{"id":84759,"date":"2015-03-04T12:46:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T20:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/walking-the-loop\/"},"modified":"2015-10-26T23:16:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T06:16:28","slug":"walking-the-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/walking-the-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking the Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Francine<\/a><\/p>\n

A couple of months back, Francine and I took a short hike<\/a> that absolutely winded us. Wiped us out. Clearly, we’re out of shape.<\/p>\n

So we’ve started our 2016 Camino training much the way we did for 2013: we’re beginning with loops around Snake Lake<\/a>. There’s a flat loop of trail around the lake, and a fairly steep hill-climb with multiple switch-backs. It’s not long, but it allows you to set a number of reps and to bug out if you’re not feeling up to it.<\/p>\n

The photo is Francine on one of the bridges over the narrow little lake a couple of weeks ago.<\/p>\n

We’re walking Snake Lake on Saturday mornings and Monday afternoons. And of course, I’m walking at least 5km every day to and around and from work.<\/p>\n

Eventually, we’ll head back to the longer trails at Point Defiance Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And then… back to the crazy Australian regimen<\/a> in endless loops around Wright Park<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But not today!<\/p>\n

(Originally posted to Pilgrims on the Way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of months back, Francine and I took a short hike that absolutely winded us. Wiped us out. Clearly, we’re out of shape. So we’ve started our 2016 Camino training much the way we did for 2013: we’re beginning with loops around Snake Lake. There’s a flat loop of trail around the lake, and a fairly steep hill-climb with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camino"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-m35","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50844,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/training-report-at-t-minus-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":84759,"position":0},"title":"Training Report at T Minus 20","author":"Thom","date":"10 March 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Francine and I were sick most of the week with a cold that would not quit. 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