During the spring and early fall I started preparing for my winter workouts by getting some warmer workout clothes.
Unfortunately I've been slacking quite a bit. Especially when it comes to my outdoor activities.
The last few weeks I've made an effort to work my way back up to jogging regularly again.
I haven't turned into a complete couch potato but I do a lot of my more intense workouts outdoors and I've been a baby about the cold.
As usual, I started out kind of slow by walking and hiking. Most of my hikes involve the 300' stair climb on Carpenter's trail at Palisades Interstate Park. My short hike includes the Carpenter I loop. I start down Shore Trail at the entrance of the park near Edgewater Colony. Work my way down the stone stairs flanking the only co-op community of its kind that I'm aware of in the area, continue North along the Hudson River, past Hazzard Dock, under the George Washington Bridge, up Carpenter's Trail and then head out of the park on the Long Path back towards the bridge.