The Trails GPS has been failing me this week – I think I screwed up the settings and now it isn’t checking waypoints frequently enough, otherwise, I’d share my map as well. Fussing with settings and hoping for a better outcome tomorrow. As for my new “themed” walks, I decided today’s would be brought to …
I have to admit, I’m amazed by the generosity of all my friends, family and coworkers. LLS is a good cause that I care deeply about, but I’m all too aware of the tough economic climate right now. To already be 30% of my goal is phenomenal. A HUGE thank you to those of you …
Since I’m going to miss this coming Saturday’s hike, I’m trying hard to get in as much as I can this week. Today I walked both to and from work (taking a long way home, to get a full 3.3 miles that direction, for a total of 5.5 miles today). Then I did the P90X …
This Saturday’s hike was a 3.5 hour buddy group hike on Mt. Tamalpais. During the season, a few of our team hikes (with everyone in the SF Bay Area on the team) are replaced with buddy hikes (with our smaller geographic group). So we were hiking with the team members from San Francisco and the …
As many of you know, the state of California is in a horrible budget crisis. Potentially on the chopping block: more than 200 state parks in California, many of which are right here in the Bay Area and part of my training hikes. Learn more and find out how to take action. I can’t imagine …
This new Trails GPS Tracker for the iPhone rocks. Here’s my walk to work yesterday. The stats on the iPhone put my pace at 17 minute miles. Not bad for a day I was trying hard not to get sweaty while heading to the office… To work EveryTrail – Find the best Walking Tours in …
I just splurged ($3.99) on an iPhone app that promises to track my hiking and walking progress for me, complete with elevation maps, walking time and even my walking speed. We’ll see if the Trails GPS Tracker is as good as it promises with my walk to work tomorrow (extra early too – I have …
San Bruno Mountain State Park is pretty unassuming. You drive past it on Highway 101 as you pass South San Francisco from SF. From the roadway beneath it looks like a relatively tree-less expanse of hills, covered in grass or brush that goes from springtime green to summertime brown. While not entirely untrue, the thing …
I’m looking for creative ways to raise that {gulp} $4,000 that I still need to raise. So how about this, one lucky person who donates to my hike before July 4 will get a tasty care package with homemade goodies from baker Jodi. I’ll randomly pick from the names of all my donors at that …
Getting fit is a pain… literally. I pretty much ache all over today. I did a lot of pushups yesterday which is the main culprit, but I’ve also been walking & hiking a lot lately too, from the 2.2-mile uphill walk home from work to the weekend hours-long team hikes. My cavs and butt could …
