Almost noon. Shouldn't post after a beer and a shot.
Went to the road for an unreasonable amount of exercise, climbing.
Let me see what Mr wizard says about it.
I didn't wear my heart rate monitor. I should have. I kind of punched it in places. Heh, I also kind of walked in places. Mr Wizard says 1900 feet climbing for 1300 cals.
I am kind of on a feed right now. I bet I ate that much. Popcorn - 400 cals.

I seen trail runner girls. I am acquainted with them by now. They got pretty figures and they wear colorful tights and stuff. Heck, they even got me wearing that weird looking stuff now. I am that weird old man wearing tights. Too late. You can't unthink that image now.

But the road is not without its drama. trail runner girls found a juvenile fox with its leg stuck in a leg hold trap. I hate trappers. I hope you guys ain't trappers. There just ain't no use for it anymore. Hey back Jeremiah Johnson days, that is alright. But these days it is just unnecessary cruelty. So we or they get animal rescue on the job. I couldn't figure out how to get the little guy out of the trap without him biting me. I also couldn't imagine letting him go if his leg was ruined. If your leg is ruined you ain't a wild animal anymore. That is how that is. Vet might just put you down for the long sleep. I guess that is better than the alternative.

I seen a couple of turkeys. If I was a bow hunter I could have got them. But hey that ain't trapping.

I figured out who the trapper is and I think he is a bit of a sociopath.

The road is a weird place. If you ain't paying attention, you better. It is a remote place by an urban area. There ain't no cell reception. Regular cars can't go up and down that road. Me an my bike can do it but really you need a truck or an all wheel drive.

I flagged down a sheriff a couple of days ago. Sent him up there. I ride up the road in the early morning. It is cold. It ain't cold like you Northern guys know cold but it is 19F.
I ride by what I thought was a pile of trash by the side of the road. That was at mile marked 12. I noticed it because I always notice anything new or different on the road. I thought, well I will check it out on the way down. So I climb for another 50 minutes or so and turn around.

Go down. See that trash. It is shaped differently! It ain't trash, it is sitting up! A rag wool blanket sitting upright shivering, shivering, shivering. "hey man, how is it going? Are you ok?"
No reply. What should I do? Grab the blanket and pull it away and see who it is? How safe is that? I am somewhat of an athlete and surely I am stronger than someone who had spent the night exposed at 19 degrees. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. Touch someone without an invitation? I didn't have my phone. That'd be useless anyway. I didn't have my pouch. I got a gun in my pouch, but that ain't particularly useful. What I had in my pouch that would have been useful, matches and a lighter. I could have built our little shivering shuddering huddled blanket a fire.

Baffled, I rushed back to my car where my phone was. No signal. I drove down to town watching the whole way for them bars of signal to come up. I seen a Sheriff before that ever happened. I told him and sent him up there.

This ain't a story I would tell anyone and here I am telling it on the internet.
But hey, I guess you guys don't know me from Adam eh?

Yes x 3 with 35 minutes of exercise videos. Mixed it up a bit today and did parts of multiple routines. Think I need to determine, though, what time of day is best to exercise. I'm all over the map with times...as early as 5:30 AM and as late as just before bed at night. Perhaps some consistency as to time might be beneficial. Any thoughts?

2020pinktogo wrote: »

@w8goal4life I do best when I exercise early to close to bed and I don't sleep as well.

@2020pinktogo - Thanks for your input. I think being retired adversely affects an exercise schedule. I can certainly find an appropriate amount of time at most any time of day. The problem is being motivated with consistency....and procrastination is not beyond me!

Yes x3 with 4.5 mike walk/run on treadmill

30-Dec-2017

Exercise: 2 hours of power walking (4.1mph avg)
Calories: yes, within my limit
Tracking: yes, everything

3x. 20 min walk.

Pass #3

I had planned the pass day ahead. I worked a 10 hour event that was 3 hours away and new it would be difficult to log as week as ending the evening chilling at the hotel drinking mimosas.

I did make healthier choices and brought lots of my own little snacks to keep my energy up. I still plan on ending the month in the winners circle!