> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Training

[steve_peterson at sbcglobal.net (Steve Peterson)]

Don't laugh.

When I first started thinking about doing the PCT, I dove into back issues of 
Journal of Applied Physiology and similar scientific publications to see what I 
could learn about the physiology of long-distance hiking and the nutrition it 
might require. Sadly, there isn't much research done on long-distance hikers, so 
I didn't learn as much as I hoped to.

However, it got the scientist in me thinking and I started visualizing a 
research team equipped with a mobile lab that would follow the herd up the 
trail. And we'd do a lot more than just weigh you: we're talking extensive 
interviews, treadmill/stairmaster tests, blood samples and muscle biopsies.

I, too, will be on the trail in 05, but you 06ers? You should be afraid. Be very 
afraid :-)

    --Steve

The Mountain Goat wrote:
> Hey I like this, so we all go to the KO, Weigh ourselves, and guess what our weight will be at 
> Agua Dulca. This won't be totaly acurate, since some of us would have started the trail before the KO, and others like me start a few days later, however, in the name of Science and in particular, FUN this could be an interesting idea.
>  
> But we need someone to tabulate the results, Like most weight loss , least weight loss, and for those into statistics, AVERAGE Loss. I will be on the trail this year, so I leave it to someone else....Oh, and in the name of acurace, we should use the same scale in both places....
>  
> -Mountain Goat-
>  
> Monty Tam wrote:>Great Idea!  Make it a Carnival Event. Have a weigh-in at the KickOff, and,
> 
>>instead of "Guess your weight", do "Guess what your weight will be."  
>