"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

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Location: Russian River @ Healdsburg, CA

Workout: Upper Body
Play Different Sports - Paddling
16 mile paddle from the Alexander Valley Campground to Memorial Beach in Healdsburg.
A long way!!

Miles: 16
Time: Count as 05:00:00

At the put-in.

Lunch Break: Sam, A.S., Elia, Carl, Mary and Johanne

The Necky with rubber chicken.

Paddling through the "horseshoe" @ Rio Linda Academy.

Saturday, September 03, 2011

Location: Bolinas, CA

Workout: Endurance >90
Hiking - Duxbury Reef and environs.
A great hike in the Bolinas area at the old RCA station. Old buildings, bluffs, beach hiking.

Miles: 5.5
Time: Count as 03:00:00

Helen in the Tunnel to Nowhere.

Gayla and Tom motor up the beach.

Beach hut.

A portion of Duxbury Reef.

Thursday, September 01, 2011

August Finals

Days this August: 31
Some form of exercise: 7 of 29 days
Approx. exercise hours: 17.5
Approx. hiking/climbing miles: 13.0
Cycling miles: 7.0
Paddling miles: 20.0

AUGUST WORKOUTS - At A Glance
8/28 - Cycling/Road Bike - Preston Loop
8/27 - Tomales Bay Bioluminescence Paddle
8/21 - Russian river Paddle
8/17 - Clover Springs Speed Hike
8/16 - River Paddle / Clov. to Asti
8/14 - Climb Mt. Brokeoff
8/13 - Climb Lassen

August flew by. Now the challenge of not letting the SOND (Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.) work load take control.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Location: Cloverdale Backroads

Workout: Endurance <90
Cycling/Road Bike - Preston Loop

Miles: 6.83
Time: 00:25:39

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Location: Tomales Bay, CA

Workout: General
Bioluminescence Paddle
From Inverness, we paddled north looking for the Biolum. We found it! A surreal experience for sure.

On the water from 8:00pm - 11:00pm. We paddles approx. 5 miles.

Time: Count as 02:00:00

Sam with the Sacramento Paddle Pushers.
OTW
In search of.

Non Fitness Related

Couture signs two year extension. Ya-Hoo!


Monday, August 22, 2011

Location: Russian River @ Healdsburg, CA

Workout: General
Kayaking - Healdsburg to Steelhead Beach, Forestville

Miles: 9.0
Time: Count as 3.5

A paddle with a few guys from North Bay Kayakers. We started at Memorial Beach in Healdsburg and paddled to Steelhead Beach @ Forestville. We stopped about half way and BBQ'ed some sausage for lunch.

Phil, Sebastian and Carl below Healdsburg.
Gliding along.
The waterway west of Windsor.
Carl.
Sam starting lunch.
Waiting and enjoying the sun. We were getting a few looks at aircraft from the Wings Over Wine Country air show.
The guys under Wohler Bridge.
Putting in at the Wohler Dam portage.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Location: Clover Springs

Workout: Endurance <90
South Ridge speed hike

Miles: 2.0
Time: 00:37:33
HR: 133/161

Looking down on Cloverdale.

East towards Mt. St. Helena.

Monday, August 01, 2011

JULY FINALS

Days this month: 31
Some form of exercise: 11 of 31 days
Approx. exercise hours: 24.5
Approx. hiking/climbing miles: 28.0
Cycling miles: 37.0
Paddling miles: 16.0

JULY WORKOUTS - At A Glance
7/31 - Cycling / Preston Loop, PFC Gym
7/25 - Kayaking @ Yorty Creek
7/21 thru 24 - Trinity Alps Backpacking
7/16 - Cycling - Road / PFC Gym - Power
7/15 - Lake Sonoma / Full Moon Paddle
7/10 - Sonoma County Backroads / SR Airport Ride
7/9 - Basic Sea Kayaking Course @ Tomales bay
7/3 - Lake Sonoma / Sunrise paddle @ Yorty Creek

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Location: PFC Gym, Cloverdale Backroads

Workout: Endurance <90
Cycling - Road
Preston Loop long version

Time: 00:31:20
Miles: 8.2

Workout: General
Something to get going
3 Rounds of
12x abmat sit up
7x push up
12x air squat

Overhead Press
3x 3 @ 85#

Time: 00:13:07

Monday, July 25, 2011

Location: Lake Sonoma - Yorty Creek

Workout: General
Afternoon paddle at Yorty Creek.

Time: 02:00:00

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Location: Cloverdale Backroads

Workout: Warm Up
Cycling - Preston Loop long version - Reversed

Miles: 7.67
Time: 00:34:03

Location: PFC Gym
Workout: Power
Squats
2x 5 @ 100#
2x 5 @ 120#
2x 5 @140#
1x 3 @ 160#

A slight left hamstring pull with the last lift so I stopped here.
The 160# Squat is the most weight for that lift I have ever done. I was a bet surprised how easy it seemed after not lifting for several weeks. I did however injure myself slightly.

Time: 00:11:05
HR: 116/142

Friday, July 15, 2011

Location: Lake Sonoma - Yorty Creek

Workout: Endurance, Upper Body, Core
Moonlight Paddle at Lake Sonoma.

Time: Count as 00:20:00
Paddling Miles: 4.0




Sunday, July 10, 2011

Location: Sonoma County Backroads

Workout: Power Endurance
Cycling / Road Bike - Santa Rosa Airport Ride
With the North Bay Hikes group. Myself and a few other did a 22 mile loop around the airport area. The rest of the riders split up between 10 and 14 mile loops.

Miles: 22.0
Approx. Time: 01:15:00

Saturday, July 09, 2011

Location: Tomales Bay, CA

Workout: Play Different Sports
Basic Sea Kayaking course at Tomales Bay with Blue Water Kayaking.
Paddled across the bay practicing the basic strokes and boat control. On the other side while on the water we learned a couple more strokes.

After lunch we got instructions on recovery and self rescue, then paddle out into the bay and practiced in real time.

Fantastic time!

A Pano of the Blue Water hut and an oyster company that shares the dock.
A look out to the bay from Marshall.


Time: Count as 04:00:00
Approx Miles paddled: 5.0

Sunday, July 03, 2011

Location: Yorty Creek, Lake Sonoma

Workout: Paddle Conditioning
Sunrise launch at Yorty Creek
Paddle into Cherry Creek arm for a workout before it got crazy with July 4th weekend crowds.

A little breezy out on the main body, but very nice in the Yorty and Cherry Creek arms. Chilly when I stopped, but the PFD kept my core toasty.

Miles: 5.5
Time: Count as 02:00:00

As the sun clears the hills in the Cherry Creek arm.
An Osprey warms in the morning sun.
Majestic!
Up a creek off the Cherry Creek arm for a hot cup of coffee in the morning stillness.
The Osprey on the way back.

Friday, July 01, 2011

June Totals

Days this month: 30
Some form of exercise: 10 of 30 days
Approx. exercise hours: 30.45
Approx. hiking/climbing miles: 19.0
Cycling miles: 12.2
Paddling miles: 13.0

JUNE WORKOUTS - At A Glance
6/30 - Cycling / South Short Loop
6/18 - Lake Sonoma / Paddling
6/17 - Point Reyes / Low Tide Hike
6/16 - Lake Sonoma / Paddling
6/14 - Lake Sonoma / Paddling
6/13 - Angel Island day two / Hike
6/12 - Angel Island / Hike
6/10 - NaturalMovement / Plant Garden
6/9 - PFC Gym / Strength, Power
6/7 - Cycling, Strength
6/6 - Low Tide Hike @ Point Reyes

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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