"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

FEBRUARY 2024

- 7 hours of some form of exercise every week
- Endurance training for peak climbing
- Core strengthening & conditioning
- Kettelbell workouts
- Slow movement hikes
- Natural movement workouts
- Olympic Lifts (adjust loads as needed)
- Play different sports (cycle, kayak, hike, snowshoe, climb, Fish)

February Workouts

Days This Month: 28
Some form of exercise: 0 of 28 days
Exercise hours: 0.0
Hiking/Climbing miles: 0.0
Paddling miles: 0.0
Cycling miles: 0.0

WORKOUTS AT A GLANCE
4/3 - Clover Springs Training Hike
4/2 - Road Ride/Cloverdale Loop



Febuary Work-Outs

Days This Month: 28 Some form of exercise: 2 of 30 days Exercise hours: 2.0 Hiking/Climbing miles: 3.75 Paddling miles: 0.0 Cycling miles: 6.0 WORKOUTS AT A GLANCE 4/3 - Clover Springs Training Hike 4/2 - Road Ride/Cloverdale Loop

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Location: PFC Gym

Workout: Strength
Warm-up
200 meter row @ 70# resistance

Weights
Bench Press
Trying to find my 7 rep fail weight
18x @ 85#
7x @ 105#
7x @115#

Bent Row
3x 7 @ 135#

Deadlift
5x @135#
5x 155#
5x @ 205#

Core Strengthening & Conditioning
50x two handed kettlebell swing @ 44#
10x turkish get-up w/30# sandbag

Time: 00:46:00


Location: Lake Sonoma

Workout: Trail Hike
South Lake Trail
From the trail head on Old Skaggs Springs Road, hike the South Lake trail to the Skaggs Springs Vista trail head.
20 min. stop for lunch, numerous stops for photos.

Miles: 9.5
Time: 04:30:00

The trail head on Old Skaggs Road


Crossing Warm Springs creek. It was a lot lower than the last time I was here.


Old Sawmill Camp junction


An old reservoir above Old Sawmills camp

The crossing at Picnic Creek, mile 5.2

A view of the lake below the Vista trail head. The little shack on the water is a DFG check station used by wild pig hunters


Refreshment back at the trail head

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Location: Cloverdale Backroads,

Workout: Endurance
Cycling/Road Bike - Preston Loop
Time: 00:29:16
Miles: 7.0

Location: PFC Gym
Workout: Core Strengthening & Conditioning
10x air squats
7x 80# overhead press
7x 80# back squat
50x 44# two handed kettelbell swing

3 Rounds of
7x 20 inch box jump
7x band assisted pull up
7x abmat sit up
7x push up

Time: 00:28:00


Sunday, January 16, 2011

Location: Sonoma County Backroads

Workout: Endurance under 90
Cycling/Road Bike - Canyon Road Loop
Dutcher Creek Road, Old Redwood Hwy version.
I past Drew' Mills going the other way between Geyserville and Zanzi's Turn.

Time: 01:27:08 (actual ride time)
Miles: 18.9

Note: When I'm in shape, I can Ride this in 01:10:00. I wasn't pushing it today, but a good benchmark to work towards.


Location: Point Reyes National Seashore

Actual: 1/15/11
Workout: Endurance, Core
Cycling - MTB / Inverness Ridge Trail
From the parking area near Mt. Vision, Ride the Inverness Ridge Trail down to Limantour road. Ride back up Limantour Road to the top and rip down to meet Marcie at the Marsh Trail parking lot.

Approx. Time: 00:45:00
Approx. Miles: 6.0

On the Inverness Ridge Trail looking out over Tomalas Bay.


Estero Trail
Ride out Estero Trail until we got turned around because of extremely wet and muddy trail conditions.

Approx. Time: 01:30:00
Approx. Miles: 4.0

Looking out into Drake's Estero (the link to a larger view won't work because Blogger blows!).

Marcie on the trail before it got un-rideable.

Another look at Drake's Bay at our turn-around point. The black lines in the water are the Drake's Oyster Company's oyster beds.


Friday, January 14, 2011

Location: Cloverdale Backroads, PFC Gym

Workout: Endurance (under 90 mins.)
Cycling - Preston loop (long version)
From home, the long version of the Preston loop. I rode it clockwise because that's the easier way and I'm out of shape.
Minor bike computer malfunction so time/distance are estimates.

