issue with calf problems. I mentioned that I have a footpod with my garmin, and he told me to look at what my cadence was. He predicted I was probably around 80. When I got home I checked, and sure enough, my typical cadence is right around 80. He told me to forget about my footstrike and work on increasing my cadence. Hey, I’ll try anything at this point.
<p>^^ Great news. Drink a lot of water post-ART to flush everything out!</p>
<p>I had to be in Nashua this afternoon, so I swung by the outlet mall BC has mentioned. Nike, Reebok, Columbia, Timberland, etc. Not a lot of bargains to be had. I did find a couple of things. The Columbia store had a “GoreTex clone” waterproof baseball cap to complete my hiking rain gear. And the Reebok store had perfect [hiking</a> shorts](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Reebok-ARMZ0042-Mens-Utility-Short/dp/B002UXR3AK]hiking”>http://www.amazon.com/Reebok-ARMZ0042-Mens-Utility-Short/dp/B002UXR3AK). </p>
<p>Nylon rip stop. 7-inch length, so a bit above the knees, but not super short. A little more rugged than the workout/running shorts I wear, but similarly cool and fast drying. Elastic waist. Velcro wallet pocket. Front pockets. iPod pocket. $14. They were out of the gray, but I got a light khaki and a dark khaki. I was happy to find them because I’m sure that North Face and Marmot are very proud ($$$) of their similar shorts!</p>
<p>Now, I’m on the prowl for long pants to wear hiking this fall – a lot more comfy for sweating than jeans, but more rugged than running pants.</p>
<p>Walked 3 miles and knee and back are ok. Can still feel tightness in the back but was good to just move! Hoping that things keep improving! Planned a trip to California wine country in October so I want to be able to hike comfortably…and wear some new cute clothes. ;)</p>
<p>Squeezed in gym right before dinner:</p>
<p>3 sets of 15:
Two leg machines
Two arm machines
Crunch machine</p>
<p>2 sets of 15:
Pullups (assisted)
Dips (ditto)</p>
<p>30 minutes of Elliptical</p>
<p>I’d already done 100 KB and 15 burpees.</p>
<p>Walked 90 minutes and rocked out to the ipod. Also did about ten loads of laundry. And grilled salmon. Enough for this 50-something athlete.</p>
Workout. Laundry. Cooking. That’s a Triathalon, in my book. 
Sounds like you must have gotten music loaded on the hand-me-down iPod. Cool!
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New Rules of Lifting for me. We are having Florida weather in New Hampshire. Thunderstorms and dripping humidity. Really unpleasant, but I pointed a big fan on me for each exercise and plowed through it. One day of recovery from my hiking did the trick.
3 miles: 2 @ 7:57, 1 @ 7:49. 2 hours of singles hitting on clay. The bugs were starting to get rather aggressive. The guy I hit with was in okay shape and about ten years older but he’s a very crafty guy - basically good at putting the ball where you aren’t. So I did a lot of running and sprinting.
One thing that’s been bugging me running around 8:00 minute miles for three miles - my heartrate gets into the mid-170s which bugs me a little. I usually like to keep it around 165 and 170 max.
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<p>I think that it was only in the high 70s on the court but the humidity was off the charts. We had one huge downpour this afternoon and that was it.</p>
<p>Can somebody explain to me why REI has a “vegan” option for their shoes and boots? I don’t want to eat them…</p>
<p>I would think that means no leather…</p>
<p>Less animal fat for your feet, iDad, so you get to eat more!</p>
<p>Maybe they are synthetic - no animals used.</p>
<p>BTW, there’s a company moving to Merrimack that’s interesting. They are going to make technical clothing using Carbon Nanotube fibers. I’m waiting for clothes that are 0.1 mm thick that are as strong as steel.</p>
Ahhh. They should just call them “synthetic” or “petroleum-based”. 
Might not have the same panache, I suppose…
So, I’m guessing that Italian leather hiking boots probably don’t qualify as “vegan”?
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<p>Both my parents are alive (long divorced). My stepfather died in 2008. My father is pretty impressed with my running, but I’m not sure my mother really grasps it all. She has some increasing dementia, and really seems more interested in my running skirts than what Inactuallyndo in them!</p>
<p>Vegan hiking boots and a hunting kilt probably shouldn’t be worn together.</p>