Quarantine fitness jam

Welp I backslid a bit the last few days.

See here in Pennsylvania all of our commie state run liquor stores have been closed since mid-March. So on Saturday when a friend gifted me a bottle of illicit bourbon from Maryland, I did what any booze-deprived shut in would do. I drank it.
Not all at once, but over the course of 4 nights. And that was juuuuuust demotivating enough that I hit the snooze button in the morning instead of getting up early to exercise.
Obviously that's not a real great long-term strategy so today I started getting back on track with a 5-mile run. Speed wasn't there, but I got er done, which is the important part.

Oh well. Shooting for an early bedtime tonight and a solid run/lift twofer tomorrow.
 
Still riding the gravel bike! Loving getting some miles in. Last night was a dog walk, some skateboarding, and pedaling my new bike around the long driveway playing. Today:

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I did try a little single track on the gravel bike. Did pretty well for this smooth trail! It is not steep or technical, is quite smooth for most of it, and there is no real exposure to falling off steeps or anything.
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DdBob said:
what about all the hillbillies that live there though :wink:
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it's a density thing. Sure maybe there are hillbillies, but look at the hillbillies per acre in those pics. Compare to the crazed-old-men-fresh-out-of-rehab per acre in my neighborhood and Idaho looks very compelling, at least in terms of getting sweaty outside opportunities
 
In my particular valley, one does not see “hill billys” much. Resort mountain town folk of various flavors, from wealth second home owners to ski/cycling bums holding 2 to 3 different service type jobs (often, a mountain job, and a restaurant job, or tuning skis, or something like that at night) to live and play. The harder place is that in the middle place which is considered more traditional, with a mortgage you have to work to support, family, etc. Not as many jobs supporting that sort of thing. Under “normal” circumstances. And right now, that all got harder again. As did any of the mountain/tourism related jobs.

@yabba This dirt road starts about a half mile or mile from my driveway in Hailey, which is the “worker” town south of the resort towns of Ketchum and Idaho. It is not really considered one of the trails for mountain biking or whatever. Just a dirt road on BLM land. Lots of other similar roads near town on BLM land in this part of the valley. With maybe some intersection of private land and Forest Service land.

As you go north, there are more roads like this, and most of them are on Forest Service land.
 
Thinking I will do inside Gillian workout today, with core, fast twitch moves, mobility, etc. If I only bike, my lower back gets sore and hips, quads, hams and related get tight, also tying up that lower back. And sometimes neck/shoulders. Though this new bike’s riding position definitely improves that over a traditional road bike for me. I can spend a lot more time comfortably in the drops.
 
Today was more good hard intervals around the landfill park. Gonna do an impromptu (solo) half this weekend.

sunvalleylaw said:
@yabba This dirt road starts about a half mile or mile from my driveway in Hailey, which is the “worker” town south of the resort towns of Ketchum and Idaho. It is not really considered one of the trails for mountain biking or whatever. Just a dirt road on BLM land. Lots of other similar roads near town on BLM land in this part of the valley. With maybe some intersection of private land and Forest Service land.

As you go north, there are more roads like this, and most of them are on Forest Service land.
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dirt roads on BLM land that aren't really considered a trail sounds pretty ideal for a place to get outside with appropriate distancing these days
 
yabba said:
Today was more good hard intervals around the landfill park. Gonna do an impromptu (solo) half this weekend.


dirt roads on BLM land that aren't really considered a trail sounds pretty ideal for a place to get outside with appropriate distancing these days
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yep. A lot less crowded than the trailheads, and smaller, closer single track systems nearby. The bike path too. For pavement, I have been sticking partly to the roads and avoiding the paved path. Not that there are that many users, but some that are there, are using in ways that block the path, don’t leave lanes, etc. And whereas normally I can be friendly, slow down, ring my bell or give a voice signal and then smile and wave, right now, it bugs me.
 
sunvalleylaw said:
In my particular valley, one does not see “hill billys” much. Resort mountain town folk of various flavors, from wealth second home owners to ski/cycling bums holding 2 to 3 different service type jobs (often, a mountain job, and a restaurant job, or tuning skis, or something like that at night) to live and play. The harder place is that in the middle place which is considered more traditional, with a mortgage you have to work to support, family, etc. Not as many jobs supporting that sort of thing. Under “normal” circumstances. And right now, that all got harder again. As did any of the mountain/tourism related jobs.

@yabba This dirt road starts about a half mile or mile from my driveway in Hailey, which is the “worker” town south of the resort towns of Ketchum and Idaho. It is not really considered one of the trails for mountain biking or whatever. Just a dirt road on BLM land. Lots of other similar roads near town on BLM land in this part of the valley. With maybe some intersection of private land and Forest Service land.

