[pct-l] On Training for Hikes

["Determined Hiker" <determinedhiker@hotmail.com>]

OK Pete - what PCT trail tapes?

Mary B
>From: "Pete Asprey" <pete@asprey.net>
>Reply-To: <pete@asprey.net>
>To: "PCT (E-mail)" <pct-l@edina.hack.net>
>Subject: [pct-l] On Training for Hikes
>Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 16:36:41 -0700
>
>RE:
>Question-  What type of training do you do to get ready for a long
>hike?"When you feel the winds of change, build a windmill, not a windbreak"
>
>I try to train in three ways.  I put on my pack, with a 3 gallon water
>bottle and some other junk in it, climb on the treadmill set at 14 degrees
>up 2-3 mles per hour (or more if energetic), put on my PCT trail tapes (or
>read a book, or some other video training) for an hour or so each
>evening--for as long as I have time for.   I alternate this with the same
>pack on, trecking poles and hike the farm roads around where I live
>(flat/sea level). This is usually after dark, and I use the trecking poles
>to avoid falling or wrenching knees ankles (a plug for the extra safty the
>poles offer).  Finally, I do some weight training, and of course, mountain
>hikes whenever I can.  While nothing prepares for the long days, the fact
>that I train with pack on toughens all the areas that might have been 
>rubbed
>raw, and hardens the right muscles.  Whatever is right for you!
>Pete
>
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