A Very Busy Fall-Successful Draw For Arizona Couses Deer-Embedding On Big Hunts-Running The Blackwater Escape And Evasion 24 Hour Race
July is always a good month for me. It is when we trade the heat of the Valley of the Sun for the cool breezes of Coronado Island, Independence Day is my favorite holiday and this is traditionally when I find out what, if anything, I get to hunt in the fall.
Well, for a number of reasons, this particular July has been a good one. My brother Cody called me this morning to tell me that I had successfully drawn my first choice, an Arizona Unit 22 Coues deer tag. Also, I have a number of good opportunities to embed with some top hunters on some very challenging hunts...Alaska? I have been invited to run the Blackwater Escape And Evasion 24 hour race and my best buddy, Phoenix Fire Captain Mike Schamadan, is going to run it with me. With all of this and Cody's archery bull hunt, it is going to be a very busy fall and a lot of hard work but I am looking forward to all of it.
Many of you are Monster Muleys Forum readers and know of my "Fat Boy Challenge" posts. My workouts are going well and I feel great. Really. The increased emphasis on mountain hiking for the boot evaluations I have been doing has done wonders for my back (I was in a pretty serious car accident two and a half years ago). I think that those 7 and 14 mile loops were exactly the kind of core strengthening I needed. As for my shoulder, the surgery is nothing but a memory. I am almost 100%.
Like I have always said, I don't care about the weight, it is the way I feel, the way my clothes fit and my performance that counts. I have made good progress on all three fronts but now it is time to increase the tempo. Although, I think our expectations are reasonable, I have no intention of embarrassing either myself or Mike at Blackwater.
I do want to say something here and I do not mean to be insensitive to those who have bona fide medical problems but I absolutely do mean to be critical of those that don't, myself included. Spend a few days on the beach and you will reach the same conclusion that I have, life in America must be pretty damn good because we have become a nation of soft, gluttonous, wasteful fat bodies. I don't want to be part of that trend. I am going to change the way I do things.
Anyway, at 43 years old my fitness is no longer something I can take for granted, it is something I will have to work diligently on the rest of my life. I will let you know how things are progressing on my end and I encourage you to join me. After all, you are the most important piece of gear you have. Get in shape. Stay in shape. Live a better, longer, more productive life.
Wade Nelson
Editor
Well, for a number of reasons, this particular July has been a good one. My brother Cody called me this morning to tell me that I had successfully drawn my first choice, an Arizona Unit 22 Coues deer tag. Also, I have a number of good opportunities to embed with some top hunters on some very challenging hunts...Alaska? I have been invited to run the Blackwater Escape And Evasion 24 hour race and my best buddy, Phoenix Fire Captain Mike Schamadan, is going to run it with me. With all of this and Cody's archery bull hunt, it is going to be a very busy fall and a lot of hard work but I am looking forward to all of it.
Many of you are Monster Muleys Forum readers and know of my "Fat Boy Challenge" posts. My workouts are going well and I feel great. Really. The increased emphasis on mountain hiking for the boot evaluations I have been doing has done wonders for my back (I was in a pretty serious car accident two and a half years ago). I think that those 7 and 14 mile loops were exactly the kind of core strengthening I needed. As for my shoulder, the surgery is nothing but a memory. I am almost 100%.
Like I have always said, I don't care about the weight, it is the way I feel, the way my clothes fit and my performance that counts. I have made good progress on all three fronts but now it is time to increase the tempo. Although, I think our expectations are reasonable, I have no intention of embarrassing either myself or Mike at Blackwater.
I do want to say something here and I do not mean to be insensitive to those who have bona fide medical problems but I absolutely do mean to be critical of those that don't, myself included. Spend a few days on the beach and you will reach the same conclusion that I have, life in America must be pretty damn good because we have become a nation of soft, gluttonous, wasteful fat bodies. I don't want to be part of that trend. I am going to change the way I do things.
Anyway, at 43 years old my fitness is no longer something I can take for granted, it is something I will have to work diligently on the rest of my life. I will let you know how things are progressing on my end and I encourage you to join me. After all, you are the most important piece of gear you have. Get in shape. Stay in shape. Live a better, longer, more productive life.
Wade Nelson
Editor
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