Through a coworker, Lloyd – yet again, we had the chance to go for a quick hike in the Grand Canyon, this time from the north rim. Not many people visit the North Rim as its a bit of a drag to get to. It took us 9 hours to drive there (vs 5 to… Continue reading Grand Canyon North Rim
Category: Fitness
Little Hike
A mate and I are going to (hopefully) be hiking the north rim of the Grand Canyon in about 2 months, so figured it would be a good idea to start putting on some hiking miles. We did 4 miles as a warm up at our local trails at Dripping Springs. There are no springs,… Continue reading Little Hike
Data Quality
I have given up on the ankle tracker. Two reasons. 1 the old Fitbit was flaking out on me and not synching its data and 2 I had trouble getting good consistent heart rate data from my ankle. So, we have bought a new Fitbit against my better judgement and past history (I have had… Continue reading Data Quality
Ankle tracker
You might be a geek if you use an old hard drive magnet to keep your ankle fitness tracker attached…… I want to keep track of my walking and resting heart rate and my ring/Garmin are just not cutting it. Freddy stopped using her (my) old Fitbit Blaze so I have started wearing it again.… Continue reading Ankle tracker
Blown Knee
Well, that did not last long….. I had not even started ramping up my miles when I started to get some random pain in my knee. No idea at this stage whats going on, but it is bothering me enough that I can not even really walk much. Kneeing is out of the question. Hard… Continue reading Blown Knee