technorodent

Thanks for these posts. The concerns--high-intensity training, training for backpacking/hiking, and the desire to kill to birds with one stone, so to speak--matched mine. I'm going to hold off on the walking weights and stick with a weighted backpack for hiking purposes.

Hello all! Just saw this thread and decided to post. Unsure of how to add a Google map of the trail I'm taking (it's called the Homestead Trail, and it goes through open space on the top of a series of Bluffs on the eastern side of Colorado Springs). I will try to put the map in a later post, once I figure that out.…

This happens on so many things. When one person chooses to quit smoking and the other doesn't, it's difficult if not impossible. If one person is a picky eater and the other ends up always cooking something special to satisfy the picky eater, there will be a heaping helping of unhappiness for dessert. If one person is a…

I bore easily and don't care for calisthenics, plus my objective is to hike up and climb mountains this summer, so for me walking is the solution. Luckily I live in a city that has numerous hiking trails, and the trails go up bluffs and follow ridge-lines and run down valleys and up again. There is no shortage of "ups and…