Forgot to show you this picture of a library I went to in Erwin TN; they converted the old train station into a library! It is right on the railroad tracks of course. Adorable inside too…
These entire 11 miles were all uphill, gradually going from 1600’ to 4500’ over the distance with nary a downhill stretch. That’s right—I said nary. … That’s why I didn’t set any mileage records today though I hiked hard and strong all day. Still no blisters, still no return of the litany of previous muscle maladies I seem to attract, and still feeling no sickness since the one bout. 😀
I’ve had a strangely suppressed appetite going on many weeks now… just not ravenous at any one time though I should be-due to caloric expenditure. I’m still eating for fuel but the magic is gone somehow… I eat more as a task and am not sure what is happening with the appetite. A natural metabolic change from the exercise? Or a subconscious protest against the lack of Friendly’s Neapolitan half gallons of ice-cream out here in the woods? Or is it that I’m drinking so much water that it is fooling the hunger triggers? Keith- you studied this stuff in college—what’s your guess?
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