Getting into shape

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[Freed Roger]

http://flyathlon.com/

for your next thing.
I've seen this running/fly fishing competition stuff online. I'm not a fly fisherman (yet - I can see myself doing that) - but a competition involved with it seems contra to the purpose.

in a non-competitive sense it is an intriguing combo. when I was out hiking and running trails in Colorado with my brother who fly fishes - several times he'd say how he wish he had his fishing pole.

going minimal on a trail with fishing gear that is minimal/portable - so you can move faster/easier & perhaps even run -this puts you further away from the parking lot and more into the wilds. Chilling out with the fishing pole in the cool water after a good run sounds like pretty nice reward.

In defense of the "competition" hoopla for something like this . I suspect it is similar to change of atmosphere that a trail races has over just running trails on my own all the time -have some logistics covered (food, drink, the route) so I can go farther than I normally would. And people are usually pretty spread out, it's not like your Turkey Run

[SHOW]

somewhere along this stream he saw a fish (trout) that was just stuck in a hole. He said he'd be doing it a favor by catching it -that was at least 2 hours in on our expedition.

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[Freed Roger]

The Macklind Mile is good painful fun.

I think Carp ran it one year. I hope to run it. Mile race kind of spooks me more than the marathon on trail that I am prepping for.

http://www.macklindmile.com/index.php/e ... nt-details

[JCShutout]

Hit a bit of a plateau on pull ups, but I'm trusting my system of not overtraining, letting the body fully heal between workouts to encourage muscle growth. I'm noticeably leaner. Have gotten lots of comments from coworkers, which is surprising because they see me everyday. For awhile I hung around 208/210 lbs. Now I'm hanging around 203/204 lbs.

[Freed Roger]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/opini ... .html?_r=1

Article on the good bad and the placebo of gizmos and fitness trackers. do they work?

[Freed Roger]

gratuitous post:
Since the back nerve thing, I've started to work in some weights again and even a few chin-ups, dips. I'm probably 66.666667% upper body strength of what I had pre-injury (up from about 40%) -could probably push it more but am wiser about struggling for the last reps.

does it suck to have lost ground? not really. I am doing it to help build infrastructure for the running thing - and can feel the benefits of strength training already on the runs.

Never lost any strength with the legs and core. squats-started with very low weight mainly to get over the hump with that destroyed muscle-feeling I get when I haven't done them in a while.

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