Elliptical/fieldwork

Took a good walk up to my field site and measured and planted today.
Also did 35 minutes on the elliptical. It was good. I got a little tired, but that's alright! Felt good otherwise in terms of muscles and joints.

Thinking about a good long walk one of these days to get me prepared for some long days. That way I can add a heavy backpack later on to get used to that too.

Elliptical machine

Did the machine again today (30 minutes)-- took some determination as the electricity was out in the workout room! Never to be discouraged, I saw that the other room still had electricity, so I went home, got an extension cord, and plugged in the machine to an outlet in the other room! I would think that the management would put an out-of-order sign if they truly didn't want people to work out, so I think it's fair! Besides, less competition now for the machine. I don't think I'll report it! (evil laugh...)

I worked harder this time and had more "calories burned" for the same amount of time! Also I'm starting to feel that nice feeling you get after working out, so it makes me want to do it again. Before it was more of a feeling of just having done some drudgery...

Elliptical machine- at last!

I finally got on the elliptical machine for some cardio today. I'm also keeping a spreadsheet of this all as part of my training too, so I'm not sure how long I'll keep up this blog updating. My friends going on the hike are all doing it so that we can challenge eachother.

In any case, I did 30 minutes after my dog walk.