Feeling pretty lame!

So this month has just not worked out like I had planned. Got Sick the first part of the month for two + weeks and then had to travel to NJ for work. So as of today I only have 22.8/miles in for the month. I still have a few days left and hope to get that number up as much as I can.

I guess the only good thing is that as of today I did pass the 800/mile mark. I now have a total of 800.25/miles in. I did see a nice sized fox today. This one had a real brilliant reddish / orange coat. I snapped up pick, but haven’t had a chance to load the photos yet. It wasn’t that good, or I would have taken the time to post it.

Finally

OK, well I walked to work and back today. Finally after being down with this crappy cold for 12 days. So back the grind and should be able to break 800/miles this month. I have to travel to NY/NJ next week so this may slow me down just a tad.

Falling Down

So here we are at day six of me having this virus in my head and chest. It feels like the same thing I had in April of this year. In April I carried the bug around for a month before going to the doctor. Well not this time! I am starting to feel better after starting the antibiotics, eye drops and now cough syrup.

CLARITHROMYCIN – 500MG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarithromycin

ERYTHROMYCIN OPHTHALMIC OINTMENT
http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/DVH/Uses/1,3915,6309%7CErythromycin%2BOphthalmic%2BOintment%7C77,00.html#uses

CHERATUSSIN AC SYRUP
http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/DVH/Uses/1,3915,6130%7CCheratussin%2BAC%2BExpectorant%2BCough%2BSuppressant%7C476,00.html

So this stuff should knock this out. I am ready to hit the trails and get to walking to work again. All the Rocky movies have been playing this week; I think I am watching III now. It’s the one where he fights the Russian.

Nothing like a good old underdog fight to get you fired up!!!!

October Update

I have been out of town for 7 days and managed to pick up the flu the day I was coming home. All the good stuff sore throat, aches and pains. Back home for a week or so and have a heavy work load on the plate for this week and next. On Monday I will be back to walking to work and am hopeful I will be feeling better by then. If not maybe the distance will get me feeling better.

So here is the update for October, a decent walking month. I managed to get 101.93/Miles in, bringing my total since March to 777.35/Miles. I only have 317.65/Miles to make my goal for the year. As we move into winter, I actually enjoy hiking in the cold and snow. Looking forward to having the chance to wear the snow shoes out a couple times. It’s also a chance to get some good pictures and do a little animal tracking.

Hiking with Mable

After work tonight I headed out to get a few miles in. I decided to Mable with me again. I think she had a good time, who wouldn’t if you can ride half the way. We only did 5/miles tonight. The weather is starting to turn cold, which is actually my favorite, ready for some snow so we can break out the snow-shoes.

Monthly total is now 83.93/miles…

I also included picture from a large buck that was walking down the street on Saturday. This was taken about 7:30am.

Sunday Morning Hike

Headed out of the house at about 9am. I took the little dog with me today, Mable. I stuffed her in my backpack and started walking. About a mile and half in, I pulled her out and let her walk the trail with me. She did damn well! She was always in front of me and didn’t get to far ahead.

She made it about 4/miles when I loaded her back up. The weather was great and we were able to 7/miles in for the day. This brings the monthly total up to 78.93/miles.

Milage Update

Sorry for not keeping things updated. Busy with work and around the house. I didn’t give an update for my September miles yet. Well it was a pretty decent month and I managed to get 111.84/miles in for the month. This brought my total miles for the 7 month period up to 675.62/miles.

October started out well but I have slipped a bit. The weather turn cold and I didn’t want to walk to work, so I have been in the Gym lifting and doing the tread-mill. To date I have 66.63/miles in.

Heading out to Vegas later this month so I have seven days to pound some pavement and get over 100 before I leave. Will definitely be doing some walking in Vegas for this convention.

There is this dumb-ass T.V. show called “Hole in the Wall”. A wall moves towards you with some type of hole in it. Like a Star, Body Outline, Circle. It’s stupid, about like watching the presidential debates.

Fishing

On Sunday I headed up to Phantom Canyon to do a little fishing and take Max for a Hike. We had a pretty good time and got a few nice pics.

http://picasaweb.google.com/drobincorvette/20081012#

Cut Short due to Rain

Well after several weeks of planning and getting ready. I ended up only getting 30 Miles of my 70 Mile hike in. I had checked the weather and new that it could rain, but took the chance as this was really the last weekend in the year to get this done before it is to cold.

I was dropped off at Highway 50 and Phantom Canyon Drive. Started out at about 8am and was able to make 20 miles for the day and actually made really good time. I was at my first camp spot by 4:30pm.

Most of the day was overcast so it wasn’t terribly hot. For the 20 Miles hiked I drank a litter of water and ate a handful of beef jerky. Once I got to the camp spot I had scoped out and setup camp, collected fire wood, built a fire and had Red Beans and Rice for dinner.

Got into the tent around 6:30pm and tried to get to sleep. I was pretty tired but still wound up and always worried about some critters coming to visit me. Woke up around 9pm and then threw a little more wood on the fire.

I didn’t really sleep very well as being by yourself you are always on guard. At about 4am it started to rain and rained pretty hard for about an hour and half. It was cold and I didn’t have great coverage for myself. I crawled out of the tent about 6am and started to sort things out and break down camp.

Unfortunately my pack, tent, sleeping bag had gotten pretty wet. I started cramming my stuff back into their bags. It was tough as my hands were cold and even when the tent, sleeping bag, air mattress are dry they are hard to get packed away.

It took me about two hours to get everything put away and get the pack re-loaded to head out.

I was back on the trail by 8am and had 10 miles to get in to reach Victor, Co which was my halfway point for the day. I noticed very quickly that the wet gear really added to the weight of the pack. It was windy, cold and cloudy but I kept pushing through.

At about 5 miles I started to think about the night and how I was going to deal with a wet tent and sleeping bag. Also the wet weight started to wear on me as well. I stopped at about 5.5 Miles and took my cell phone out of the plastic bag and checked to see if I had any signal.

No signal so I left the phone in my pocket and kept checking about every quarter mile. Once I got signal I called home and talked with the wife. She said that I should come home and get everything dried out and that she would meet me in Victor. It took me an hour and 20 minutes to reach Victor from the time we spoke. Both of us reach Victor about the same time.
I did get some great pics and the Aspen trees were in full color with bright yellows, oranges and reds.

http://picasaweb.google.com/drobincorvette/HikeToVictor#

So my next plan is to regroup and then hike from Victor back to Colorado Springs. I need to finish out the remaining 40 miles.

Pack and Re-Pack

So I kinda got off my training routine, that seems to happen some weekends. Needed to get caught up around the house on with a few to do's.

I did reload the pack. I have decided just to take the tent and leave the hammock behind. Also downsized on a few other items. I have a pocket knife that has a spoon, fork, cork screw and knife blade. Leaving it behind and taking a long plastic spoon.

I took the pack out today and did 5/miles. I think I am ready for next weekend. Need to check the weather to see what I can expect. I can deal with most of it (Cold, heat, etc.), just don't need a lot of rain. A little rain is ok.

Will have the mileage update on the 30th, but to date I have already broken a 105/miles for the month.