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"He's soft and he's fat and he's wearing my cloths and he was born on my birthday
and he's getting too old and I'm afraid if I stop running, he'll catch up with me."
- Nike motivational poster

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SEPTEMBER 2009

- 1 hour of some form of exercise, 5 days a week
- Core strengthening and conditioning
- High intensity cardio workouts thru rowing, cycling and Kettlebells
- Continue Olympic Lifts (adjusting loads as needed)
- Sand Bag training
- Build 24 inch jump box
- Build drag sled (truck tire)
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ACTURAL
Days this month: 30
Some form of exercise
: 4 of 30 days

Appr
ox. exercise hours: 6.25
Cycling miles: 0.0



NOVEMBER WORKOUTS - AT A GLANCE
11/1 - West Hills trail hike
11/7 - Lake Sonoma Hike
11/14 - Lake Sonoma Trail hike & Trail Work
11/22 - Lake Sonoma Hike


Monday, November 30, 2009

Location: Lake Sonoma

Workout: Endurance greater than 90 min.
Bear Creek Trail
From Skaggs Springs Vista trail head, hike to Island view and back.Explored exposed lake bed because of low water plus stopped for photos.

Approx Miles: 5
Approx Time: 02:00:00

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Location: Lake Sonoma

Workout: Endurance less than 90
Trail Hike / Trail Work
Boat Launch Trail/Bummer Peak trail. Return the same.

When I got to the Boat Launch Trail and the Dry Creek Trail junction, I noticed the sign post was down. I decided I'd come back out with a shovel and post hole digger and fix it. But first, I'd finish my hike.
Warm Springs Dam from high on the Bummer Peak Trail.

After checking with the Rangers and getting the OK, I went home and came back with the tools I needed to re-set the signpost.

Before.

After.



Time: Count as 01:45:00

Sunday, November 08, 2009

Lake Sonoma

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Location: Clover Springs

Workout: Endurance less than 90
Trail Hike - South Ridge to high point

Time: 00:58:00

Saturday, October 31, 2009

October Final

Days in October: 31
October Exercise Days: 2
October Exercise Hours: 7075
October Cycling miles: 0.0

Lake Sonoma

Workout: Endurance
Trail Run/Speed Hike - No Name Flat / Lone Rock / Gray Pines
I found a brand of ankle braces that I really like. I was able to run confidently without worrying about rolling my ankles.

Someone doing it the right way on the Boar Scat Trail.
Lone Rock Trailhead from the Boar scat trail.


Miles: Approx 6
Time: 00:58:00

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Location: Lake sonoma

Workout: General
Lake Sonoma Hike
Gray Pines trail to the lake and back with Katie

A view of the lake through Gray Pines.
Overcast at lake level
Katie gets a swim


Time: 00:40:00

Saturday, October 03, 2009

SEPTEMBER FINAL

Days in September: 30
September exercise Days: 7
September exercise hours: 11.5
September cycling miles: 45

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Location: Sonoma Coast

Actual: 9/26/09
Workout: Endurance >90
Paddling/Russian River
Casini Ranch CG to Jenner By The Sea.
Paddled with a group of Jenni and Dan's friends.
Steady pace.

Getting ready at the Casini Ranch put in.

Dan
Jenni

George
Headed for the beach
Jenni at the mouth of the Russian River @ Jenner
A nice "Hermitage" overlooking the mouth


Distance: 7 miles
Time: 03:00:00

Location: Northern California

Workout: Endurance >90
Hiking/Elk Prairie SP
Brown Creek Trail/Rhododendron Trail/South Fork Trail
Distance: 2 miles
Time: 02:00:00
...More to come

Location: Northern California

Workout: Endurance >90
Actual: 9/18/09
Hiking/Elk Prairie SP
Elk Prairie Loop
With Marcie and Wyatt







Approx. Distance: 2 miles
Time: 02:00:00



Workout: Endurance <90
Actual: 9/18/09
Hiking/Elk Prairie SP
Fern canyon Loop
Approx. Distance: 1 mile
Time: 01:00:00
...more to come.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Location: Sonoma County Backroads

Workout: Endurance <90
Cycling/Road Bike - Warm Springs Dam
Out & back from home via Dutcher Crk. Rd.

