Tuesday, November 24, 2009

metromonday

Christianne and I climbed at Metro. Hopefully she'll be my new climbing buddy... I think we're both in need of one. (Though, she's probably looking for someone to lead climb with.)

Routes:
short 5.7 (tree frog, green)
5.8 (white)
5.8 (blue) (a route i couldn't do last time i tried... and still didn't do cleanly)
5.7 (lickety split, blue)
effin' around on some cracks
5.9... handhold was loose, so I popped onto the 5.7 beside it.
5.7+ (split decision, green) (been meaning to do this one for awhile!!!)
5.8 (red) (also been meaning to do this one for awhile!!!)


Slowly but surely, I'm getting better. I can now climb in the 5.8 range, more or less. And I'm able to climb more routes without getting overly exhausted. All smiles.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

3 Mile loop

[49, overcast. still t-shirt/shorts weather]
I decided to extend my 2 mile loop to a more acceptable 3 mile loop.
This is going to be my new route for awhile, maybe... Running along the river might be less than ideal as the cold weather approaches.

Was trending towards calf cramps at the end of the run... maybe I'm dehydrated? Maybe I need salt? I vote for salt.

Rock Climbing

I've recently taken to rock climbing, both indoors and outdoors. While I'm not very good (and maybe never will be, given my body type), I'm having a lot of fun doing it, and it's a very different workout/muscle set than I'm used to.

Where to go:
MetroRock has an $8 ladies night on Monday. Boston Rock Gym has a $1 ladies night on Wednesday. And RockSpot has a $10 ladies night on Saturday. Between the three of those, indoor climbing is happily happening without breaking the bank. Additionally, Rumney, NH is ~2.5 hour drive, and works out to about $10 when splitting gas money amongst a few people. Not too shabby at all.

What you need to get started:
Climbing shoes
Harness
Belay Device
(optional) Chalk bag/chalk

I got my shoes from backcountry.com on sale for $60 and my harness and belay device from a friend for $40. My hands sweat mad crazy a lot in the gym, so chalk and chalk bag were totally necessary; got them for ~$15 from backcountry.com during the same sale.