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10.2 miles + 5 hours 15 minutes + 3800 feet of elevation gain = Carter Dome (and Mt. Hight) as my 20th of the 48 4000′ peaks in New Hampshire. I started along the 19 mile brook trail, hiked up to Carter Lakes, and then did the incredibly steep ascent to Carter Dome. I normally […]

Starting weight: 218 Ending weight: 218 Saturday: Martina workout Sunday: Rest Monday: Rest Tuesday: Martina workout Wednesday: Bike 45 minutes Thursday: Rest Friday: Walk 45 minutes A decent week overall. Monday was an unscheduled day off, but I worked out Tuesday and Wednesday so I didn’t let the routine slip. On Thursday we went to […]

Starting weight: 217 Ending weight: 218 Saturday: Hiked Mt. Jackson Sunday: Rest Monday: Martina workout Tuesday: Run 40 minutes Wednesday: Rest Thursday: Martina workout Friday: Bike 55 minutes My exercise routine went pretty well. I didn’t need too much motivation to get out and workout. My eating was definitely poor this week, though. Sunday was […]

Today Su and I hiked Mt. Jackson (4050′) in Crawford Notch in the White Mountains. This was my 19th of 48 4000′ peaks and the first one I’ve hiked since last October. Here are pictures of the trip. We got up at 5:00 this morning and hit the trailhead at about 8:30. The trail was […]

It’s been a yo-yo past year and a half for my health. On my birthday back in 2005 I was at my all time heaviest weight of 231.5 pounds. Through diligent dieting and exercise I had my weight down to 192 pounds on August 7, 2006. This was my lowest body weight since I ran […]

First, Dan’s Tabblo with some of the highlights from Thursday and Friday: http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/view/250575/?s=auto_28426 We made it to the Fest around 11:30 to hear the first set of bands. Dan suggested that we arrive famished because the food is really good. We agreed. First we grabbed jambalaya and shrimp gumbo, a Rose Mint tea and headed […]

Our Thursday night tickets were for a pair of brass bands at Tipitina’s Uptown. The club had a bronze bust of Professor Long Hair, so we could rub his head as we entered, and then a giant picture of him behind the stage. There were also several of the same wooden mural of a hand […]

We arrived in New Orleans Thursday for Jazz Fest. We got settled into the hotel mid-day and grabbed lunch at Mother’s across the street. This deli-style hole-in-the-wall had a line even at 2pm. We had a classic Po Boy (sub sandwich with ham, roast beef, pickes, cabbage, some sort of mayo, with “debris” pan drippings […]

If you want to know what Brian’s been up to this week: http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/view/231849/

After three months of blissful silence, the spambots have found my blog. Since I moderate everything before it appears, it hasn’t mattered to the external appearance of the website, but it’s annoying for me to moderate. I’ll be turning off comments on old posts that have started to receive spam.