It is the time of year where people tend to wear less clothing -- a great motivator to get (or stay) in shape.  Come post your Summer Time goals.

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My Goal: Adding 10lbs. of muscle was pretty easy for me, but now I think it is time to lean out a bit more again.  I'd like to return to 12% body-fat.

I am going to continue my 4x week weight training and push cardio fitness by doing short runs 3 to 4 times a week. 

sound of crickets...

I always have a goal... but I've gotten out of the habit of counting days. Lately, I end up doing long, hard things and then needing a few days of rest.

I've determined that my goals for the summer are not going to happen... I set the bar too high. Now just trying to get out.

So I'll commit: One day of climbing and one long thing* each week.

*Long thing being a multi-hour run or an all-day hike.

>One day of climbing and one long thing* each week.


Ok, getting outside is a great way to stay active.

For last week I did 4/4 gym sessions, 3 short runs.

Well, I am surviving. 

Last week was 2 runs.

QuoteSo I'll commit: One day of climbing and one long thing* each week.

Good style!

My goal is to do a triathlon sometime this summer. Not sure when, probably need one in Sept time.

Just got out for some interval work which I need to do way more of. I did four quarter miles up a gentle hill and then turned around and did four down, with long rests (1.5 to 4 mins) in between. It felt really good as in really good, hard exercise, but I feel a lot less beat up than I do after a long run.

I managed 6:38, 6:56, 6:24, 6:36 pace on the uphill legs and 6:19, 6:12, 6:17, 6:12 on the downhill.

>>getting outside is a great way to stay active

And vice versa. I think the getting outside does me more good than the staying active.

OK Last week 2 run only... this thread going to keep going for the summer?

2/4

Work is picking up.

I went for one of the longest runs I've done in a while (at least a year) - 12.3 miles with 1850 feet of elevation gain (up to about 8550) and I got on one of the hardest climbs I've been on in a few years.

This is the climb, but I did not look as good as this climber
http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/pro_slideshow.php?gid=14&n=8

My run was a full 25 mins slower than my best on that trail and I had to rest a couple times on Cookie Monster... stay tuned. I hope to get that one without rests by the end of the summer

My last couple of weeks I've done the regular 4/4 gym sessions, but I haven't been running -- I've had a slight pain in my hip so I am avoiding anything that is jarring atm.

LM, sorry to hear that.
Ergo... bloody hell. Makes my hands sweat.  That seems so extreme sat at my desk Well done!

Quote from: Rupert on June 30, 2017, 07:40:39 AM
LM, sorry to hear that.
Ergo... bloody hell. Makes my hands sweat.  That seems so extreme sat at my desk Well done!

It's strenuous, but not at all dangerous. And though hard for me, it's considered fairly easy by modern standards. So it's a good workout, but not extreme. That said, that was a pioneering picture. It was the first time a hot woman on a hard route appeared on the cover of a guidebook (anywhere in the world to my knowledge). The previous edition was a blue cover with words and a line drawing. I've always wondered how many extra copies got sold because Daniela Massetti, the hot Italian girlfriend of one of the best climbers in the world at the time (Ron Kauk).

FYI - this is what extreme Yosemite climbing looks like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQATEjcbkeY

Or this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leCAy1v1fnI

Yes, Its hard  

Tuesday night I went to a talk by Doug Scott, who was on the Everest expedition "The hard way in 1975".  He has a very blasé attitude to danger .
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=doug+scott+everest&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=889WWZ6kH4nH8AeimqmYDQ

Did he tell the story of coming off the Ogre with two broken legs? That's a legendary story of hardcore toughness in mountaineering circles. Doug Scott was a badass.

https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/35/29/a-crawl-down-the-ogre/

He touched on it.... It was mostly about the '75 expedition.  The signed photos were going for about £300.  One signed by Reinhold Messner as well.

Absolute giant...

He talked about a couple of other close shaves... where he didn't break anything

from him:

QuoteLike it or not taking risks, by a total commitment to the mountain and the vagaries of the weather, is essential for the greater satisfaction to be derived from mountaineering.

I came across that while reading up after the talk.
I keep chewing it over....