So its official, the whole town is shut down and closed due to massive flooding. Last night we got about a dozen texts from the local authorities, updating on rain fall/ closures/ evacuations/ warnings to get to higher ground. As I work remotely from my kitchen table, I am constantly getting updates via text msg, facebook (much better then the news) and I am live streaming the police scanner:
I thought it might be a fun idea to write a journal of our activity level for one week. This is not a new thing for us, as we’ve kept training journals in the past, but we always slack off on maintaining them for more than a few days.
Why is this a good idea? Because we can look back and see what we’ve done, to amp it up for the next round. We will also be able to see trends on how diet/sleep/stress-levels effect energy and performance. Ultimately this will help to keep us operating at a very high level. (note: there are always those crap days where you just can’t perform to your optimum level no matter what, and that is okay…its just how it goes sometimes)
We are a little behind in posting on the blog because I, Jake, normally will write the bulk of them, and Jilly will make them sound good (and she has been REALLY BUSY)…
So with that, we have to fill you in on all the details of our lives. If you keep up with our blog, you will have noticed the “You’re Not Hardcore” series starting to unveil. Inbetween working and training, we haven’t had a lot of quality time (as we used to). So, we like to have date night’s and do something fun (and different) to keep the spark alive 🙂
So with that, I give you this month’s “Date Night” extravaganza:
Good Day Folks and Folkettes! We are a few weeks into training and things are going well. The tempo is several paces more than the norm. But its good. Sleep has become much more essential (9-10 hours), but we are in a great routine and having tons of fun. Jill has been very busy with work so she can’t devote quite as much time as I do, but I LOVE it. I feel like a sled dog…the more excercise (and food) I get, the better behaved I am. Jilly would agree.
Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport. It will test your strength, endurance, agility, and balance along with your mental control. In rock climbing, climbs have grades that describe the difficulty and danger that you can expect with a climb. The grading system factors several qualities including the technical demand of the moves, strength and stamina required, the level of committment (mental control) required and the difficulty of protection. Anything that is considered rock climbing requires the use of a 3 point stance (Two hands and a foot or two feet and a hand) on the rock, and it begins at level 5.0. This is called the Yosemite Decimal System.
“Johnny”….”here”….”Monica”…”here”
Good morning class! Now that we are all here, I want to start class with a fun bike commuting fact: There is a higher ratio of men with beards that bike commute VS men that [are super lame and] drive cars to work. Those who ride their bikes have bigger and fuller beards, better legs and date/marry more attractive women than their car-commuting-comrades…looking better in spandex doesn’t hurt either. So, what does one ride to work on? Anyone? That’s right, Suzy, they ride bicycles; or as they are commonly referred to, “rigs”. And that is what we are talking about today: THE RIG
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