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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 11:34 am
9/18- treadmill- 120 minutes; Pilates- 50 minutes; total- 170 minutes (Thank heavens for hardback books! I can prop one open when I am treadmilling and it helps the time go! I would be bored out of my mind otherwise!)
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 11:39 am
9/18: 120 minutes (60 minutes Classic Stretch class, 60 minutes Interval Step & Sculpt class)
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 11:50 am
09/18 - Hiking + Post-hike stretch = 150 minutes Sometimes I wish I had a treadmill or stationary bike but then I'd have to find room for them. I do have a home version of a Pilates Reformer (if I had waited a few years 'til they were more easily available I could have paid a lot less money, darn it!). Honestly, if I added up what I've spent on fitness stuff over the years, it'd probably make me cry. I'm really a thrifty person (have to be with my salary, lol) but when it comes to health & fitness stuff, sometimes all my common sense takes leave. I'm getting better though. Eek...I almost started really rambling there!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 12:16 pm
Calamity, I love it when you ramble! Where did you hike? I love hiking. In fact, it occurred to me last weekend that it might be good for me to see if here is some kind of hiker's club or group in my area. Next to the ocean, being in the woods is my favorite place to be.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 12:28 pm
I found a local Trail Club that goes on hikes throughout the state and also pitches in to help repair and maintain trails. They have a meeting this Tuesday and invite newcomers and beginners to come a half-hour early. Then this Sunday is a 10 mile hike that sounds wonderful. I should do this. I really should do this. I would love it. Some of the upcoming events look great. Make me do this, guys. I am 100% introvert and getting myself to that first meeting is going to be a challenge!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 12:35 pm
Hi Hermione! Early this morning I went to a State Park in the southern part of county. It's cool today but sunny. I'm not a city gal but sometimes I miss being able to walk to the store and do other errands like I could when I was in college and first graduated. Oh, as I was crossing a paved path while hiking this morning, I met a cute guy who was walking his adorable doggie! They both had shaggy golden hair, lol. Confession: I've never been to the ocean. Wahhhh! I think joining a hiking club is a fabulous idea! This is a great time of year to hike because you can watch the birds that are migrating. Yesterday evening, I was driving with a friend and we had to take a detour due to roadwork. If it weren't for that detour, I wouldn't have seen this large flock of geese landing at dusk. I never even realized there was a lake back there!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 12:38 pm
Oh, that sounds so beautiful. The geese and all. And maybe you will see shaggy guy again! I'm going to that meeting. This is my pledge. In fact, there was an email contact and I am going to email the man as soon as I post this!
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Autumn
Member
10-29-2003
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 1:59 pm
Hermione, definitely go! I love to hike and you've inspired me to see if there is a group around here. If not, there are enough trails that I could hit on my own. And I love the ocean too but have never been so...Calamity - road trip! lol!
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 2:56 pm
09/17/2004: 45 minutes Curves Workout.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 6:35 pm
9/18: walked 40 minutes
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 7:02 pm
I've already gotten an email back from the Trail Club! I am so excited! They hike the Appalachian Trail a lot and are responsible for upkeep and maintenance on a section of it. The A.T. goes all the way from Maine to Georgia. Hey, Mak, maybe we could meet at a halfway point next summer! It would only be a hike of about 500 miles! Who was it that was talking about a wilderness get together? Yankee? Calamity? Wouldn't something like this be grand? Maybe in April when things are starting to bloom, we could do a Women's Wilderness Weekend. Go white water rafting and hiking. That would so cool. Anyway, I was restless today. I went to my own little trail and walked until sunset. I'm not ready to run again. My legs are still protesting mildly from the 4 miles I put them through the other day! 9/18- walk- 45 minutes
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 7:03 pm
Calamity and Autumn or maybe we could do a get-together near the OCEAN!!!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 7:54 pm
Hermione -- I would ABSOLUTELY be in for a TVCH Women's Wilderness Weekend. I would make it work ... absolutely!!!!!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 7:57 pm
We need to do it, then!! Anyone have any ideas, throw them out. I can tell you right now that the best time for me will be my spring break which is March 26- April 3, but I know there are other meets around that time that some of you may be planning on going to? I'll throw it out there anyway as a possibility.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 9:53 pm
09/18/2004: 30 minutes walking. : 15 minutes shoulder/back stretches. Total : 45 minutes
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 12:42 pm
9/19- Hike- 75 minutes I had the best time! It really is a wilderness beyond my sister's backyard. There is a little lake and a creek and there are lots of trees fallen from Isabel and it has little hills and valleys. The paths are not well worn so I had to climb over a lot of trees and straggle through bushes and small plants. I slid on my bottom down one hill and on another just slipped and fell and muddied my jeans and it was fun! I spotted poison ivy. I saw a big, yellow butterfly that almost sat on my shoulder, and the sunlight was stippling the ground through the trees. It was BEAUTIFUL. I really think joining this hike club is going to be good for me. 