Time: 1:10:00
Miles: 17.32

Location: Lake sonoma

Actual: 9/14/09
Workout: Endurance <90
Trail Hike with Katie
Boat Launch Trial/Gray Pines Trail loop

Time: 00:30:00

Monday, September 07, 2009

Location: Sonoma County Backroads

Workout: Endurance <90
Cycling/Road Bike - Canyon Road loop
Via Dutcher Creek/Dry Creek Roads. Return Chianti/Frontage Road.
Slight headwind at Geyserville which increased as I rode north towards Cloverdale.

Approx. Output: 75%
Miles: 18.92
Time: 01:18:22

Sunday, September 06, 2009

Location: Cloverdale Backroads

Workout: Endurance
Cycling/Road Bike
Preston Loop with downtown return

Miles: 7.8
Time: 28.10

Sunday, August 30, 2009

August Final

Days in August: 31
August exercise days: 1
August exercise hours: 1
August Cycling miles: 12.0

Location: West Hills, Cloverdale Backroads
8/29
Workout: General
West Hills hike with Katie
Time: 00:30:00

8/30
Workout: General
Cycling/Road Bike
Asti out and back from home.
Time: 00:28:10
Miles: 7.3

Workout:Gym
Getting going again
3 Rounds of
5x push-up
5x Abmat sit-up
5x band assisted kipping pull-up

3x 5 clean & press @ 65#

Saturday, August 01, 2009

JULY FINAL

Days in July: 31
July exercise days: 1 (No post - Preston Loop, long version)
July exercise hours: 1
July cycling miles: 12.0

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Updating

No workouts for a while. Still remodeling. I should ride my bike. I should swing a Kettlebell.

JUNE FINAL

Days in June: 30
June exercise days: 0 of 30
June exercise hours: 0
June cycling miles:0

Sunday, May 31, 2009

MAY FINAL

Days in May: 31
May exercise days: 7 of 31
May exercise hours: 9.0
May cycling miles: 24.0

Location: ...?

Whaaatt???

Along with getting hammered at work (work load, not drunk), the Stanley Cup play-offs ;) , and starting a remodel of Wyatt's room, there doesn't seem to be any time left for much else.

PFC Gym needs a fookin' remodel!


Thursday, May 28, 2009

Location: Russian River

Actual: 5/27
Workout: General
Kayaking - Russian River
It was hot, so after work I had Marcie drop me off with the kayak at Preston and I floated the stretch down to the First St. bridge. Nothing technical with only one short run that had to be avoided because of sweepers.

Time: Count as 00:30:00

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Location: Cloverdale Backroads

Actual: 5/23/09
Workout: General
Cycling/MTB - Old Kelly Road
I have never been out this road. The locked gate is gone and a guy told me he had rode out it, so I went to check it out.

Many years ago it was a private road used mainly for hauling timber in from the coast. I expected to be able to ride a ways out, but there is a locked gate after about a mile.


The start of Kelly Road just south of Cloverdale

Looking back at Alexander Valley at the locked gate.

The locked gate about 1.5 miles in

No!

Total Miles: 5.3
Time: 00:30:00

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Location: Lake Sonoma

Actual: Monday 5/18/09
Workout: Power

Kayaking - Yorty Creek


Time: 01:00:00

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Location: Lake Sonoma

Workout: Power
Yorty Creek kayaking/Paddle
Marcie and I took the Sit-on-tops out Yorty Creek for a paddling workout.

Near the Yorty Creek boat in campsites.

Headed toward the Kelly Road arm.

M back in Yorty Creek.


Time: count as 03:00:00

Friday, May 08, 2009

Location: PFC Gym

Workout: Core Strengthening & Conditioning
Warm up
Stretch
Jump Rope - 3X 100

3 Rounds of
25x  44# KB Two Handed Swing
10x  Abmat Sit-ups
7x  Push ups
10x  20# Med Ball Cleans
10x  20 inch Box Jump
7x  Deadlift @ 135#

3 Rounds of
7x  Press @ 65#
7x  Push Press @ 135#

3 Sets of
5x  Band assisted Pull Ups

Time: 00:50:00


Thursday, May 07, 2009

Location: West Hills

Workout: Endurance Less Then 90, Core Strengthening & Conditioning
Trail Hike/Scramble
Main fire trail/scramble up to and beyond Lower Falls/Main fire Trail/down Lower Creek Trail.
With Katie.

Time: 00:57:00

Everything was fresh and green after several day of rain.


Katie fetchen' rocks @ the Lower Falls.


We scrambled up the creek bed a ways but stopped here.




Location: Sonoma County Backroads
Workout: Endurance
Cycling/Road Bike - Geyserville Loop
From Cloverdale ride the old Redwood Highway to Zanzi Lane/Chainti Rd./Canyon Rd./Dry Creek Rd./Dutcher Creek Rd. to home.

