Hard man

Its back to the stairs for me tonight but check out this video my friend took on the playground today.

Formalized Training

With just about two months until our departure, we have created a formal training program. Here's a video from our first performance:




The fake fall should come in handy. I'll try not to let all the applause from the schoolchildren go to my head.

Training: More than punching rocks

This is one of my planned training routines. Start at the base of the stairs from Aurora that climb up to Galer street. Push myself up to the top (90 meter altitude gain and about .3 of a mile) to the intersection with Nob Hill going North, and then a controlled descent to work the muscles that will keep me safe on the mountain descent. The loop is just to get a change in scenery. Each loop is a total of 90 meters up and down, and also .8 of a mile. I figure to start with 5 reps (1,500 feet of ascent and 4 miles) for a few days and see how it goes, and work up from there. The point is to go as fast as possible on the ascent, turning my major leg muscles to jelly.. not about pacing myself and doing more reps. :D

This will commence once I am over this terrible cold. Hopefully tomorrow if I wake up feeling better!

Also, my research shows that a few days of this might be necessary after the climb:

Ritoque Raices

Training Begins

Training. Its something we know we should probably start at some point, so without further ado, here is a video of our first training workout. More to follow.



We are a little low on our supply of rocks so please let us know if you know where we can get a good deal. In case it wasn't obvious, we're doing all of this on a budget.