This is why I whine about where I live...

It's early October for heaven's sake! I will post something more substantial later but felt the need to whine publicly about the temps.


Issued by The National Weather ServicePocatello/Idaho Falls, ID 4:28 am MDT, Fri., Oct. 9, 2009
... UNSEASONABLY VERY COLD AIR HEADED FOR ISLAND PARK AREA SATURDAY...
A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL BRING COLD ARCTIC AIR SOUTH ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SATURDAY MORNING. SATURDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO AND MORNING WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE.
THOSE OUT AND ABOUT AND TRAVELERS THROUGH MONIDA PASS ON INTERSTATE 15 AND HIGHWAY 20 THROUGH MACKS INN INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS AS FAR EAST AS DRIGGS SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS.

Exercise, Zsa Zsa Gabor and beefcake

Just for fun...It's Simple Darling, exercise can be fun! Thanks to the girls at www.gofugyourself.com!

Endurance Training and Postmenopausal Women

Thanks Heather...

Postmenopausal Women, Too, Reap Cardiovascular Benefits From Endurance Training ScienceDaily (Sep. 21, 2009)

Great article, I pulled out a few interesting sentences. Click on the title of the article for the full deal.

"...despite changes in hormones and changes in body composition, postmenopausal women can make significant changes in their cardiovascular fitness without going on extreme diets." and "By the end of the study, the women's blood pressure during exercise had dropped by 8 millimeters of mercury, while their heart rates were 19 beats per minute less when performing at the same intensity as early in the study. In addition, the women decreased their carbohydrate burning during exercise and increased their fat burning by about 10 percent. Women in the study maintained their body weight as a way to balance energy input and expenditures."