Miles: 18.7
Time:01:10:12

Total time: 02:07:12

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Location: Lake Sonoma

Workout: General
Trail Hike/Fish
From the Skaggs Springs Vista Trail Head, hike down to Little Warm Springs Creek, fish the cove, then hike back out on the Laughing Springs Trail.

Time: Count as 01:00:00

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Location: Cloverdale Backroads

April Totals
Days in April: 30
Some form of exercise 9 of 30 days
Approx. workout hours: 15.5
Cycling miles: 47.5

Actual 4/27
Workout: Endurance less then 90
Cycling / Road Bike - Preston Loop

Miles: 7.2
Time: 00:26:00

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Location: Lake Sonoma

Workout: Endurance Less then 90
Speed Hike
From No Name Flat trail Head, North Slope Trail/Crowley's Lake View Trail/Fire Road loop.

Approx. Miles: 4.0
Time: 01:00:00

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Location: Cloverdale Backroads

Workout: Endurance less than 90
Cycling / Road Bike - McCutchen Ranch Out & Back
From home, Frontage Road, Crocker Road, Old Geysers Road, Old Redwood Hwy to the McCutchen Ranch north of town, then back. When I got back to First St. in town, over to the West side and back home.

Route Map Here

Miles: 14.21 (my bike computer reading)
Time: 00:55:56

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Location: Calistoga, Ca

Workout: Endurance >90
Actual Date: 4/18/09
Hike - Oat Hill Mine trail to Aetna Springs trailhead and back.
From the Oat Hill Mine Trailhead in Calistoga, hike the Oat Hill Mine Trail to Aetna Springs Trailhead in Pope Valley and back.

Miles: 16.0
Time: 07:40:00

The Palisades.


Nearing the 5 mile mark near the old Homestead site.


Formations heading down the backside.


David, Eric, Jasmine and Shereton at the cave.


Samar, Jasmine, Eric, Shereton and David on the climb back out.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Location: West Hills

Workout: Endurance Less Than 90
Speed Hike - West Hills
At a fast pace, all uphill to the top. Lower Creek Trail/Main Fire Road/Upper forest Trail.

Time: 00:45:00

Location: PFC Gym
Workout:Power

25X  Renegade Man Makers w/20# DB's
25X  Deadlift @ 145#
25X  Sit-ups
25X  Squats
25X  20# Med Ball Clean & Press

Time: 00:39:00

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Location: Cloverdale Backroads

Workout: Endurance Less Then 90
Clycling/Road Bike - Cloverdale Tour
Ride Map

Miles: 13.2
Time: 00:51:08


Location: PFC Gym
Workout: General

3 Rounds of
5X Abmat Sit ups
5X Abwheel Roll out
5X Push ups
5X Kipping Pull Ups
10X Air Squats
10X Lunge (5 each r & l)

3 Rounds of
5X Press @ 65#
5X Push press @ 65#
5X Clean and press @ 65#

100X Step up on 12 inch box w/20# med ball (50 each r & l)

3X 30 second 38# Slosh Pipe overhead hold - rest 30 seconds

Time: 00:36:00

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Location: Lake Sonoma

Workout: General
Hike
Hatchery Loop

Time: 00:30:00

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Location: Sierra Nevada

Workout: General
Echo Summit Snow play
With Marc, Lau, Wy, and KT
Snow ball fights and sledding to finish up Lauren's spring break.

Adventure Mountain @ Echo Summit. It should be called Little Mexico Mountain.

Packing up to leave. It was Katie's (our Shorthair) first time in the snow and she loved it!


Time: Count as 00:01:00

Thursday, April 02, 2009

Location: Cloverdale Backroads

Workout: Uphill Endurance less than 90
Cycling/MTB - Hot Springs Road
From home, ride uphill for 1.7 miles to the cattle guard at the first crest and back.
The goal is to start to gain back endurance, so I spun in low gears all the way up. The legs felt good, the lungs didn't.

Time: 00:30:00
Miles: 4.0
DISCLAIMER: I have never had any formal workout or fitness training instruction. Everything I have learned has been self taught, self motivated, learned from trial and error, or picked up from books or the internet. Because of this, some of the words or phrases I use might not be the correct terms used by "professionals".
The logs listed on this site are workouts I have put together for myself. They are not meant as examples to teach others, but only as a way for me to track my own progression.

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