I'm a trail runner and backpacker living in Rhode Island that spends as much time as I can up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Here you'll find videos about my hiking adventures, trail races and anything else that catches my fancy. Thanks for checking out my channel and please consider subscribing!
Hiking Lists I'm Working On: New Hampshire 4000 Footers Round 4 - 40/48 Winter NH48 - 35/48 New England 67 - 59/67 52 with a View - 19/52 New England 100 Highest - 71/100 NH48 The Grid - 203/576
All bridges are certainly a welcome sight...unless they move...for once one of Otis' paws hits a bridge that moves in the slightest, its becomes time to play statute and freeze! LOL
Hope you'll get a full recovery man! Me, I'm now doing exercises like an old man to rehabilitate my knee :) Truly sucks, but at least I haven't broken anything - it's "just" overtraining - how that is even possible, don't ask me :)
I hope your knees recover as fast as possible! It’s so frustrating not to feel completely at your best. Also, I really enjoyed the drone shots while you were running-they looked great!
I'd say that being able to keep active has been what has helped your knee keep pretty strong. Steady and easy progress will see the best improvement. All the very best to continued progress!!
I feel your pain man. Literally. I am 3 weeks into my first 6 weeks on crutches. They repaired mine so apparently the down time is far greater because the repairs are delicate? So 3 more weeks locked in a brace on sticks and they re-evaluate, unlock the brace, then I can start the road to recovery and weening off the crutches. Sucks but I am thankful it wasn't worse.
@RhodySeth thank you sir. Been rough sitting out on all the action. Brand new canoe came in a few days after surgery lol. Dying to get back outside. Take it easy on yours too! Watching you run makes me envious, which is crazy because my god do I hate it
Good ole wickaboxet, some nights you'll get a great view of the stars on that rock. Keep at it dude, you're already leagues ahead of the average folk with good knees. Did you take any of that chicken mushroom home?
@@RhodySeth Do or do not, there is no try! 😉 In all seriousness, it's a hard balance. Do nothing, your body falls apart. Do to much, your body falls apart. Personally I'd rather err on the side of too much. I'd rather die fighting than die in my sleep of bordom.
Here is what you need to do and what you should do.... Your very athletic so your endurance is not the problem. You need to cut one of the run days out per week and make it a biking day. Biking is one of the best thing to heal the knees. The fluid motion gets the healing process in the joints done much quicker and with less impact. And on top of that it will bring a new audience to your channel on mountain biking trails. It's not boring and the footage is always exciting to watch. Throw the GoPro on a chest mount and you're golden, whether it's on a trail on a road. I've always wanted to put up mountain biking videos again but my lazy butt hasn't fixed my bike yet. Even if you're down to just 2 activities per week make 1 a bike exercise and 1 a run, eventually do it more frequent. I had 3 or 4 problems in the knee all taken care of at once including the meniscus and ACL, biking for me anyway was by far the best activity. Also stretches. Yoga very important or even just simple stretching. Just saying what worked for me.
Thanks for the advice. You won't see me mountain biking any time soon - beyond not having the equipment, I'm just not much for riding in general. We do have a rowing machine in the basement that I had begun using during the winter. Then our oldest moved back home and resides down there now. Still it would be good to work in a rowing session instead of running.
I’m 60 years old. I did 125 trail miles in May 2024. Early June I started with soreness in my Achilles. I went straight to my doctor. Micro tear. Rest and electro therapy plus massage. All good now. Love your channel.
Great video as always. I need your expertise and advice. The wife is from RI. And we hope to be back there in a year. I need guidance on backpacking/primitive camping locations good for hammock camping. TIA my brother!
Each battery only lasted about 12 minutes so you wouldn’t be able to to record the whole thing, but it’s small enough to fold up and fit in the pocket of your shorts.
Thanks much! Haha, unless DJI wants to send me one I'm not sure I'll get to do a comparison between the two. From what I've seen so far, I think the Pro and Pro Max versions that HoverAir is releasing soon will be the new standard as far as selfie drones go.
From the limited trailrun/hiking specific reviews I have seen, neo seems to be smarter at remembering the route you took as opposed to making shortcut to catch up, while suck at front tracking mode. But I am really more interested in harsher winter, above treeline or more technical scrambling/climbing scenarios, may be I should just try neo myself😂
@@yancheng846 yeah will be interesting to see these things put more extreme use. I’m looking forward to hopefully getting some cool winter trail running footage this year.
Yes, I agree. While trailheads and points of interest are off-limits, much of the trail network of the Whites is perfectly legal for drones. Of course it's also mostly thick woods which makes flying a drone difficult. That's where these new selfie camera drones like the HoverAir X1 can shine.
It basically comes down to luck whether it avoids/survives the collisions or not. The more obstacles the more likely it will hit something eventually. The knee is pretty good - but it's still a work in progress. I actually hiked the first 20 minutes of this run to loosen it up.
Sure had yourself a great run, and it seems like the knee is holding up well, which certainly must feel wonderful! Nice to have the "Big Brother" eye-in-the-sky along for companionship! lol
Thanks Bruce, the knee is doing...pretty good. There are days it doesn't feel great and often the beginning of runs are tough. I actually hiked the first 20 minutes of this long one to let the knee warm-up before I began running. That seemed to help.
