1067 Days to go! I’ll be using this post to update my fitness progress each Monday until we depart on the hike. Thanks to Steve for leading me to the website “myfitnesspal.com” which has been a great help in allowing me to track my calorie intake and exercise. My personal goals for the years […]
Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. Those are my wife’s three favorite words. In thinking about all the planning and logistics needed by Steve and I prior to starting this hike of the Appalachian Trail, I have quickly come to the realization that “shoes” is probably going to be the one dominant word that I associate with […]
I have been toying with ideas for gift items for the Two Hiking Idiots fan club and for our adoring public once we have all those book and movie deals. I wanted to start light, so here are a few T Shirts and a coffee mug to start: Obviously I have too much time on […]
Being the make it up as I go along type, my “routine ” is very … let’s call it flexible. By someone who actually has an organized life’s standards, my life would appear to be a relaxed form of chaos. That said, my so called “progress” this week seems to have progressed in the wrong direction … depending on […]
1074 Days to go! I’ll be using this post to update my fitness progress each Monday until we depart on the hike. Thanks to Steve for leading me to the website “myfitnesspal.com” which has been a great help in allowing me to track my calorie intake and exercise. My personal goals for the years […]
I find it difficult to write something since I have apparently been recently swallowed by a rather large mutant snake with both an attitude and a really big appetite. It does tend to ruin ones concentration. But I will persevere, hoping to get a fair bit o’ readable out before I become snake poop. I still have […]
With all the terrible and tragic news of this past week, I thought it was time for a little humor to end the week Here I am, nearly a half-century old, and I still have bad dreams, all the freaking time, about all the demons and monsters that live under my bed and in my […]
Just a quick note for those still considering making a small pledge to the charity of your choice, related to the number of training or hiking miles Steve and I complete, or the number of combined pounds we lose while in training for our hike. As you all know, there have been recent terrible tragedies […]
I officially started the actual workout portion of my “no pain … you are doing it wrong” workout. I have already benefited greatly in just two days. For example: I have found out that I actually have some muscles that I did not previously know existed. I am not quite sure how this will actually benefit me […]
The sweaty Idiot after a 4-miler on April 16, 2013. Current weight: 285 “Good Grief…. I do look like Santa Claus” Steve and his Sister/Manager Lisa came up with some good ideas concerning your tracking our progress as we train for the next 1000+ days. One idea was to post some “before”, “during”, […]
