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timisimaginary wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:52 am
bookwise, there's a book called The Outdoor Athlete that i think is more useful for the average person. it has chapters devoted to training for hiking, backpacking, trail running, mountain biking, etc. i can't speak to the chapters on mountain biking, skiing, rock climbing etc since i don't do those (i suspect people serious about those sports could do better with something more specifically focused on just that sport), but the chapters on hiking, backpacking and "mountaineering" are probably as good as anything you'll find in book form for 14er training (the "mountaineering" section culminates in a training plan for Rainier, so it's certainly not the same level of mountaineering that TFTNA is geared towards). i followed one of their plans before coming to CO for my first 14er hikes, and felt plenty prepared based on that training regimen.

nyker wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:07 pm This has been my "consistent" training lately...

nyker wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:11 pm Yea, the city was getting stressful. By mid-summer more than a dozen people died in our apartment building due to COVID and our building was under
strict controls which was bad enough. Then in August, a man outside on our sidewalk was shot and two others stabbed the same week not to mention the crime pickup elsewhere in the city.
My colleague was having dinner outside a block away and was randomly punched in the face and threatened with a syringe, same day a guy was running after people with an axe and another raped someone midday in the subway next day,
The week when a bunch of NYPD cars were blown up following all the store break-ins and bicycle gangs attacking vehicles, I said that was it. Since we are not allowed to return to work,
we waited until I could negotiate the lease and we moved upstate to a small cabin in the woods.

TomPierce wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:28 pm

nyker wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:11 pm Yea, the city was getting stressful. By mid-summer more than a dozen people died in our apartment building due to COVID and our building was under
strict controls which was bad enough. Then in August, a man outside on our sidewalk was shot and two others stabbed the same week not to mention the crime pickup elsewhere in the city.
My colleague was having dinner outside a block away and was randomly punched in the face and threatened with a syringe, same day a guy was running after people with an axe and another raped someone midday in the subway next day,
The week when a bunch of NYPD cars were blown up following all the store break-ins and bicycle gangs attacking vehicles, I said that was it. Since we are not allowed to return to work,
we waited until I could negotiate the lease and we moved upstate to a small cabin in the woods.

Wow, how incredibly sad & scary. I hope you enjoy your new home. I know you like the Adirondacks, should be closer to those, right? Be safe & enjoy!

-Tom

nyker wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:11 pm Yea, the city was getting stressful. By mid-summer more than a dozen people died in our apartment building due to COVID and our building was under
strict controls which was bad enough. Then in August, a man outside on our sidewalk was shot and two others stabbed the same week not to mention the crime pickup elsewhere in the city.
My colleague was having dinner outside a block away and was randomly punched in the face and threatened with a syringe, same day a guy was running after people with an axe and another raped someone midday in the subway next day,
The week when a bunch of NYPD cars were blown up following all the store break-ins and bicycle gangs attacking vehicles, I said that was it. Since we are not allowed to return to work,
we waited until I could negotiate the lease and we moved upstate to a small cabin in the woods.

timisimaginary wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:34 pm sounds like a missed opportunity. running away from an axe-wielding maniac makes for great cardio training.

highpilgrim wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:39 pm

timisimaginary wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:34 pm sounds like a missed opportunity. running away from an axe-wielding maniac makes for great cardio training.

Except an old guy (not necessarily nyker) who tries to run from a bunch of young hoodlums, is gonna be caught shortly and then have to fight while already gassed out. Probably better to stand his ground and just shoot the assholes.

Although the cardio would not work as well.