(September 28, 2023 at 9:56 pm)Jackalope Wrote:(September 28, 2023 at 5:02 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: I started walking, on my doctor's advice. He told me 15 minutes/day, 3 MPH. I'm now doing two, 2-mile trips each day at better than 4 mph, with 15 minutes of cooldown after each. Getting diagnosed pre-diabetic, coupled with kicking the cigarette addiction some years back, has been the best thing to happen to me in at least a decade. I've lost nearly seventy pounds, got my wind back, and I haven't felt this good since my early thirties, back when my kids were keeping me active. Best of all, I'm no longer even pre-diabetic.
Good for you! Sounds like an amazing life change.
It has been.
If there's no high country snow between now and the 7th, I think I'm gonna tackle a 14'er. The Beirstadt trail is just a bit over 3.5 miles, so the distance won't be a problem. But, over that 3.5ish miles, the trail gains 2582 feet, an average slope of 18.7 degrees! I've been told by friends that have made the hike, that the half-way point is the worst part of the trail and if you can get past that, the rest of the slope is relatively easy. It'll be my 3rd 14er, but the first that wasn't a simple drive to the top (Pike's Peak and Mt. Blue Sky, formerly Evans).
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