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 12:45 pm
9/16 45 min walked 9/17 40 min walked Denecee I just read about your Mom in another thread and my heart breaks for you, what a difficult thing to have to go through. I'm sure you know now how important it is to continue to take care of yourself at this trying time time so you can be as strong as possible for her. All the healing white light I can muster is coming your way...
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Autumn
Member
10-29-2003
| Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 4:20 pm
9/15 - 15 min., bike; 60 min., walked 9/16 - 60 min., walked 9/17 - 60 min., walked 9/18 - 60 min., walked 9/19 - 90 min., walked Something is wrong with my brain lately, I thought I had kept up in here and I hadn't. Grr - but then I've been a little slack lately, I miss doing pilates and yoga but until I nab a new vcr... Hermione, sounds like you had a wonderful day!!!! Whoohoo! Enjoy it!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 1:48 pm
09/19 - Yoga Mind & Body = 50 minutes 09/20 - The Firm Vol. 2 = 65 minutes (what a way to start a Monday!) Grr...I've been trying to post but work keeps interrupting. Autumn: You mean I'm not the only person who's never been to the ocean?! People always look at me in shock when I admit that. I can tell they're thinking "Okay, what have you been doing your entire life?" But I'm determined to get there...someday! A road trip sounds great, lol. I had a friend tell me she can just picture me staring in awe at the water and then madly running into the waves like Brendon Fraser's character did in Blast From the Past, lol. Hermione: Your group sounds wonderful. Yippee! I'd love to get a chance to see and hike the Appalachian Trail. Well, at least part of it! Have you ever read Bill Bryson's book about it, A Walk in the Woods? There's been some recent News & Views stuff about the A.T. too btw! Sounds like you live in a beautiful area. I'm jealous of all the hiking & running paths you have around you! And I'm so tempted by your & Yankee's idea for a Wilderness Weekend. I don't have any definite plans for next spring, just a daydream of taking a trip up to Toronto to see Wicked when it opens there, so count me as interested. Denecee: Just wanted to let you know I'm thinking of you and keeping your family in my prayers.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 3:49 pm
Calamity, Volume 2 is the one with Wayne Gretsky's wife Janet, right? She kicks butt! I look into some possibilities for the Wilderness Weekend. 9/20- run/walk/stretch- 105 minutes; Yoga- 35 minutes; total- 140 minutes (It was not a fluke! I was wondering if I would be able to repeat the 3 miles and I not only did that, but tacked one more on for 4 miles straight through! I'm happy! 2 miles to go!)
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 5:29 pm
9/20: 105 minutes, walk, stationary bike, weights/resistance, core ball, stretches Herm, is that 500 miles each? <Gulp>, umm, let me think about that one for a while. I'm envious of the hiking group you've found and the nature trails in your area. YAY on your running!! A women's retreat would be so much fun for us! For early spring, we'd have to go somewhere south of New England, unless we think we might like to bring snowshoes, just in case. A blind man, Bill Irwin, and his dog hiked the AT from GA to ME. I believe he is still the only blind person to have hiked the whole trail. I attended a talk he gave here a couple years ago and read his book. What an ordeal he went through, and what an inspiration he is! The hike was a very spiritual journey for him. He is a recovering alcoholic and felt that God called him to do this. Autumn and Calamity, you MUST visit the ocean in this lifetime! Maybe not everyone loves it as much as Herm and I, but it's just so peaceful and awe-inspiring. Seamonkey, good job with your consistency. Do you like Curves? You don't happen to have a certain kitty in your gym bag, do you? 
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Autumn
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 5:45 pm
9/20 - 60 min., walked; 20 min., bike Calamity, yep its true I've never been to the ocean yet it call to me for some reason. And I agree: can definitely see myself charging in! lol! Mak, too funny! (re: Seamonkey and the kitty.) I do find the ocean awe-inspiring and calming so I can only imagine it would be moreso live. Thanks for sharing the info about Bill Irwin, btw, I didn't know that - how interesting. (not interesting that I didn't know that but his story. Duh to me.)
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 6:08 pm
09/20/2004 45 minutes Curves workout. 15 minutes shoulder/back stretches. 15 minutes walking Total 75 minutes. Thanks Mak! Nah, no kitty in my gym bag.. heck no gym back needed for Curves. Yes, Curves seems to work for me and I think it has been a lifesaver since I had my knee surgery last Oct, then did physical therapy for awhile and then at 4 months post surgery my orthopod agreed with me that this would be a good thing to add in.
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 9:49 pm
9/20 40 min walked
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 7:02 pm
9/21: walked 40 minutes
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