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I’d be interested again, kettlebell is fine by me. Only day I’m not available for is July 27, will be camping at Starved Rock that day!

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I can bring a 16k or 20k bell if something lighter is needed.

I've been meaning to get out there with my 16k and see how the joints do. Hiding from the weather has taken precedence.

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Tried a mile walk the 16k bell. I had to juggle between farmers and rack positions. Cardio demand was low, but I was not fast. The constraint is how my joints feel about the offset load.

I'm working more carries into my active rest days. 53lbs for significant distance could be out of my league though.


I did get an important reminder. A kettlebell brought from the cool dry basement, into the warm humid summer night, sweats furiously. It was soaking wet the entire walk.

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If you enjoy carrying heavy stuff around from time to time, my boss is looking for someone, 30 usd per hour.

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@Jean hahaha, right? This isn't very homeotelic of us...

Is everyone good with shooting for 07/13 at Downers Grove? If weather doesn't cooperate, could try the following weekend.

And we should bring the 53lb kettlebell, but also something more modest as backup - Jacob or Scott able to bring something more moderate? Good point Scott, we can bring a towel or rag to deal with the sweat.

Edited to adjust suggested date.

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This is slowly morphing into PT sessions I did while in special operations. The next evolution is for someone to DIY a worm sandbag kinda like this: https://talonathletic.com/products/talo ... rm-sandbag

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@Dave - 7/13 is good for me. I can throw a 16k bell in my car. I did a mile with it again last week, after a mile with my 35lb weight vest. That was relatively challenging, maybe a 7/10 effort. I might try a 20k bell this week.

@Jean - Fair. It's often I'll head to the gym as the housekeeper arrives, or after the lawn guys have been out there for hours. They'll still be working when I get home. So not only am I paying someone else to do my labor, I'm paying again to perform fake labor. Funny. I enjoy it though.

@white belt - That thing is better for the guys up in Alaska. Looks brutal.

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Walking my 45lb kettlebell went poorly. After a slow 1/4 mile I stopped. Beyond 35lbs my contribution to any distance would be limited. I suspected as much, but wanted to try first.

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I should be able to make 7/13 too, and kettlebell or worm are cool. Train gets in at 7:30 or 9:30 and I can hang out at the cafe for anything in between

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An 8am start would be good. Beat the heat and sun.

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That should work for me!

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Works for me!

To summarize:

-Sunday July 13th at 8AM
-meet at Downer's Grove Public Library, free parking (https://maps.app.goo.gl/CvGUrzWcKN3oTZzH9)
-@jacob bringing the 52lb kettelbell, @Scott 2 bringing a 16kg kb, we all take turns carrying to ability
-I'll bring a towel for drying the bell as needed
-numerous 5-10k loops, so ability to scale walk to desired distance, change bells, etc.

Looking forward to it!

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I've done some KB testing.

Leather gloves help a lot especially when warm/sweaty.
Frequent hand switching, say every 10 steps, is less exhausting than carrying each side to fatigue before switching.
Walking in the rack is possible but comes at bigger cost.
Definitely no dawdling. When carrying you'd want to walk as fast as possible with that weight.
I exceed zone 2 after some 5 mins.

I've made it 1/2 mile with the 53lbs before wanting to quit. 5k would be possible for a 4 man team since it would mean 2 or 4 rounds of that even if some have to carry it more.

The route I have in mind is quite loopy, so there would be opportunities to get rid of the KB every 3-4km. The thing I would want to avoid is being stranded and having to go and fetch the car to self-rescue :-P

The next heaviest KB I have is only 26lbs.

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Sorry folks - injured my toe and need to sit this one out. Have a good time!

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If you want to give the carrying some meaning, you could carry a big inflatable boat together, and then paddle on some lake.

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@Jean - Paddling is pointless, but maybe we could carry an outboard motor in case we see anyone paddling?

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The public library (our starting point) doesn't open until 1pm on Sundays. The first toilet (baseball park playground) will appear about 20 minutes into the walk.

IIRC, there are no less than 4 little free libraries on the route, so bring your surplus books to get rid of if you want.

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@brainstorm - that's a bummer, take care


The Peet's coffee immediately north east of the Library is chill about bathroom use.

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I apologize for doing this last minute, but I have to back out of the walk as well. My son came down with an intense fever late last night, and we had planned to come up to Chicagoland this morning. Got into urgent care this morning, and the doctor diagnosed him with hand foot mouth disease, and after reading about it, we cannot afford to expose my mother-in-law (who has medical issues) to it. Accordingly, we are are going to defer coming to Chicagoland for 7-14 days, depending on how quickly DS rallies.

Not sure what happens from here, but if it works out I hope I'd be available if anyone wanted to do a walk on the 20th (least likely available), 26th (somewhat likely), or 27th (most likely). I won't be able to say for sure until I see how things progress, but wanted to throw that out there if that ends up being a possibility for anyone.

@brainstorm - Sucks on the toe, hope you heal quickly!

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Okay, lets cancel/postpone.

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