[pct-l] Training

[atjulliard at yahoo.com (Alan Julliard)]

Weight loss????????  I gained 20 or more pounds from
Mexico to Canada!  Even though I was a dishwasher at a
restaurant and could eat anything I wanted, I was only
eating 2 meals a day before I left.  I weighed 135
(very low for me) at Campo.  After the Sierras, I was
ravenous and ate everything I had plus anything I got
my hands on both in town and on trail.  I weighed 155
when I got home; I normally weigh 150.  I was home
several months before my hunger subsided.  I ate more
than 12 gallons of ice cream along the way so that had
something to do with it.

>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....

>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 turned 50 this summer and decided I'd better do a
better job of staying in shape so I bought a heart
monitor.  I use it faithfully and record everything in
a journal.  I am doing a 3 week section hike from
Campo north this spring (my 30 year anniversary) and
will be using the heart monitor simply for my own
interest.  I'll be easy to spot: the only idiot out
there with a big white stripe around his chest in an
otherwise perfectly tanned body.  ;-)

Alan



		
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