Thursday, March 1, 2007

Tonight's Workout

I've got a ball field by my house, with an old cement-style stadium. I walk along a bleacher, then down the steps, along another bleacher, then back up the steps. I've worked it out time/distance/height-wise to be a great workout. Tonight, I carried a full weight of 43 pounds. (Scale without pack and shoes: 157 lbs, Scale with pack and no shoes: 200 lbs)

I was out for about 45 minutes. I walked ~2.5 miles and did ~500 vertical feet. Multiply that by 6, and you've got a day on the AT. Multiply that by 900, and you've got the entire trail. If I could keep up that pace, I'd be done in 675 hours of hiking! ~28 days straight.

Oh, the fun I'll have with numbers on the trail.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I am glad that you are having fun matt.