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Adventure Bucket List

Summer

Adirondacks

Biking in the Adirondacks

Whiteface mountain ascent - https://www.strava.com/segments/667415

Bike rentals in Lake Placid - http://placidplanet.com/services/

Canoeing in the Adirondacks

Cross country canoeing across multiple days, including camping - https://www.canoeoutfitters.com/trip-planning/routes

Mountain Biking

Winter

Skiing/Snowboarding

Camelback Mountain - https://www.skicamelback.com/

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40 mile ride through Mountain Drive

I had been planning all week to do this ride on the weekend.

Ride details on Strava - https://www.strava.com/activities/1261374743

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Got a new bike :)

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Back to the grind

Planning to get back to writing this blog. Kept me on track most days when I wrote regularly. 

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Aaaaand I made it :D 

Completed the 4mile run as planned. Feeling on top of the world. My first 4 mile run ever. It was painful after the 1 mile mark. But I lowered the pace quite a bit after that, and it was mostly 2:20 per 400m. Quite happy with the overall pace, its the same as my last 3 mile run.

Proud moment :)

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4m run planned today

The plan is to run 4 miles today. This is before I head out on a one week vacation. No biggie if it doesn’t happen, but Ill try my best.

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Berry blast smoothie with peanut butter. Yummmm !!!

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Chicken and brown rice with 3 eggs. 3 days 3 meals :)

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Ran another 3 miler yesterday. I went into the run thinking I had done this last week, and should be fairly easy to pull off this week too. But, 1 mile into the run and I could already feel exhausted. I ran the first mile too fast and maybe that affected my long run. So I stopped and decided to run a 2miler to complete 3 miles for the day. This time however, I made it a point to run a bit slower, and how it worked. Completed a 3 mile run!!

On track for a 4mile run next week !!!

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Another 8 min mile, this time with the pace below 8 B-)

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This was after a night of drinking and dining out. Body fat seems to have increased as expected. But this seems to be within daily normal variance.

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weigh in 12 Nov

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I decided to buy a weight scale that measures bodyfat. I really wanted to get an idea about whether all this high protein low carb diet is working. 

Measured at 9pm after a 3 mile run.

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My second 3 mile run. I had planned this slow run for the end of week. Worked perfectly. I plan to maintain this mileage for one more week before ramping up to 4m.

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My second 8 min mile. Hadn’t planned this one, but was a pleasant surprise.

Interval training seems to have helped. Also, it could be that this was just the second run of the week, and my legs were still fresh compared to the third run when I usually try to run a fast mile. So, I’m planning to run a slow run on the third run of the week, maybe 3 miles?!