As you go north, there are more roads like this, and most of them are on Forest Service land.
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I've been through Ketchum way back in the late 80's. We took a family vacation up to Canada (Banff).QWe stayed at some ritzy Ski lodge...that was one heck of a trip. My mom must've planned it out over mon ths cuz that was back when you had to make phone reservations and use Rand McNally maps and shit to plan your vacation...we stayed at all the National park lodges from The Grand Canyon, yellowstone, glacier...man My folks must've spent thousands on that trip which was our last family vacation...
Anyway i recall ketchum as a mountain in an otherwise kinda low lying hill country. we came in from the north....probably northwest into town and i remember it being all hilly country weaving and winding.....Hemingway country
 
DdBob said:
I've been through Ketchum way back in the late 80's. We took a family vacation up to Canada (Banff).QWe stayed at some ritzy Ski lodge...that was one heck of a trip. My mom must've planned it out over mon ths cuz that was back when you had to make phone reservations and use Rand McNally maps and shit to plan your vacation...we stayed at all the National park lodges from The Grand Canyon, yellowstone, glacier...man My folks must've spent thousands on that trip which was our last family vacation...
Anyway i recall ketchum as a mountain in an otherwise kinda low lying hill country. we came in from the north....probably northwest into town and i remember it being all hilly country weaving and winding.....Hemingway country
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Kinda. South of Hailey, near Bellevue, 5 miles south, the valley opens up to rolling sage, prairie, and high desert. Beginning in Hailey, 12 miles south of ketchum, the Idaho south central mountains all start. Lots of ranges, some rolling, some craggy and sharp. 12000ish is the high points of the tallest ones. Baldy in Ketchum is 9100’ at the top. The mountains from that point north get so dense that there is no good and straight highway or freeway. Frank Church Wilderness, other wilderness, the Continental Divide runs through there, etc. If you came in from the north, and the highway does kinda run NW there part of the time, you came through some hilly areas with some large mountains also in view. You would have passed the actual Sawtooth mountains up by Stanley, the Boulders, the Pioneers, and others. Sounds like a great road trip! Good for Mom!
 
Got a good run in this morning but didnt have time for anything this afternoon. At this point I'm pretty much just taking a week off weights but still doing cardio. I guess I can live with that.
Had my first takeout dinner in over a month. A calzone, and it was glorious.
 
sunvalleylaw said:
Kinda. South of Hailey, near Bellevue, 5 miles south, the valley opens up to rolling sage, prairie, and high desert. Beginning in Hailey, 12 miles south of ketchum, the Idaho south central mountains all start. Lots of ranges, some rolling, some craggy and sharp. 12000ish is the high points of the tallest ones. Baldy in Ketchum is 9100’ at the top. The mountains from that point north get so dense that there is no good and straight highway or freeway. Frank Church Wilderness, other wilderness, the Continental Divide runs through there, etc. If you came in from the north, and the highway does kinda run NW there part of the time, you came through some hilly areas with some large mountains also in view. You would have passed the actual Sawtooth mountains up by Stanley, the Boulders, the Pioneers, and others. Sounds like a great road trip! Good for Mom!
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yeah that was one heck of a trip. Her family was always traveling and she did quite a bit early in her life (drove out to Oregon and up to Canada from Illinois, just her and her mom when she was like 19) and drove all the way to SW AZ by herself to secure a teaching job when she was about 26,
Anyway from Ketchum we did go south so we probably passed through the areas you mention. We took the secondary highways all the way to NE Nevada....man that has got to be the loneliest route in America. Very little in the way of even towns from what i recall. i remember there was someplace in northern NV or perhaps s. idaho we stopped at to eat because it was the ONLY place we had seen all day...it was a literal mom and pop "place" with a few tables. i think i was too afraid to eat anything other than a a bow of cereal they had. My mom had eggs i remember but she was a veteren of the old route 66 so she was used to the old 'roadhouse places....me i needed a McDnalds or something at that time :embarrassed:
 
You guys make me feel inadequate. I have at least been doing a mile on the treadmill every night after dinner, along with some bench press and curls. It's better than nothing.
 
I didn't get that workout I mentioned in yesterday. Felt kinda lousy yesterday. Going on longer, slower paced ride here in a bit.
 
What's everyone's après-workout drink or snack?
I'm drinking a shake made with cranberry juice, banana, oatmeal, peanut butter, collagen protein powder, and liquid egg whites.
Tasty!
 
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