Time: 00:45:00
approx. miles: 9.0

Location: PFC Gym
Workout: Core Strengthening & Conditioning
3 rounds of:
7x push ups
7x abmat sit ups
7x band assisted pull ups
15 second rest between rounds

Get ups
10x with 25# sandbag

Time: 00:20:00

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Location: PFC Gym

Workout: General
Free Weights
Overhead press
Bent Over Row
Two Handed Kettelbell swings

Time: 01:00:00

Monday, January 10, 2011

Location: Lake Sonoma

Work-out: General
Kettelbell, Trail Hike
50x air squats
50x two handed kettelbell swing @ 44#

Trail Hike Loop - Grey Pine/Lone Rock/No Name Trail
Approx. miles: 4
Time: 01:10:00

Total Time: 01:20:00

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Location: Lake Sonoma

Workout: General
Bummer Peak Summit
From the overflow parking area via the Bummer Peak/North Slope Trail/Crowley's Lake view trail.

Time: 01:23:00
Bummer Peak summit


Location: PFC Gym
Workout: General:
3 Rounds of
10X 44# tow handed KB swing
10 step ups on 20 inch box (5 each leg)

Time: 00:00:12

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Location: lake Sonoma

Work-out: General
Old Skaggs Spring Road hike.
Drove out Stewarts point road 11.3 miles to the Old Skaggs springs Road turn off, then another 3.2 miles to the trailhead.


Thursday, July 01, 2010

JUNE TOTALS

Days in month: 30
Some form of exercise 8 of 30 days
Approx. exercise hours: 11.5
Hiking/climbing miles: 10.0
Cycling miles: 55.5

JUNE WORKOUTS - AT A GLANCE
6/12 - Lake Sonoma speed hike/Bummer Peak
6/13 - Cycling/Preston Loop
6/18 - Cycling/Canyon Rd. loop
6/14 - Oat Valley /Redwood Peak climb
6/21 - Oat Valley / Redwood Peak climb
6/26 - Cycling/Road bike - Preston loop
6/27 - Cycling/Road Bike - Geysers Road
6/28 - Oat Valley / Redwood Peak climb

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Location: Cloverdale Backroads

Workout: Endurance
Cycling/Road Bike - Preston Loop

Time: 00:27:35
Miles: 7.26


Location: Cloverdale
Workout: Endurance
Oat Valley Hike
Training hike. 2/3 of the way up Redwood Peak.
With Tom & Kevin.

Time: 01:30:00
Miles: 2.0

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Location: Sonoma County Backroads

Workout: Endurance
Cycling/Road Bike - Geysers Road
From home, out to the ranch house at the upper valley and back.

Miles: 13.7
Time: 00:53:13

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Location: Cloverdale Backroads

Workout: Endurance
Cycling/Road Bike - Preston Loop (reverse) long version

Time: 00:29:33
Miles: 8.1

Location: Sonoma County, Cloverdale

Actual: 6/21/2010
Workout: Endurance
Climb - Redwood Peak
From Tom's house. with Tom & Wenchill

Time: 03:00:00
Miles: 2
Approx. Elevation Gain: 1,200 ft.

Location: Sonoma County/Cloverdale

Actual: 6/14/2010
Workout: Endurance
Climb - Redwood Peak(?)
From Tom's house in Oat Valley on Highway 128, climb several ridges to the top of (so called) Redwood peak. With Tom M., Kevin H.

Approx. Time: 03:00:00
Miles: 2
Approx. Elevation Gain: 1,200 ft.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Location: Sonoma County Backroads

Actual: 6/18
Workout: Endurance
Cycling/Road Bike - Canyon Road Loop
From home, Old Redwood Hwy., Canyon Rd., Dry Creek Rd., Dutcher Creek Rd.

Miles: 18.7
time: 01:13:27

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Location: Cloverdale backroads

Workout: Endurance
Cycling / Road bike - Preston Loop
Return via downtown.

Miles: 7.12
Time: 00:26:08

Location Lake Sonoma

Actual 6/12
Workout: Endurance
Speed Hike - Bummer peak from overflow parking lot.

Time: 01:20:00
Approx Miles: 4.0

Monday, May 31, 2010

May Finals
Not worth posting

Location: Lake Sonoma
Hike - Bummer Peak
From the upper overflow parking lot - out and back w/Katie.

Time: 01:43:00

Mount St. Helena just before sun up.
Katie waiting for me on the trail.
Lake Sonoma at sunrise.
A tired dog on Bummer Peak.
Little Warm Springs arm.
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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