[pct-l] Pre-training

[richardlcox at gmail.com (Richard Cox)]

My schedule was as follows:

I started by walking 1 hour/day for 6 days straight and then I went to
1.5 hours/day for 6 days etc, etc, etc until I was up to 6 hours a day
before the trail.

I started out walking from my house around town and as the time grew
closer started driving out for hikes every day in the hills around my
place (in the Bay Area).

By the end I was doing at least 1000' vertical every hike and hiking
for 6 hours a day on trail. It seemed to work, but I don't know if it
was the best and it got hard to get that much time in and finish my
prep for the trail.

Oh, And I highly recommend being laid off by your company 2 months
before you go - it really helps with your training time. ;)

The One
PCT 2003
Vote on Nov 2! 





On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:01:54 -0700, Blake Boles
<yourstruly@blakeboles.com> wrote:
> Can some old-time PCT thru-hikers give me advice on pre-training for the
> hike?
> 
> Karen Berger suggested in her book that the best way to prepare for a
> long hike is to go on long hikes (of course), but if your schedule
> doesn't allow that, any form of cardiovascular exercise will do.
> 
> What have you guys 'n' gals done to train for the thru-hike, how much,
> how long, and when did you start?
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