Just getting ready to head out with the dog. Weekend hiking options are limited until the snow disappears, but yesterday I found that for some reason the roads are ploughed through the campground I often walk through. They must be taking out some trees or working on the buildings. It was deserted, but I could tramp around easily without snowshoes and even went out on the ice. The campground is on a point right where the river meets Lake Superior. I was surprised that there was still solid ice all the way to the horizon. Well, solid-looking. I wasn’t about to test it very far from shore. I know the water is very shallow for a long way out off that point so I wasn’t nervous at all near the beach.
(Sorry to say, nothing blooming here yet and boy do I wish I could see anything green poking through the ground! or even see the ground…lol)
I have downloaded some music mixes from a site called podrunner. These are one hour paced exercise music mixes by DJ Steve ranging from 130 - 175 beats per minute. Wow. Really keeps you on pace. The 130 bpm was good enough for me - right now I can’t imagine maintaining the 175 bpm speed.
I am finding the low-carb thing hard to maintain at two specific times each day - about 4pm, when I really want a chocolate chip cookie, and about 8pm, when I start thinking about bread. At least I know that I only have whole wheat organic bread in the house. The cookie thing is harder to bear because I know they have baked fresh cookies in the cafeteria every day.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
shoo! At least someone is out there exercising while I sit on the couch watching episodes of Top Chef! I love the idea of the music mixes…. awesome!
Lo-carbing it - now that’s something I could use. I am so full of fiber and yet not losin’ a pound. I’m beginning to come to the BRIGHT conclusion that it’s the AMOUNT I’m eating regardless of fiber.
You’re doing GREAT!
March 30th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Sounds like you had a nice walk. I remember hearing stories about all the snow in the U.P. on Lake Superior when I lived in Mi. Dated a guy from Iron..something wood(?) Ironwood? anyway, his stories about the depth of the snows there were amazing.
Hope you get a sign of Spring soon!!!!
April 1st, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Woman, you are my hero (I told this to someone else today, so don’t be mad, I have several heroes)….you are getting out there and walking through the last throes of winter, when the rest of us just complain!